Wessex Primary School, Maidenhead

Ofsted's report card from its 24 February 2026 inspection grades Wessex Primary School on 7 areas: 5 expected standard and 2 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise attendance and take a strategic, systematic approach to improving it."

Early years - Expected standard. "The early years curriculum is well designed and sequenced to support children's progress across all areas of learning."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have established an inclusive school culture."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have a detailed and accurate understanding of the school's strengths and areas for development."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school provides a well-designed programme of personal development, which includes a thoughtful personal, social, relationships and health education curriculum."

Achievement - Needs attention. "At the end of key stage 2, pupils are generally prepared well for their next stage of education."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "Writing has been taught less effectively over time than other areas of the curriculum."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should strengthen teaching and learning to ensure that the curriculum is taught consistently well across all classes and subjects"; "Leaders should ensure that staff check pupils' knowledge and understanding across the curriculum consistently, and offer precise support that helps pupils to build on their prior knowledge successfully"; "Leaders should ensure that their recent work to improve pupils' writing is embedded so that all groups of pupils make the progress that they should within the writing curriculum"; "Leaders should build on their work to support the small proportion of disadvantaged pupils who are at risk of lower attendance so that both groups and individual pupils attend school highly".

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Wessex Primary School Welcome to Wessex Primary School, a two-form entry primary school located just outside Maidenhead. As the Headteacher, it is my pleasure to introduce you to our vibrant and nurturing school community. Inspiring Excellence; Everyone, Everyday At Wessex, our mission is to inspire excellence in all that we do."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football and sewing.

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care until 6:00pm.

Coming up: an admissions event on Tuesday 3 November 2026, an open day on Thursday 12 November 2026, an admissions event on Thursday 12 November 2026 and an admissions event on Tuesday 17 November 2026 at 3.30pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils at Wessex Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 79% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 77% in Windsor and Maidenhead and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 75% in reading and 84% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 25 families put Wessex Primary School as their first choice and 71 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 1 family who put it first was not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Wessex Primary School are Lowbrook Academy (0.1 miles, Good, 100% reading, 100% maths); St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery (0.6 miles, Requires improvement, 95% reading, 95% maths); Woodlands Park Primary School (0.8 miles, 60% reading, 40% maths); and All Saints Church of England Junior School (0.9 miles, 92% reading, 79% maths).

Wessex Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

81 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Wessex Primary School (as of April 2026): 84% would recommend the school, 84% say their child is happy there and 55% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (88%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (55%).

Wessex Primary School has a resourced provision for hearing impairment: 5 places, 2 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Maidenhead Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Fairway, 140 metres away.

In 2024/25, Wessex Primary School issued 17 suspensions, 5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Wessex Primary School are Cox Green School (0.2 miles), Altwood Church of England School (0.6 miles), Newlands Girls' School (1 mile) and Desborough College (1.2 miles).