Downe House
Other independent school · Girls · West Berkshire
Cold Ash, Thatcham, RG18 9JJ
64
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
535
Capacity used
Has space88%
610 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Emma McKendrick
- Address
- Cold Ash, Thatcham, RG18 9JJ
- Phone
- 01635200286
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Ward / constituency
- Chieveley & Cold Ash · Newbury
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 110123
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 24% | — | — |
535 pupils · 610 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 44.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.16 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 46.41 | — | — |
Average grade: A- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 18.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.36 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 105 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 45.81 | 35 |
| Average grade | A- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 39.6% | 17% |
| A-level students | 91 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| French | 41 | 90% | 98% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 40 | 83% | 100% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 38 | 89% | 100% | 100% | |
| Geography | 35 | 77% | 94% | 94% | |
| Chinese | 31 | 97% | 100% | 100% | |
| Drama | 15 | 53% | 87% | 100% | |
| Latin | 11 | 73% | 100% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 11 | 82% | 91% | 100% | |
| Music | 8 | 75% | 100% | 100% | |
| Italian | 8 | 88% | 100% | 100% | |
| Russian | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Classical Greek | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 43 | 23% | 70% | 79% | |
| Chemistry | 27 | 19% | 48% | 85% | |
| English Literature | 27 | 44% | 74% | 96% | |
| Economics | 26 | 15% | 38% | 85% | |
| Biology | 25 | 28% | 64% | 88% | |
| Physics | 14 | 14% | 21% | 79% | |
| Geography | 14 | 7% | 43% | 86% | |
| Government and Politics | 13 | 15% | 31% | 77% | |
| Psychology | 11 | 0% | 36% | 73% | |
| History | 10 | 30% | 70% | 80% | |
| History of Art | 10 | 0% | 40% | 50% | |
| Business Studies | 10 | 10% | 40% | 70% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 10054: Downe House
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 6 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | 0% |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.