Wessex Primary School
St Adrian's Close, Cox Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3AT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Tim Beavan
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Constituency
- Maidenhead
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 427
- Pupils on roll
- 320
- URN
- 109821
- Local authority
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01628626724
About this school
Wessex Primary School is a community primary school in Maidenhead. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 320 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 61 | 57 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 42% | 51% | 44% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 5% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 75% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 84% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 65% | 69% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Wessex Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Windsor and Maidenhead average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 42% | 59.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 59.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 44% | 61.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 404 |
| 2023/24 | 364 |
| 2024/25 | 340 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wessex Primary School compares
Wessex Primary School ranked 31st of 32 primary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 15% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44% | 5.1% | 26.2% | 320 | — |
| Lowbrook Academy | 100% | 2.8% | 3.6% | 327 | 0.1 miles |
| St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery | 92% | 3.3% | 4.5% | 485 | 0.6 miles |
| Woodlands Park Primary School | 20% | 7.3% | 42.1% | 111 | 0.8 miles |
| All Saints Church of England Junior School | 69% | 5.5% | 17.4% | 208 | 0.9 miles |
| Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School | — | 6.1% | 10.1% | 196 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.18%
- English as an additional language
- 16.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.08%
- Persistent absence
- 15.63%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lowbrook Academy0.1 miles
Primary · Maidenhead
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St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery0.6 miles
Primary · Maidenhead
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Woodlands Park Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Maidenhead
-
All Saints Church of England Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Maidenhead
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Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School0.9 miles
Primary · Maidenhead
Other schools in Maidenhead
Wessex Primary School ranks 19th of the 20 ranked primary schools in Maidenhead.
- All Saints Church of England Junior School Primary
- Alwyn Infant School Primary
- Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Braywick Court School Primary
- Burchetts Green CofE Infants' School Primary
- Cookham Dean CofE Primary School Primary
- Cookham Rise Primary School Primary
- Courthouse Junior School Primary
- Dorney School Primary
- Furze Platt Infant School Primary
- Furze Platt Junior School Primary
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Cookham Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Wessex Primary School teach?
- Wessex Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Maidenhead.
- Who is the headteacher of Wessex Primary School?
- The headteacher of Wessex Primary School is Headteacher Tim Beavan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wessex Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wessex Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Wessex Primary School?
- Wessex Primary School has 320 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Wessex Primary School full?
- Wessex Primary School has capacity for 427 pupils and 320 on roll (75%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Wessex Primary School a faith school?
- No. Wessex Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wessex Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Wessex Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Wessex Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Wessex Primary School's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Wessex Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 42% in 2022/23 and 44% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wessex Primary School rank locally?
- Wessex Primary School ranked 31st of 32 primary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 15% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wessex Primary School's absence rate?
- Wessex Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wessex Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wessex Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.