Denefield School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,171 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.0
Academy sponsor led
John O'Gaunt School
- Pupils on roll
- 439of 600 places
- Free school meals
- 31.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 81
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 14 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: John O'Gaunt School (URN 110050, until 19 April 2016).
What the data says
John O'Gaunt School has no sixth form. Of the 66 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 3% moved to a sixth form college, 59% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 32.0 against 46.1 across England and 48.0 in West Berkshire, with 25% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 46% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in West Berkshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | John O'Gaunt School | West Berkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 66 | 1,976 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 82% | 95% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 74% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 12% | 54% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 3% | 6% | 13% |
| — further education college | 59% | 25% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 4% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 3% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 8% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | John O'Gaunt School | West Berkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 32.0 | 48.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 43% | 69% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 10% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.68 | 4.29 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 32% | 17% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 25.3 | 29.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 35.2 | 51.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 9% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 80 | 99% | 89% | 4% | 20% | 45% |
| Mathematics | 80 | 99% | 88% | 4% | 22% | 56% |
| English Literature | 75 | 93% | 86% | 3% | 21% | 47% |
| Combined Science | 53 | 65% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 21% |
| Geography | 39 | 48% | 41% | 3% | 25% | 18% |
| History | 38 | 47% | 41% | 11% | 26% | 42% |
| Media Studies | 37 | 46% | 4% | 0% | 20% | 27% |
| Physical Education | 36 | 44% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 11% |
| Fine Art | 32 | 40% | 9% | 13% | 28% | 56% |
| Physics | 27 | 33% | 23% | 7% | 46% | 59% |
| Chemistry | 27 | 33% | 23% | 4% | 47% | 44% |
| Biology | 27 | 33% | 23% | 7% | 45% | 56% |
| 3D Design | 19 | 23% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 53% |
| Religious Studies | 18 | 22% | 31% | 0% | 32% | 39% |
| French | 9 | 11% | 18% | 11% | 29% | 44% |
| Drama | 7 | 9% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 71% |
| Music | 2 | 2% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
Other secondary schools in West Berkshire
Kennet School
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85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.5
Little Heath School
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Park House School
Academy converter · sixth form · 981 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9
St Bartholomew's School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,905 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.2
Theale Green School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 803 pupils
76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.5
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.