Best primary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead
28 of 50 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Windsor and Maidenhead schools · secondary schools
Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 1 of them.
- 36 of 50 rated Good or Outstanding
- 8 oversubscribed on first preference
- 10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
- Median Met expected standard (RWM): 67.0% (best 100.0%)
| # | School | Met expected standard (RWM) | Ofsted | Places | Catchment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lowbrook Academy Maidenhead | 100.0% | Good | oversubscribed 2.3 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 2 | St Francis Catholic Primary School, South Ascot Ascot | 97.0% | Outstanding | oversubscribed 1.24 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 3 | St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery Maidenhead | 92.0% | Not judged | about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 4 | Oldfield Primary School Maidenhead | 83.0% | Not judged | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 5 | Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Sunningdale Ascot | 81.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.53 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 6 | Waltham St Lawrence Primary School Reading | 81.0% | Outstanding improving | about even 1.15 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 7 | Cookham Dean CofE Primary School Maidenhead | 79.0% | Good declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 8 | Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Cookham Maidenhead | 79.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 9 | Braywick Court School Maidenhead | 77.0% | Outstanding | oversubscribed 1.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 10 | Cheapside CofE Primary School Ascot hidden gem | 70.0% | Good declining | undersubscribed 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 11 | White Waltham CofE Academy Maidenhead hidden gem | 70.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 12 | All Saints Church of England Junior School Maidenhead | 69.0% | Inadequate | — | approximate |
| 13 | Furze Platt Junior School Maidenhead | 68.0% | Not judged improving | — | approximate |
| 14 | Cookham Rise Primary School Maidenhead | 67.0% | Good improving | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 15 | South Ascot Village Primary School Ascot hidden gem | 67.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.62 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 16 | Larchfield Primary and Nursery School Maidenhead hidden gem | 62.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 17 | Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School Slough | 60.0% | Good improving | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 18 | Knowl Hill Church of England Primary Academy Reading | 60.0% | Good declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 19 | Riverside Primary School and Nursery Maidenhead hidden gem | 56.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 20 | Bisham Church of England Academy Marlow | 55.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 21 | Holyport CofE Primary School Maidenhead | 53.0% | Good | about even 1.1 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 22 | Courthouse Junior School Maidenhead | 52.0% | Good | — | approximate |
| 23 | St Michael's CofE Primary School, Sunninghill Ascot | 50.0% | Good | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 24 | Wraysbury Primary School Staines | 50.0% | Not judged declining | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 25 | St Luke's CofE Primary School Maidenhead | 48.0% | Outstanding | oversubscribed 1.18 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 26 | St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Maidenhead Maidenhead | 47.0% | Not judged | undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 27 | Wessex Primary School Maidenhead | 44.0% | Requires improvement | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 28 | Woodlands Park Primary School Maidenhead hidden gem | 20.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
Also in Windsor and Maidenhead
22 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Windsor and Maidenhead, not a fairer one.
- Alexander First School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
- Alwyn Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School Ofsted: Not judged
- Braywood CofE First School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
- Burchetts Green CofE Infants' School Ofsted: Outstanding hidden gem
- Clewer Green CofE First School Ofsted: Good
- Dedworth Green First School Ofsted: Not judged
- Eton End School
- Eton Porny CofE First School Ofsted: Good
- Eton Wick CofE First School Ofsted: Good
- Furze Platt Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Herries Preparatory School
- Hilltop First School Ofsted: Good
- Homer First School and Nursery Ofsted: Good
- King's Court First School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
- Oakfield First School Ofsted: Good
- St Edward's Catholic First School Ofsted: Good
- St Piran's School
- The Queen Anne Royal Free CofE Controlled First School Ofsted: Not judged
- The Royal First School Ofsted: Good
- Trinity St Stephen CofE Aided First School Ofsted: Good
- Upton House School
Applying in Windsor and Maidenhead
Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.
- Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2027 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2026; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
- Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
- Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry Secondary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — state school Year 7 place offers (1 March).
- Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
- Secondary application deadline 2027-10-31 · 2028 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2028 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2027; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
- Primary (Reception) application deadline 2028-01-15 · 2028 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2028 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2028; apply via your home local authority.
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