St Luke's CofE Primary School
General Information
- Address: Cookham Road, Maidenhead, SL6 7EG – View on map
- Phone: 01628621600
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Sam Stevenson
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 53 families put it first for 45 places – 12 for every 10 places. 72% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 11 · 2025 10 · 2026 12
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 65
- % eligible for free school meals: 21.4%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Windsor and Maidenhead average)
- English as an additional language: 33% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 26% a year (Windsor and Maidenhead 17.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 59% moved to another school, 41% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Windsor and Maidenhead: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.5 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 20.2%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Other difficulty or disability: 30 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 14 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 14 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 3 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 48% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 15 percentage points below the Windsor and Maidenhead average (63%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 56% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 56%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 94% · Writing 64% · Maths 76% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 91%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 106
- Based on: 33 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: 25th of 28 junior and primary schools in the area
- =23St Michael's CofE Primary School, Sunninghill50%
- =23Wraysbury Primary School50%
- #25St Luke's CofE Primary School48%
- #26St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Maidenhead47%
- #27Wessex Primary School44%
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3rd of 29 primary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead for Ofsted rating
- #1Braywick Court SchoolOutstanding
- #2St Francis Catholic Primary School, South AscotOutstanding
- #3St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #4Waltham St Lawrence Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #5Alexander First SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,095 (2024-25)
19th of 36 primary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead for spending per pupil
- #17Wessex Primary School£7,377
- #18Eton Wick CofE First School£7,332
- #19St Luke's CofE Primary School£7,095
- #20Bisham Church of England Academy£7,044
- #21Braywick Court School£6,908
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