St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery

St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery is an inclusive, highly ambitious school where pupils, including those with SEND, flourish. Inspectors found exceptionally strong provision across education, behaviour, personal development, leadership and early years. Pupils make excellent progress, behave exceptionally well, feel safe and benefit from a rich curriculum and wide range of opportunities, including reading, swimming and clubs. The school’s Catholic ethos and high expectations are central to its work. The school has clearly improved since its previous inspection, when it required improvement, and has benefited from the support of the Mother Teresa Catholic Academy Trust, which it joined in February 2024. Leadership, governance and trust support are strong, staff feel valued, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The curriculum is well designed from Nursery to Year 6, teaching is expert, reading is taught exceptionally well, and pupils with SEND are supported highly effectively. Inspectors identified no significant weaknesses. Pupils’ behaviour, attendance, personal development and understanding of respect, safety and community are notable strengths, and pupils leave extremely well prepared for the next stage of their education.

Strengths

• Highly ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum from Nursery to Year 6
• Expert teaching supported by effective professional development and trust collaboration
• Exceptionally strong reading provision, including early reading and extra support
• Highly effective assessment and support for pupils with SEND
• Exemplary pupil behaviour and very positive attitudes to learning
• High levels of attendance and a calm, purposeful classroom atmosphere
• Exceptional personal development, including character, respect and sustainability education
• Pupils feel safe and have a strong understanding of healthy relationships and online safety
• Strong leadership, governance and trust support with effective support and challenge
• A positive culture where staff feel valued and empowered
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Rich wider opportunities, including clubs, trips, monitors and pupil responsibilities

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 St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery attended 96.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.1% 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, 0.8% of pupils at St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery 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 St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery had 26.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.4% 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, 12.6% of pupils at St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 2022–23 St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery received £5,898 and spent £6,401 for each of its 421 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £377,000 (£895 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Mother Teresa Catholic Academy Trust, income was £5,891 and spending £6,106 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 Maidenhead · Windsor and Maidenhead local authority: places and applications

St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery is part of Mother Teresa Catholic Academy Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Maidenhead Maidenhead
• St Teresa's Catholic Academy Wokingham
• St Margaret Clitherow Catholic Primary School, Bracknell Bracknell
• St Francis Catholic Primary School, South Ascot Ascot
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Aldershot
• All Hallows Catholic School Farnham
• St Anne's Catholic Primary School Basingstoke

What is St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery is Outstanding, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery have?

St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery has 485 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery cover?

St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 92% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery?

St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery is at Altwood Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 4PX.