Mary Hare School
Non-maintained special school · Mixed · West Berkshire
Arlington Manor, Newbury, RG14 3BQ
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
85.4%
47.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
146
Capacity used
Has space61%
240 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Non-maintained special school
- Age range
- 4–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Robin Askew
- Address
- Arlington Manor, Snelsmore Common, Newbury, RG14 3BQ
- Phone
- 01635244200
- Local authority
- West Berkshire
- Ward / constituency
- Chieveley & Cold Ash · Newbury
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 110180
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 23% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 34% | — | — |
| SEN support | 1% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
146 pupils · 240 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
14 May 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 40 pupils
Attendance
85.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
14.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
47.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
7.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.4%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 31.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 18.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 37% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 14.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.51 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 27 | — |
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 | 27.91 | 35 |
| Average grade | C- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 4.3% | 17% |
| A-level students | 28 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art and Design | 29 | 3% | 34% | 55% | |
| Mathematics | 24 | 0% | 38% | 67% | |
| English Language | 22 | 5% | 23% | 32% | |
| English Literature | 16 | 13% | 38% | 63% | |
| Combined Science | 13 | 0% | 15% | 62% | |
| Biology | 6 | 0% | 50% | 100% | |
| Physics | 6 | 0% | 83% | 83% | |
| Chemistry | 6 | 0% | 83% | 100% | |
| Geography | 6 | 0% | 17% | 50% | |
| Dance | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| French | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
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.