Wessex Primary School

About Wessex Primary School

Wessex Primary School sits well below the Windsor and Maidenhead local authority average for Key Stage 2 outcomes, with just 51% of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined against a LA average of 64%. That gap of 13 percentage points places the school 23rd out of 28 primary schools in the area, putting it in the bottom half of the local league table. The picture is mixed when you look at individual subjects: 84% of pupils met the expected standard in maths, which is a solid result, but only 52% did so in writing and 75% in reading. At the higher standard, just 5% of pupils achieved the top level across all three subjects, and only 7% hit the higher threshold in writing. These figures suggest the school is struggling to push its most able pupils further, particularly in literacy, while maths performance is a relative bright spot.

The school's most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023 rated it Requires Improvement overall, a downgrade from its previous Good rating in 2016. Inspectors found that the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management all require improvement, while early years provision was also judged Requires Improvement. Personal development was the one area rated Good, which suggests the school is still managing to support pupils' wider growth even as academic standards have slipped. The Progress 8 measure is not available for this primary school, so it's hard to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points, but the raw KS2 scores and the Ofsted downgrade point to a school that has lost some of its earlier momentum. With 25.9% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a relatively disadvantaged intake compared to many in the area.

Wessex Primary is a three-form entry school with capacity for 427 pupils but currently has 340 on roll, so there is some slack in the system. Despite that, it was oversubscribed for 2025/26 entry, with 77 applications for 33 places and 19 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.33. The school offers a range of facilities including a forest school, music rooms, art studios and a library, plus clubs like film club, choir, chess, science club and coding. Sports provision includes football, netball, rounders and dance. For SEND, the school has a resourced provision and supports pupils with specific learning difficulties, speech and language needs, social and emotional challenges, and autistic spectrum disorder. The nearest outstanding-rated primary is St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery, just 1 km away, which may be a consideration for parents prioritising Ofsted grades. This school will suit families who value a broad extracurricular offer and SEND support, but who are comfortable with a school that is currently in a period of transition following its Ofsted downgrade.

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