Trinity School and Performing Arts College
Trinity School is a comprehensive school for girls and boys between the ages of 11 and 18. It became one of the government’s specialist schools in September 2000. It has no religious affiliation. It opened in September 1999.
Executive Headteacher: Dr C Wilson
Senior Deputy Headteacher: Mr B Hanlon
Chair of Local Governing Body: Dr Susana Carvalho
Address: Trinity School, Love Lane, Newbury, Berks. RG14 2DU
Telephone: 01635 510500
Fax: 01635 510510
Email: office@trinity.newburyacademytrust.org
Website: http://www.trinitynewbury.org/
Shaw-cum-Donnington C.E. Primary School
Shaw-cum-Donnington Church of England Primary is a small village school situated in an attractive rural setting in the village of Donnington, near Newbury.
Headteacher: Lindsay Wakefield
Chair of Governors: Louis Thatcher
Address: Shaw-cum-Donnington C.E. Primary School, Love Lane, Donnington, Newbury, Berks. RG14 2JG
Telephone: 01635 40971
Email: office@shaw.w-berks.sch.uk
Website: https://www.shaw.w-berks.sch.uk
The Castle School
The Castle School caters for children aged 2 – 19 with a variety of complex learning difficulties.
Headteacher: Jon Hewitt
Chair of Governors: Wendy Batchelor
Address: Love Lane, Donnington, Newbury, Berks. RG14 2JG
Telephone: 01635 42976
Email: office@castle.w-berks.sch.uk
Website: http://www.thecastleschoolnewbury.org.uk
Love Lane Pre-School
Love Lane Pre-School is open five mornings a week.
Manager: Stephanie Hodges
Address: Shaw-cum-Donnington Village Hall, Love Lane, Donnington, Newbury, Berks. RG14 2JG
Telephone: 07900 120202
Email: contact@lovelanepreschool.co.uk
Website: https://www.lovelanepreschool.co.uk
Other Schools
You can find a list of all other schools in the Newbury area on the West Berkshire Council website.
The following secondary schools are all attended by some children from the parish; there are bus connections on school days, either using public buses or arranged by the schools themselves:
- The Downs School, Compton: https://www.thedownsschool.org/
- Park House School, Newbury: http://www.parkhouseschool.org
- St Bartholomew’s School (St Bart’s), Newbury: http://www.stbarts.co.uk
A day and boarding school for deaf children aged 5 – 19 is situated just outside the parish:
- Mary Hare School, Arlington Manor: https://www.maryhare.org.uk/
The following are alternative primary schools on the northern side of Newbury which are attended by some of our children aged 5 – 11:
- Robert Sandilands Primary School: http://www.robertsandilands.westberks.dbprimary.com
- Speenhamland Primary School: http://www.speenhamlandprimary.co.uk
- St Joseph’s R.C. Primary School: https://stjosephs-westberks.secure-dbprimary.com
- The Winchcombe School: http://www.winchcombe.w-berks.sch.uk
There are two further early years providers not far from the parish boundary:
- Abacus Day Nursery and Pre-School: https://www.completechildcare.co.uk/abacus-day-nursery.aspx
- Dingley’s Promise Specialist Early Years Centre for children with special educational needs: http://www.dingley.org.uk/west-berkshire
