Cookham Rise Primary School, Maidenhead

Ofsted's report card from its 23 June 2026 inspection grades Cookham Rise Primary School on 7 areas: 3 strong standard and 4 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils attend school regularly."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "This is a highly inclusive school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders place pupils' personal development at the centre of the school's work."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils achieve well as they move through the school."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed a broad and ambitious curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders have created a welcoming early years environment where children are happy, settled and ready to learn."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders are passionate about the school and its vision for every pupil to shine."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders need to further develop staff's expertise to address gaps and misconceptions so that pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, achieve highly"; "Leaders should ensure that teaching supports pupils to build consistently on their early letter-formation skills to help them secure fluent, accurate and legible handwriting"; "Leaders should ensure that in early years, continuous provision is consistently well organised and that adults use high-quality interactions to extend learning, particularly for disadvantaged children, so that all children achieve the intended curriculum outcomes".

From the headteacher's welcome: "You will find lots of information about us on this site however, to get a real feel for our school, please do make an appointment to come and look around and see us at work and at play."

Coming up: an admissions event on Thursday 5 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils at Cookham Rise Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 90% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 77% in Windsor and Maidenhead and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 83% in reading and 79% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 27 families put Cookham Rise Primary School as their first choice and 94 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Cookham Rise Primary School are Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Cookham (0.7 miles, Good, 79% reading, 93% maths); Cookham Dean CofE Primary School (1.1 miles, Good, 100% reading, 82% maths); St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Maidenhead (1.7 miles, Requires improvement, 82% reading, 76% maths); and Riverside Primary School and Nursery (1.8 miles, Good, 63% reading, 71% maths).

Cookham Rise Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

14% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 2.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (85%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 13 pupils (6.3%) received SEN support and 6 (2.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Cookham Rail Station, about 230 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lower Road, 190 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Cookham Rise Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 17 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and burglary. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Windsor and Maidenhead (80).

In 2024/25, Cookham Rise Primary School issued 4 suspensions, 1.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.