Furze Platt Junior School
Primary · Maidenhead · SL6 6HQ
Data updated
SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection
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Inspected 8 July 2025
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364 pupils · 101% of 360 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 17.6% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 19% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 12.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 5.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 109842
In figures
At its inspection on 8 July 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Catchment area
Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.
Admissions cutoff distance: Year 3
Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)
- Criterion 03 (linked infant school)
- 1.436 miles
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Maidenhead school admissions · Windsor and Maidenhead school admissions
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
90 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means
Schools with a similar intake
Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025
On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.
They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Provision type: Resourced provision.
- Resourced provision
- 10 of 10 places taken full, or over capacity
Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 57% (Windsor and Maidenhead 52%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 10% (Windsor and Maidenhead 10%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 8% (Windsor and Maidenhead 7%, England 5%) · Any other White background 8% (Windsor and Maidenhead 9%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Windsor and Maidenhead 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Windsor and Maidenhead 4%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Windsor and Maidenhead 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Windsor and Maidenhead 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Windsor and Maidenhead 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Windsor and Maidenhead 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Windsor and Maidenhead 3%, England 3%) · other groups together 3%
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
1.65 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Windsor and Maidenhead: 2.28 suspensions and 0.05 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
47.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £55,717; 21.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 4% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 1% (5%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve £245,531; in-year balance -£3,302
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared
Inspection history since 2015
- 20 February 2024: School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next
- 4 December 2018: Outstanding
- 16 January 2018: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 53.5% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 10% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 52.9% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 9.1% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 60.4% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 81.2% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 7.1% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 11.7% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 39% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 9.7% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 42.7% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 5.5% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016571 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £554,000369 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £432,000–£750,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 1an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 5an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 1an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted