Dedworth Middle School

Dedworth Middle School has shown significant improvement since its previous inspection and is now rated as good overall. The school fosters a positive and inclusive environment where pupils feel safe and are encouraged to perform well. Staff are dedicated to the school’s vision of unlocking student potential, which has led to a strong sense of pride among pupils and the community. While the curriculum is ambitious and well-planned in most areas, there are some concerns regarding the consistency of delivery in a few subjects, particularly at key stage 2, which has affected overall learning coherence.

Strengths

• Strong leadership driving improvements in school culture and community confidence.
• Effective support for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) pupils.
• Pupils demonstrate good behaviour and respect for one another.
• Ambitious and well-structured curriculum in most subjects.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities enhancing student learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent delivery of the curriculum in a small number of subjects.
• Some pupils do not receive adequate support for reading accuracy and fluency.

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 Middle School attended 92.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 21.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

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, 5.4% of pupils at Dedworth Middle School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 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 Middle School had 17.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

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 Dedworth Middle School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 7.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 10 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 secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Dedworth Middle School received £7,745 and spent £7,246 for each of its 533 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £485,000 (£909 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 Middle School is part of Windsor Learning Partnership, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

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

What is Dedworth Middle School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Dedworth Middle School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Dedworth Middle School last inspected by Ofsted?

Dedworth Middle School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Dedworth Middle School have?

Dedworth Middle School has 517 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dedworth Middle School cover?

Dedworth Middle School for pupils aged 9 to 13.

What are Dedworth Middle School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Dedworth Middle School?

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