Dedworth Green First School

Dedworth Green First School is a good school across all inspected areas: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. Pupils enjoy attending, feel safe, behave well and are polite and respectful. The school has an ambitious curriculum, a strong personal development programme and a clear priority on reading, with effective support for pupils with SEND, including its resource base for pupils with autistic spectrum disorder. Children in the early years also benefit from an ambitious curriculum and achieve well. The main areas for improvement are assessment and attendance. In a small number of more recently developed subjects, checks on what pupils already know are not rigorous enough, so new learning is sometimes introduced before prior knowledge is secure and progress is uneven. Some disadvantaged pupils still miss too much school, which limits their access to the school’s learning, enrichment and care. Safeguarding is effective, and staff, governors and trustees are positive and supportive of school improvement. This is a graded inspection, so no overall effectiveness grade is given. The school is part of Windsor Learning Trust, has a nursery, and caters for pupils aged three to nine.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and enjoy attending a friendly, caring school.
• Pupils behave well, are kind to each other and show high standards of manners.
• The personal development programme is well designed and offers a broad range of opportunities.
• Pupils confidently discuss complex topics and take pride in developing their talents.
• The curriculum is ambitious, carefully defined and closely followed by staff.
• Pupils love learning, work hard and typically achieve well.
• Early years children benefit from an ambitious curriculum and learn to communicate and apply early mathematics.
• Pupils with SEND are swiftly identified and well supported, including in the resource base.
• Reading is a priority, with clear phonics teaching and effective support for pupils who fall behind.
• Staff well-being and professional development are well managed and valued.
• Governors and trustees fulfil their statutory duties and support school improvement.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Checks on pupils’ prior knowledge lack rigour in a small number of more recently developed subjects.
• New learning is sometimes introduced before prior knowledge has been consolidated, slowing progress in some subjects.
• Some disadvantaged pupils do not attend school often enough and miss too much learning and enrichment.

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 Dedworth Green First School attended 92.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.1% 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, 0.6% of pupils at Dedworth Green First School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were 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 Dedworth Green First School had 17.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.2% 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, 12.9% of pupils at Dedworth Green First School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 8 pupils.

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 2024–25 Dedworth Green First School received £8,519 and spent £8,010 for each of its 164 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £169,000 (£1,028 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Windsor Learning Partnership, income was £7,623 and spending £7,465 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Windsor · Windsor and Maidenhead local authority: places and applications

Dedworth Green First School is part of Windsor Learning Partnership, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Dedworth Middle School Windsor
• Clewer Green CofE First School Windsor
• Windsor Girls' School Windsor
• Oakfield First School Windsor
• The Windsor Boys' School Windsor

What is Dedworth Green First School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Dedworth Green First School is Good, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Dedworth Green First School last inspected by Ofsted?

Dedworth Green First School was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Dedworth Green First School have?

Dedworth Green First School has 171 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dedworth Green First School cover?

Dedworth Green First School for pupils aged 3 to 9.

Where is Dedworth Green First School?

Dedworth Green First School is at Smiths Lane, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 5PE.