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St Bartholomew's School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 58 57.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
57.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
66.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
25.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.37 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 56.2[6] 58.1%[6]
2023/24 55.3[4] 62.3%[4] +0.37[4]
2022/23 57.4[7] 59%[7] +0.58[7]
2021/22 60.8[8] 67%[8] +0.71[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
16.5% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 18.3%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 15.8%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 14.1%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 17.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
99% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
68% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
4% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
22% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 97%[15] 78%[15] 1%[15] 14%[15] 2%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 80%[16] 2%[16] 12%[16] 2%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 76%[17] 4%[17] 16%[17] 1%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 81%[18] 2%[18] 10%[18] 2%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
57% 2022/23[19]
Education
59% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[19]
Employment
27% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 52%[20] 56%[20] 5%[20] 29%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 51%[21] 55%[21] 6%[21] 31%[21]
2019/20 90%[22] 52%[22] 60%[22] 4%[22] 26%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 44%[23] 50%[23] 6%[23] 33%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
71% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
29% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
28% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
3% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 70%[26] 32%[26]
2019/20 70%[25] 30%[25] 28%[25] 3%[25]
2018/19 68%[27] 29%[27] 27%[27] 4%[27]
2017/18 68%[28] 30%[28] 31%[28] 3%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
20 Jan 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
26 Apr 2026[29]
Inclusion
Strong standard[29]
Achievement
Expected standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Strong standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
19 Oct 2021[30] S5 Inspection[30] Outstanding[30]
27 Mar 2018[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
497 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
275 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
265 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 577[32] 355[32] 257[32] 2.2[32] 1.4[32]
Entry Sept 2024 562[32] 367[32] 266[32] 2.1[32] 1.4[32]
Entry Sept 2023 611[32] 391[32] 265[32] 2.3[32] 1.5[32]
Entry Sept 2022 564[32] 384[32] 269[32] 2.1[32] 1.4[32]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1922[1]
Trust
ST BARTHOLOMEW'S SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
West Berkshire[1]
Website
http://www.stbarts.co.uk[1]
District
West Berkshire[34]
Postcode
RG14 6JP[1]
URN
137465[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1930 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
13.4% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
21.5% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
2.4% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
12.3% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
80.8%[36]
Mixed
5.1%[36]
Asian
9.7%[36]
Black
1.9%[36]
Any other ethnic group
1.8%[36]
Unclassified
0.7%[36]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    Quote
    The child's permanent home address is where he or she lives with his or her legal parents/carers and are living at the closing date for applications in the normal admissions round (31 October 2026) (p. 3)
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