Alexander First School

Alexander First School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in all inspected areas. It is a small school with a strong community spirit, catering to a transient population due to the nature of parents' military careers. Leaders prioritize the educational needs of their students, ensuring they feel supported and happy. The school emphasizes early reading, aiming to instill confidence in pupils, and maintains a well-structured mathematics curriculum that accommodates the learning needs of its diverse student body. Additionally, the staff actively work to build strong relationships and a supportive environment for all pupils.

Strengths

• Strong community spirit among pupils and staff.
• Effective leadership focused on pupil well-being and educational opportunities.
• High priority on early reading as a foundation for learning.
• Well-established mathematics curriculum with effective teaching practices.
• Positive relationships encouraging collaborative learning among pupils.
• Robust safeguarding measures ensuring pupil safety.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent retention of knowledge due to subjects being taught in blocks.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Alexander First School attended 92.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 4.8% of pupils at Alexander First School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Alexander First School had 23.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 44.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.6% of pupils at Alexander First School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 15.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Alexander First School received £10,473 and spent £12,172 for each of its 114 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £1,217,000 (-£10,674 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Alexander First School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Alexander First School is Good, from an inspection in April 2023.

When was Alexander First School last inspected by Ofsted?

Alexander First School was last inspected in April 2023.

How many pupils does Alexander First School have?

Alexander First School has 118 pupils on roll.

What age range does Alexander First School cover?

Alexander First School for pupils aged 3 to 9.

Where is Alexander First School?

Alexander First School is at Kenneally, Oakley Green, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 4XP.