The Downs School[1]
Secondary · ages 11–18
Headline results
No headline results are published for this school in the latest two years.
Results
No published data for this school.
Ofsted
No published data for this school.
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 2.6 Entry Sept 2026[2]
- Applications (any preference)
- 523 Entry Sept 2026[2]
- First preferences
- 249 Entry Sept 2026[2]
- Places offered
- 204 Entry Sept 2026[2]
- First preferences per place
- 1.2 Entry Sept 2026[2]
Admissions
- Application deadline
- 31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[3]
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
- 1307[1]
- Trust
- SUMMIT EDUCATION TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- West Berkshire[1]
- Website
- http://www.thedownsschool.org[1]
- District
- West Berkshire[4]
- Postcode
- RG20 6AD[1]
- URN
- 151957[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
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: 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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thedowns.reactfiles.co.uk: thedowns.reactfiles.co.uk — Admissions Arrangements for 2027-28 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16.
Licence: copyright-quoted.
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It is the child's normal permanent home address where they live with their parents/carers and are living at the closing date for applications in the normal admissions round (31 October 2026) that is used to decide in which school's catchment area the child lives. (p. 1)
- 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.