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Larchfield Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Maidenhead · SL6 2SG

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No current grade

Ungraded inspection: no current grade

Ofsted's most recent visit was an ungraded inspection; its outcome was “Standards maintained”. Since September 2024 these outcomes no longer confirm a named grade. No graded inspection appears in Ofsted's records for this school since 2015 either, so SchoolFacts shows no grade rather than guessing. Any earlier grade is on the school's Ofsted report page.

Inspected 24 April 2025

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At a glance

213 pupils · 87% of 246 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
42.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
51.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.larchfieldschool.co.uk
URN
109938

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 20 families named it first for 27 Reception places, 0.74 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.722 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.74 first-choice applications per place

27 places offered · 20 first-choice applications · usually has places

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.722 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
62%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
14%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school62%
Median of its 12 closest peers58%
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
Hope Community School SouthamptonSouthampton · 51 miles awayExpected standard62%
Darley Dene Primary SchoolAddlestone · 14 miles awayGood67%
St Saviour's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 31 miles awayGood57%
Brackenbury Primary SchoolLondon · 21 miles awayGood77%
St Philip's Church of England Primary SchoolManchester · 149 miles awayGood41%
Parkside Community Primary SchoolBorehamwood · 22 miles awayGood59%
Beecholme Primary SchoolMitcham · 26 miles awayGood (2019)72%
St John Southworth RC Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyNelson · 172 miles awayNeeds attention18%
All Saints' CofE Primary School NW2London · 23 miles awayGood55%
Grinling Gibbons Primary SchoolLondon · 30 miles awayGood57%
St John Vianney RC Primary SchoolLondon · 28 miles awayOutstanding77%
Good Shepherd Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolCroydon · 33 miles awayGood52%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 38% (Windsor and Maidenhead 52%, England 60%) · Any other White background 12% (Windsor and Maidenhead 9%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 10% (Windsor and Maidenhead 10%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 9% (Windsor and Maidenhead 7%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 8% (Windsor and Maidenhead 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 7% (Windsor and Maidenhead 4%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Windsor and Maidenhead 4%, England 3%) · Black African 2% (Windsor and Maidenhead 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Windsor and Maidenhead 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Windsor and Maidenhead 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Windsor and Maidenhead 0%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Windsor and Maidenhead 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Windsor and Maidenhead 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 2%

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)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

10.62 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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
23.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

60% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 30% moved to another state school · 10% 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)

60% of teachers took sickness absence, 13.8 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 £54,218; 22.2% 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£8,403
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £258,937; in-year balance -£14,877

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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)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work29.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways25.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier43.8%62.3%
Social housing40.4%17.1%
Privately rented15.6%20.5%
Detached houses5.5%22.9%
Flats27.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016593 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£450,000327 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£315,000–£590,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (59)£810,000
Semi-detached (96)£510,000
Terraced (62)£427,500
Flat (110)£264,500

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.16 km, 2025 entry): 457 sales, median £441,500. 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
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
12an 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

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