St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Maidenhead

Windsor and Maidenhead · SL6 7EG

General information Primary School · 5-11 years Who goes here 284 pupils, 16.9% FSM

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St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Maidenhead

General Information

Address: Cookham Road, Maidenhead, SL6 7EG – View on map
Phone: 01628622570
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Rosemary Akehurst
Age range: 5-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 16 families put it first for 20 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 8 · 2025 8 · 2026 8
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

284 pupils out of 315 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 48
% eligible for free school meals: 16.9%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Windsor and Maidenhead average)
English as an additional language: 23% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 32.9% a year (Windsor and Maidenhead 17.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 57% moved to another school, 43% 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

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About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

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: 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.

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

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2019 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 47% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 16 percentage points below the Windsor and Maidenhead average (63%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 48% against an expected 70%)
3-year average (expected standard): 48%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 82% · Writing 51% · Maths 76% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 71%
Average test scores: reading 107, maths 105
Based on: 45 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

This schoolWindsor and Maidenhead averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 16 percentage points below the Windsor and Maidenhead average (63%).

Year 6 SATs: 26th of 28 junior and primary schools in the area

=23Wraysbury Primary School50%
#25St Luke's CofE Primary School48%
#26St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Maidenhead47%
#27Wessex Primary School44%
#28Woodlands Park Primary School20%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Lowbrook Academy100%
#2St Francis Catholic Primary School, South Ascot97%
#3St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery92%
#4Oldfield Primary School83%
=5Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Sunningdale81%
=5Waltham St Lawrence Primary School81%
=7Cookham Dean CofE Primary School79%
=7Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Cookham79%
#9Braywick Court School77%
=10Cheapside CofE Primary School70%
=10White Waltham CofE Academy70%
#12All Saints Church of England Junior School69%
#13Furze Platt Junior School68%
=14Cookham Rise Primary School67%
=14South Ascot Village Primary School67%
#16Larchfield Primary and Nursery School62%
=17Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School60%
=17Knowl Hill Church of England Primary Academy60%
#19Riverside Primary School and Nursery56%
#20Bisham Church of England Academy55%
#21Holyport CofE Primary School53%
#22Courthouse Junior School52%
=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%
#28Woodlands Park Primary School20%

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25th of 29 primary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead for Ofsted rating

#23South Ascot Village Primary SchoolGood
#24St Edward's Catholic First SchoolGood
#25St Mary's Catholic Primary School, MaidenheadGood
#26St Michael's CofE Primary School, SunninghillGood
#27The Queen Anne Royal Free CofE Controlled 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.

Rank School Score

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

Financials

Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

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