John O'Gaunt School[1]
Secondary · ages 11–16
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 43 43.2 2025/26[2]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 43.2 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 35.7% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 16.7% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- -0.53 2023/24[3]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[4]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[4]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 32[5] | 24.7%[5] | ||
| 2023/24 | 34.9[3] | 31.7%[3] | -0.53[3] | |
| 2022/23 | 31.1[6] | 14%[6] | -0.90[6] | |
| 2021/22 | 41.3[7] | 38%[7] | -0.08[7] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 82% 2022/23[8]
- School sixth form
- 12% 2022/23[8]
- Sixth-form college
- 3% 2022/23[8]
- Further education college
- 59% 2022/23[8]
- Apprenticeship
- 2% 2022/23[8]
- Employment
- 6% 2022/23[8]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 82%[9] | 35%[9] | 0%[9] | 38%[9] | 3%[9] | 6%[9] |
| 2020/21 | 91%[10] | 17%[10] | 0%[10] | 60%[10] | 1%[10] | 9%[10] |
| 2019/20 | 90%[11] | 37%[11] | 0%[11] | 44%[11] | 7%[11] | 2%[11] |
| 2018/19 | 93%[12] | 56%[12] | 0%[12] | 27%[12] | 0%[12] | 10%[12] |
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
- 14 Jan 2025[13]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[13]
- Report published
- 3 Mar 2025[13]
- Personal development
- Good[13]
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement[13]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good[13]
- Safeguarding is effective?
- Yes[13]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good[13]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 1.3 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- Applications (any preference)
- 86 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- First preferences
- 60 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- Places offered
- 65 Entry Sept 2026[15]
- First preferences per place
- 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[15]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 107[15] | 79[15] | 86[15] | 1.2[15] | 0.9[15] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 119[15] | 80[15] | 100[15] | 1.2[15] | 0.8[15] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 135[15] | 98[15] | 113[15] | 1.2[15] | 0.9[15] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 119[15] | 79[15] | 91[15] | 1.3[15] | 0.9[15] |
Admissions
- Application deadline
- 31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[16]
- Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
- 90 Entry Sept 2027[16]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy sponsor led[1]
- Ages
- 11–16[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 600[1]
- Trust
- EXCALIBUR ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- West Berkshire[1]
- Website
- www.johnogauntschool.co.uk[1]
- District
- West Berkshire[17]
- Postcode
- RG17 0AN[1]
- URN
- 142822[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 440 2024/25[18]
- English as an additional language
- 3.6% 2024/25[18]
- SEN support
- 18.4% 2024/25[18]
- EHC plan
- 4.8% 2024/25[18]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 31.1% 2024/25[18]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 95.2%[19]
- Mixed
- 3%[19]
- Asian
- 1.1%[19]
- Black
- 0.5%[19]
- Any other ethnic group
- 0%[19]
- Unclassified
- 0.2%[19]
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
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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excalibur.org.uk: excalibur.org.uk — EAT Secondary Admissions Policy 2027-28 John OGaunt School (PDF). Period 2026-10-16.
Licence: copyright-quoted.
Quotes (2)
● 31 October 2026 - National Secondary Deadline - applications must be received by the Local Authority by midnight. (p. 8)
Telephone: 01488 682400 Fax: 01488 681283 E-mail: jogoffice@excalibur.org.uk Website: www.johnogauntschool.co.uk Published Admission Number (PAN) Year 7: 90 (p. 3)
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.