Schools near Maidenhead
36 open schools in Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Windsor and Maidenhead schools · grammar schools in Maidenhead
Maidenhead has 36 state schools: 26 primary, 5 secondary, part of Windsor and Maidenhead's wider catchment. 33 have a published Ofsted rating, and 24 of those are rated Good or Outstanding.
Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding
These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.
How places are allocated in Windsor and Maidenhead
Primary schools: RBWM's term is 'designated area' — a dedicated 'School designated areas' page and postcode lookup tool exist. (source)
Secondary schools: Same 'designated area' scheme covers secondary admissions. (source)
Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.
Maidenhead straddles a council boundary: the scheme above is Windsor and Maidenhead's, and Buckinghamshire also has schools here, applying under its own.
Key dates
| Entry year | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Sept 2028 | Application deadline | 2027-10-31 |
| Sept 2028 | Primary application deadline | 2028-01-15 |
| Sept 2028 | Offer day | 2028-03-01 |
| Sept 2028 | Primary offer day | 2028-04-17 |
| Sept 2027 | Application deadline | 2026-10-31 |
| Sept 2027 | Primary application deadline | 2027-01-15 |
| Sept 2027 | Offer day | 2027-03-01 |
| Sept 2027 | Primary offer day | 2027-04-16 |
| Sept 2026 | Application deadline | 2025-10-31 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Primary application deadline | 2026-01-15 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Offer day | 2026-03-02 (passed) |
| Sept 2026 | Primary offer day | 2026-04-16 (passed) |
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