Larchfield Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.654 miles
Published by Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2022–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Larchfield Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 24 April 2025. Windsor and Maidenhead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Larchfield Primary and Nursery School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.654 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.722 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 100 mi |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | 1.117 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2026 lived 0.654 miles away, the 5th shortest of 43 Windsor and Maidenhead primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception distance was nearer than in 2025 and 2022; the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance, and distances swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 20 first-choice applications for 27 offers; 19 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (5%) was not offered a place.
- 39.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 9.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Windsor and Maidenhead schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bargeman Road, Maidenhead, SL6 2SG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Pupils on roll
- 213 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 24 April 2025
Strengths
- “A strong, inclusive ethos is at the heart of this school.”
- “Pupils are proud to wear its badge.”
- “The school is committed to serving and welcoming all pupils and their families.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, this knowledge is not defined precisely enough.”
- “This means that staff are not as clear on what pupils must remember.”
- “However, in some other subjects, teachers do not check as closely what pupils have remembered.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 62% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 20 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 19 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Windsor and Maidenhead.
- Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- All Saints Church of England Junior School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Wessex Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Braywick Court School 1.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Oldfield Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lowbrook Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Luke's CofE Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published