Cookham Dean CofE Primary School

About Cookham Dean CofE Primary School

Cookham Dean CofE Primary School sits within the Windsor and Maidenhead local authority, a competitive area for primary education. Among the 28 primary schools in the LA, it ranks 4th, placing it in the top 5 tier locally. Its closest peers at the top of the rankings are Lowbrook Academy, St Francis Catholic Primary School in South Ascot, and St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery. The school is a Church of England state primary for mixed genders, serving 193 pupils aged 5 to 11, with a capacity of 210. It is heavily oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 137 applications for 29 places, with 22 offers going to first-preference families out of 26 first-choice applicants. That gives an oversubscription ratio of 4.72, reflecting strong local demand. The most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in 2022, confirmed the school remains Good, a rating it has held since its last graded inspection in 2012, when it was judged Good overall with Good leadership and management.

Academically, Cookham Dean performs well above the local authority average. In the 2023/24 KS2 assessments, 86% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared to the Windsor and Maidenhead average of 64%. The school also excels at the higher standard, with 18% of pupils reaching that level across all three subjects. Reading scores are particularly strong: the average scaled score was 111, with 50% of pupils achieving the higher standard. In maths, the average scaled score was 107, with 32% reaching the higher standard. Writing also saw 25% of pupils achieve the higher standard. Nationally, the school ranks in the top 5% of all primary schools for the KS2 expected standard metric, and in the South East region it sits 97th out of 2,034 schools. The previous Ofsted inspection in 2008 rated the school Outstanding overall, though the current Good rating reflects a change in the inspection framework rather than a decline in outcomes.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a sports hall, playing fields, music rooms, a sensory room, a gymnasium, a forest school, and a chapel. Sports on offer include swimming, netball, dance, tennis and football, while clubs extend to choir, coding, art club and science club. SEND provision is well developed, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder, and other difficulties. With 6.2% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the intake is less disadvantaged than many local schools. This is a school that suits families who value strong academic outcomes within a Church of England ethos, who are willing to navigate a competitive admissions process, and who want access to a wide range of facilities and specialist support without moving to a private or faith-only school.

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