St Michael's CofE Primary School, Sunninghill, Ascot
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
St Michael's creates a calm, welcoming environment where children feel safe and well cared for, with warm relationships between staff and pupils. The school excels at teaching reading through skilled phonics instruction and maintains consistently excellent behaviour through clear routines and expectations. Pupils benefit from a rich curriculum with frequent trips, visitors and community involvement that helps them understand the wider world.
Key Strengths
- Strong focus on reading from Reception Year with skilled phonics teaching ensuring pupils become fluent and confident readers
- Excellent behaviour and calm, purposeful atmosphere with very rare low-level disruption
- Well-sequenced broad and balanced curriculum with strong subject knowledge from teachers
- Effective support for pupils with SEND enabling them to access the curriculum fully and achieve individual targets
- Comprehensive personal development programme including online safety, healthy relationships and understanding of diversity
Areas for Improvement
- Learning tasks are not always appropriately challenging - some pupils find work too easy while others find it too hard, limiting progress for some
- School improvement strategies lack precision and clarity, preventing governors from effectively holding leaders to account
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective and the school has created a positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Clubs, musical opportunities, day trips, residential trips in Year 6, visits to different places of worship, Black History Month activities, local community events
St Michael's CofE Primary School is a welcoming community where pupils take pride in the school's values of respect, kindness, curiosity and faith. The school has maintained good standards and ensures pupils' well-being is paramount with high expectations for conduct and academic achievement.
At a Glance
10.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
58 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 87%. Maths has declined from 73% to 63%. Writing has declined from 80% to 60%.
Class Sizes
28.3
Avg class size
26.7
Infant (KS1)
29.5
KS2
7
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
92%
Near capacity
194 pupils
210 capacity
16 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Ascot
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Ascot
Admissions Demand - Windsor and Maidenhead
Places available
1,700
Applications
1,412
Got 1st preference
82.2%
Got preferred school
97.2%
Primary admissions across Windsor and Maidenhead (2025/26)
Inspection History(9)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.14109%
Overall absence
7.77778%
Persistent absence
180
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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