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Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School

Academy converter in Slough, SL3 9EJ, taking ages 3 to 11, 213 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Mar 2024
0.56 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
87% Full
60.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.56 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 0.56 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.

Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School: 0.56 miles, 2025/26 Eton Porny CofE First School: 1.34 miles, 2025/26, published by Windsor and Maidenhead

This is not a catchment area. 0.56 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children and faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2025/26, from Windsor and Maidenhead. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Windsor and Maidenhead, published admission distances, 2025/26

Where Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School and Eton Porny CofE First School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Eton Porny CofE First School admitted from 1.34 miles in 2025/26, published by Windsor and Maidenhead. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 0.56 and 1.34 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Windsor and Maidenhead, 15 of 52 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (28.8%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Eton Porny CofE First School Both in reach Primary 1.34 mi 2025/26 1.4 mi
The Windsor Boys' School Both in reach Secondary 3.96 mi 2025/26 1.8 mi
Trevelyan Middle School Both in reach Secondary 2.13 mi 2025/26 1.8 mi
Trinity St Stephen CofE Aided First School Both in reach Primary 1.67 mi 2025/26 1.8 mi
King's Court First School Both in reach Primary 2.17 mi 2025/26 1.9 mi
St Peter's Church of England Middle School Both in reach Secondary 4.54 mi 2025/26 1.9 mi

The distance as a picture

Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School catchment area map: the 0.56 mile admission distance, 2025/26
Drawn to scale from the published figure. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterChurch of England
How full 213 pupils in 245 places (87% full)
TrustOXFORD DIOCESAN SCHOOLS TRUST
Local authorityWindsor and Maidenhead

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 27 March 2024. Ungraded inspection, March 2024: school remains Good
Meeting the expected standard 60.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 60.0%
2023/24 39.0%
2022/23 59.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School

Girls and boys52.6% girls, 47.4% boys
English as an additional language15.5% of pupils
Free school meals23.5% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Getting to Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School by bus

Best-served stop: The Green, 152 yd away, with 2.0 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 03:28, last 22:38.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Datchet Library105 yd1.01.01.05
The Green152 yd2.01.01.05, 10, 10A
The Green165 yd1.81.01.05, 10, 10A

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

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Common questions

What is the catchment area for Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School?

Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 0.56 miles away, per Windsor and Maidenhead.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.56 miles was enough in 2025/26. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings and faith criteria ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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