Dorney School
Harcourt Close, Dorney Reach, Maidenhead, SL6 0DY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- BEECHES LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sharifah Lee
- Sponsor
- Beeches Learning and Development Trust
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 158
- URN
- 144339
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01628620871
About this school
Dorney School is a primary academy in Maidenhead. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 158 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 19 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 74% | 50% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 90% | 84% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 79% | 61% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 68% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 108.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 108.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.00 | - | - |
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 Dorney 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 | Buckinghamshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57% | 59.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 74% | 61.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 50% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 201 |
| 2023/24 | 164 |
| 2024/25 | 156 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dorney School compares
Dorney School ranked 125th of 142 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50% | 4.5% | 15.4% | 158 | — |
| Braywick Court School | 77% | 3.3% | 12.3% | 257 | 1.3 miles |
| Oldfield Primary School | 83% | 4.4% | 9.1% | 419 | 1.3 miles |
| Lent Rise School | 64% | 5.5% | 17.2% | 443 | 1.5 miles |
| Holyport CofE Primary School | 53% | 4.8% | 11% | 217 | 1.6 miles |
| Cippenham School | 59% | 5.9% | 16.2% | 998 | 1.7 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.38%
- English as an additional language
- 8.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.53%
- Persistent absence
- 8.72%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Braywick Court School1.3 miles
Primary · Maidenhead
-
Oldfield Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Maidenhead
-
Lent Rise School1.5 miles
Primary · Slough
-
Holyport CofE Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Maidenhead
-
Cippenham School1.7 miles
Primary · Slough
Other schools in Maidenhead
Dorney School ranks 16th 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
- Furze Platt Infant School Primary
- Furze Platt Junior School Primary
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Cookham Primary
- Holyport CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Dorney School teach?
- Dorney School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Maidenhead.
- Who is the headteacher of Dorney School?
- The headteacher of Dorney School is Mrs Sharifah Lee, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Dorney School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Dorney 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 Dorney School?
- Dorney School has 158 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Dorney School full?
- Dorney School has capacity for 210 pupils and 158 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 Dorney School a faith school?
- No. Dorney School has no designated religious character.
- Does Dorney School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Dorney School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Dorney School?
- Dorney School is part of BEECHES LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Dorney School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 50% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Dorney School rank locally?
- Dorney School ranked 125th of 142 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 21% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Dorney School's absence rate?
- Dorney School's overall absence rate is 4.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Dorney School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dorney 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 10 July 2026.