Desborough College
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2022–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Desborough College is a secondary school in Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 17 May 2024. Windsor and Maidenhead has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Desborough College 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 1 of the 7 other Windsor and Maidenhead secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 48 first-choice applications for 75 offers: 0.6 first choices per offer, the lowest of 8 Windsor and Maidenhead secondary schools.
- For Year 7 in 2026, every first-choice family was offered a place, and 27 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 54% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary 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
- Shoppenhangers Road, Maidenhead, SL6 2QB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Pupils on roll
- 539 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 17 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from the recently broadened curriculum and reshaped pastoral programmes throughout the school.”
- “These aim to help pupils to succeed academically and become well-rounded individuals.”
- “Most pupils gain the knowledge and skills needed for later life.”
To improve
- “Social times are orderly, but there is some boisterous behaviour in corridors during lesson transitions.”
- “The school has responded to a rather mixed set of A-Level results in 2023.”
- “Some subjects have new leadership, and consequently, the curriculum thinking is less well developed, and pupils’ learning is not always as secure.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 2024 (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) | 54% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.7 | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 75 offers in total, 48 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.
- Altwood Church of England School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cox Green School 1.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Newlands Girls' School 1.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Furze Platt Senior School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Holyport College 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- The Windsor Boys' School 5.1 mi School remains Good
- Windsor Girls' School 5.2 mi Requires improvement
- Churchmead Church of England (VA) School 6.7 mi Not judged Last distance published