Churchmead Church of England (VA) School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 43 42.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 42.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 34.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 10% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: 0.00 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	46[6]	38.1%[6]
2023/24	42.5[4]	38.6%[4]	0.00[4]
2022/23	39.5[7]	32%[7]	-0.25[7]
2021/22	47[8]	38%[8]	+0.14[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 0% 2024/25[3]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 83% 2022/23[9]
School sixth form: 39% 2022/23[9]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[9]
Further education college: 34% 2022/23[9]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[9]
Employment: 7% 2022/23[9]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	90%[10]	21%[10]	0%[10]	58%[10]	4%[10]	6%[10]
2020/21	91%[11]	25%[11]	0%[11]	57%[11]	4%[11]	6%[11]
2019/20	92%[12]	15%[12]	3%[12]	72%[12]	0%[12]	3%[12]
2018/19	84%[13]	19%[13]	0%[13]	53%[13]	9%[13]	4%[13]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 12 Nov 2024[14]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14]
Report published: 14 Jan 2025[14]
Personal development: Outstanding[14]
Quality of education: Good[14]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[14]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[14]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[14]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[14]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
2 Jul 2019[15]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[15]	No overall grade[15]
Date not published[16]	Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[16]	Good[16]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.3 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Applications (any preference): 309 Entry Sept 2026[17]
First preferences: 144 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Places offered: 136 Entry Sept 2026[17]
First preferences per place: 1.1 Entry Sept 2026[17]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	272[17]	100[17]	118[17]	2.3[17]	0.8[17]
Entry Sept 2024	277[17]	104[17]	120[17]	2.3[17]	0.9[17]
Entry Sept 2023	243[17]	120[17]	116[17]	2.1[17]	1.0[17]
Entry Sept 2022	228[17]	100[17]	108[17]	2.1[17]	0.9[17]

Admissions

Places (published admission number): 120 Entry Sept 2027[18]

Character & practicalities

Type: Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Church of England[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 750[1]
Local authority: Windsor and Maidenhead[1]
Website: http://churchmead.org [1]
District: Windsor and Maidenhead [19]
Postcode: SL3 9JQ[1]
URN: 133580[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 666 2024/25[20]
English as an additional language: 27.6% 2024/25[20]
SEN support: 21% 2024/25[20]
EHC plan: 3.2% 2024/25[20]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 26.3% 2024/25[20]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 58.9%[21]
Mixed: 10%[21]
Asian: 23.5%[21]
Black: 4.4%[21]
Any other ethnic group: 2.3%[21]
Unclassified: 0.9%[21]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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files.schudio.com: files.schudio.com — Churchmead Admissions Policy 2027-28 240126 (Word). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
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Pupil Admission Number There are 120 places (the published admission number or PAN) available. (p. 1)
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