Altwood Church of England School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
5.046 miles
Published by Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2025–2026 (miles)
Altwood Church of England School is a secondary school in Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Windsor and Maidenhead has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Altwood Church of England 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 5.046 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 5.865 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026 the last child offered a place lived 5.046 miles away, the longest of the 6 Windsor and Maidenhead secondary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2026 there were 104 first-choice applications for 143 Year 7 offers; 100 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 29% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C- (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was well below average.
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
- Altwood Road, Maidenhead, SL6 4PU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Pupils on roll
- 846 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “The school takes pride in quickly identifying what all pupils need to succeed.”
- “The systems in place ensure pupils feel welcomed and supported.”
- “The school has high expectations of all pupils.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, the precise identification of the knowledge pupils need within topics is less clear.”
- “This makes it harder for teachers to identify any specific gaps pupils may have and where specific opportunities are needed to revisit previous learning.”
- “While the school is ambitious for pupils to achieve highly, the number of pupils choosing to study modern foreign languages at GCSE is much lower than other subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 October 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 29% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 104 first-preference applications, 143 offers in total, 100 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Windsor and Maidenhead.
- Newlands Girls' School 0.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Cox Green School 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Desborough College 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Furze Platt Senior School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holyport College 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Windsor Boys' School 6.0 mi School remains Good
- Windsor Girls' School 6.1 mi Requires improvement
- Churchmead Church of England (VA) School 7.6 mi Not judged Last distance published