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Crowthorne Church of England Primary School

Primary · Crowthorne · RG45 6ND

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Outstanding

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

Inspected 4 February 2025

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At a glance

209 pupils · 100% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
5.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
15.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.crowthornecofe.co.uk
URN
109962

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 39 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.30 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 0.544 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 3 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. At its inspection on 4 February 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 2.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.30 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 39 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 0.544 miles for 2024 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.544 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Criterion J (Denominational)
0.583 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
87%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
17%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
112
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 school87%
Median of its 12 closest peers81.5%
Bracknell Forest average63.8%
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
Torkington Primary SchoolStockport · 149 miles awayGood90%
St Anne's Catholic Primary SchoolStafford · 112 miles awayGood82%
Arnett Hills Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolRickmansworth · 23 miles awayGood (2016)81%
Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary SchoolLeicester · 87 miles awayGood64%
St Hugh of Lincoln Catholic Primary SchoolWoking · 9 miles awayOutstanding90%
Little Chalfont Primary SchoolAmersham · 23 miles awayOutstanding78%
Tudor Grange Primary Academy Hockley HeathSolihull · 80 miles awayGood63%
The Royal Kent CofE Primary SchoolLeatherhead · 19 miles awayGood69%
St Chad's Church of England Primary SchoolLeeds · 173 miles awayGood60%
Co-op Academy FriarswoodNewcastle · 128 miles awayGood86%
St Alphege Church of England Junior SchoolSolihull · 83 miles awayGood86%
The Russell SchoolRickmansworth · 23 miles awayOutstanding86%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 61% (Bracknell Forest 66%, England 60%) · Any other White background 10% (Bracknell Forest 9%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 7% (Bracknell Forest 4%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Bracknell Forest 3%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 4% (Bracknell Forest 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Bracknell Forest 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Bracknell Forest 2%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Bracknell Forest 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Bracknell Forest 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Bracknell Forest 4%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Bracknell Forest 0%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Bracknell Forest 1%, England 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)
2.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
3.8%
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 · Bracknell Forest: 2.80 suspensions and 0.02 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
23.8
England 18.5

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)

30% of teachers took sickness absence, 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 £52,002; 20% 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£6,196
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £128,243; in-year balance +£10,273

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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 higher42%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.8%62.3%
Social housing9.1%17.1%
Privately rented14.1%20.5%
Detached houses39.8%22.9%
Flats34.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016208 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£505,000371 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£352,500–£675,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (154)£691,000
Semi-detached (92)£490,000
Terraced (33)£461,000
Flat (92)£226,000

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 (0.88 km, 2024 entry): 308 sales, median £500,000. 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
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
13an 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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