Parsons Down Infant School
Primary · Thatcham · RG19 3SR
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 21 May 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
88 pupils · 59% of 150 capacity
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 4–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 12.2% of pupils
- SEN support
- 15.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.3% of pupils
- Website
- www.pdp.w-berks.sch.uk
- URN
- 109875
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.31 first-choice applications per place29 places offered · 38 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
78% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 22% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 21 May 2024: School remains Good
- 15 January 2019: Good
- 17 April 2018: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 28 September 2016: Requires improvement
- 8 February 2016: Not taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.