Cheapside CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Ascot, Windsor and Maidenhead
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.083 miles
Published by Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2025–2026 (miles)
Cheapside CofE Primary School is a primary school in Ascot, Windsor and Maidenhead for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 2 April 2025. Windsor and Maidenhead has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Cheapside CofE Primary 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 | 4.083 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 3.702 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 4.083 miles away, the 16th longest of 43 Windsor and Maidenhead primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 11 first-choice applications for 13 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Watersplash Lane, Cheapside, Ascot, SL5 7QJ
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Pupils on roll
- 159 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 2 April 2025
Strengths
- “Cheapside is a very happy, warm and welcoming school.”
- “Pupils enjoy learning here and rise to the high expectations set by staff.”
- “This is reflected in pupils’ positive attitudes to learning and the quality of work they produce.”
To improve
- “The curriculum in some subjects is less well developed.”
- “The school needs to identify the specific knowledge pupils should acquire and when more accurately.”
- “Refinements are needed to address minor gaps and inconsistencies in the curriculum for these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 May 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) | 70% | 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: 11 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 11 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.
- St Michael's CofE Primary School, Sunninghill 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Sunningdale 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Ascot Village Primary School 1.6 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, South Ascot 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Royal First School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- King's Court First School 3.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Clewer Green CofE First School 3.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Hilltop First School 3.9 mi Good Last distance published