St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Maidenhead

General Information

Address: Cookham Road, Maidenhead, SL6 7EG
Phone: 01628622570
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Rosemary Akehurst
Age range: 5-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Number of pupils: 284
School capacity: 315
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 48
% eligible for free school meals: 16.9%
Nursery provision: No

Behaviour

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Attendance

Overall absence: 4.7%
Persistently absent pupils: 12.1%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

SEN provision information for this school has not been added yet.

Pupils on SEN Support: 13.4%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.5%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 16 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
Physical disability: 1 pupil
Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

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Educational Attainment

Good 2019 report

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Ranked #24 of 29 Ofsted Rating schools of this type in the area

#22Riverside Primary School and NurseryGood
#23St Edward's Catholic First SchoolGood
#24St Mary's Catholic Primary School, MaidenheadGood
#25The Queen Anne Royal Free CofE Controlled First SchoolGood
#26The Royal First SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

#1Braywick Court SchoolOutstanding
#2St Francis Catholic Primary School, South AscotOutstanding
#3St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4Waltham St Lawrence Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5Alexander First SchoolGood
#6Bisham Church of England AcademyGood
#7Braywood CofE First SchoolGood
#8Cheapside CofE Primary SchoolGood
#9Cookham Dean CofE Primary SchoolGood
#10Cookham Rise Primary SchoolGood
#11Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#12Dedworth Green First SchoolGood
#13Eton Porny CofE First SchoolGood
#14Eton Wick CofE First SchoolGood
#15Hilltop First SchoolGood
#16Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, CookhamGood
#17Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, SunningdaleGood
#18Homer First School and NurseryGood
#19King's Court First SchoolGood
#20Knowl Hill Church of England Primary AcademyGood
#21Lowbrook AcademyGood
#22Riverside Primary School and NurseryGood
#23St Edward's Catholic First SchoolGood
#24St Mary's Catholic Primary School, MaidenheadGood
#25The Queen Anne Royal Free CofE Controlled First SchoolGood
#26The Royal First SchoolGood
#27Trinity St Stephen CofE Aided First SchoolGood
#28White Waltham CofE AcademyGood
#29Wessex Primary SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

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