Schools in Maidenhead
Maidenhead has 37 schools administered primarily by the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM), with some village schools to the north under Buckinghamshire Council. RBWM uses a proximity-based model for community schools, with straight-line distance as the main tiebreaker. Maidenhead's proximity to the M4 corridor makes it a desirable commuter town, and several primaries in the Cookham, Furze Platt and Cox Green areas have been consistently oversubscribed.
Berkshire retains grammar schools, and families in Maidenhead have access to the selective 11-plus system. Grammar schools in Maidenhead itself include Desborough College (boys) and Newlands Girls School. Registration for the Berkshire 11-plus must be completed by June, significantly before the main admissions round. Non-selective secondary admissions in RBWM use straight-line distance tiebreakers aligned with national deadlines.
School demand in Maidenhead
Across the 34 schools in Maidenhead with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 92%. 9 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
12 schools in Maidenhead have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
17 of the schools in Maidenhead are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Windsor and Maidenhead, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
9 of the schools in Maidenhead have a current Ofsted rating, of which 6 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Maidenhead: 5 oversubscribed (24)
Alwyn Infant School
Primary · Community school
Maidenhead · SL6 6EU
Courthouse Junior School
Primary · Community school
Maidenhead · SL6 5HE
Riverside Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Community school
Maidenhead · SL6 7JA
Wessex Primary School
Primary · Community school
Maidenhead · SL6 3AT
Furze Platt Junior School
Primary · Community school
Maidenhead · SL6 6HQ
Furze Platt Infant School
Primary · Community school
Maidenhead · SL6 6HQ
Cookham Rise Primary School
Primary · Community school
Maidenhead · SL6 9JF
Oldfield Primary School
Primary · Community school
Maidenhead · SL6 1UE
Larchfield Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Maidenhead · SL6 2SG
Cookham Dean CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Maidenhead · SL6 9PH
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Cookham
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Maidenhead · SL6 9QJ
Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Maidenhead · SL6 4HZ
Lowbrook Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Maidenhead · SL6 3AR
St Nicolas' Church of England Combined School
Primary · Academy converter
Maidenhead · SL6 0ET
White Waltham CofE Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Maidenhead · SL6 3SG
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Maidenhead
Primary · Academy converter
Maidenhead · SL6 7EG
Braywick Court School
Primary · Free schools
Maidenhead · SL6 1UU
St Luke's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Maidenhead · SL6 7EG
Burchetts Green CofE Infants' School
Primary · Academy converter
Maidenhead · SL6 6QZ
Holyport CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Maidenhead · SL6 2LP
St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter
Maidenhead · SL6 4PX
Dorney School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Maidenhead · SL6 0DY
Woodlands Park Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Maidenhead · SL6 3JB
All Saints Church of England Junior School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Maidenhead · SL6 4AR
Secondary Schools in Maidenhead (5)
Cox Green School
Secondary · Academy converter
Maidenhead · SL6 3AX
Furze Platt Senior School
Secondary · Academy converter
Maidenhead · SL6 7NQ
Altwood Church of England School
Secondary · Academy converter
Maidenhead · SL6 4PU
Desborough College
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Maidenhead · SL6 2QB
Newlands Girls' School
Secondary · Academy converter
Maidenhead · SL6 5JB
Other Schools in Maidenhead (8)
Cookham Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Maidenhead · SL6 9BT
Maidenhead Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Maidenhead · SL6 7PG
Herries Preparatory School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Maidenhead · SL6 9BD
St Piran's School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Maidenhead · SL6 7LZ
Claires Court Schools
Not applicable · Other independent school
Maidenhead · SL6 6AW
RBWM Alternative Learning Provision
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit
Maidenhead · SL6 8BY
Forest Bridge School
Not applicable · Free schools special
Maidenhead · SL6 1BN
Manor Green School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Maidenhead · SL6 3EQ
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Maidenhead are set by Windsor and Maidenhead and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.