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Oldfield Primary School

Primary · Maidenhead · SL6 1UE

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 April 2025

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At a glance

419 pupils · 100% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
9.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
35.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
6.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.oldfieldprimary.com
URN
109888

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 64 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.07 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.794 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. At its inspection on 1 April 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.07 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 64 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.794 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.794 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

60 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
32%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
England 105

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

This school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers76.5%
Windsor and Maidenhead average65.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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.

SchoolOfstedResult
Gidea Park Primary SchoolRomford · 39 miles awayGood75%
Bollin Primary SchoolAltrincham · 146 miles awayStrong standard75%
Stamford Park Primary SchoolAltrincham · 146 miles awayGood78%
Wheatfield Primary SchoolBristol · 79 miles awayExpected standard78%
Woodheys Primary SchoolSale · 148 miles awayGood75%
Knutsford Primary AcademyWatford · 18 miles awayGood72%
St Mark's Church of England Primary SchoolBromley · 32 miles awayOutstanding73%
Dundonald Primary SchoolLondon · 23 miles awayGood75%
The Vineyard SchoolRichmond · 18 miles awayGood86%
Deer Park SchoolTwickenham · 18 miles awayOutstanding97%
Bishop Gilpin CofE Primary SchoolWimbledon · 22 miles awayOutstanding78%
Monkfrith Primary SchoolLondon · 26 miles awayGood88%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Indian 28% (Windsor and Maidenhead 10%, England 4%) · White British 27% (Windsor and Maidenhead 52%, England 60%) · Any other White background 13% (Windsor and Maidenhead 9%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 8% (Windsor and Maidenhead 7%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Windsor and Maidenhead 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 5% (Windsor and Maidenhead 4%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Windsor and Maidenhead 3%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Windsor and Maidenhead 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Windsor and Maidenhead 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Windsor and Maidenhead 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Windsor and Maidenhead 1%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Windsor and Maidenhead 2%, England 5%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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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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

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% left the state-funded sector

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)

47.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.1 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 £50,669; 17.4% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,217
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £253,400; in-year balance +£1,892

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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

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher64.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications6.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work61.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways4.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health62%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier85.2%62.3%
Social housing3.1%17.1%
Privately rented11.7%20.5%
Detached houses53.5%22.9%
Flats27.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms57.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016591 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£371,500211 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£310,000–£629,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (36)£960,000
Semi-detached (22)£644,500
Terraced (30)£427,000
Flat (123)£335,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.28 km, 2026 entry): 442 sales, median £405,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
3an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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

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