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Parsons Down Infant School

Primary · Thatcham · RG19 3SR

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Good

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

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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 place

29 places offered · 38 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

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)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.5%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.6
England 18.5

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

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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