Altwood Church of England School
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Academy converter in Maidenhead, SL6 4PU, taking ages 11 to 18, 846 on roll.
Will an address get in?
In the 2025/26 round, the furthest-away child offered a place at Altwood Church of England School lived 5.865 miles away, according to Windsor and Maidenhead. Put a postcode in and it is measured against that distance.
Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close on 31 October 2026, with offers on 1 March 2027. The address on the deadline is the one the council uses. How it works.
The circle is 5.865 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26. Real admission areas are not circular: this is the distance, not a boundary.
What kind of school this is
| Admissions | Non-selective |
| Religious character | Church of England |
| Sixth form | Has a sixth form |
| How full | 846 pupils in 890 places (95% full) |
| Trust | AGAPE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST |
| Local authority | Windsor and Maidenhead |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Attainment 8 | 40.0 (2024/25) |
| Year | Progress 8 |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | not published |
| 2023/24 | +0.20 |
| 2022/23 | +0.16 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Altwood Church of England School
| Girls and boys | 47.4% girls, 52.6% boys |
| English as an additional language | 13.8% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 23.9% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
Where Altwood Church of England School's Year 11 went next
| Stayed for the sixth form | 29.3% |
| Sixth-form college | 6.9% |
| Further education college | 43.1% |
| Apprenticeship | 1.7% |
| Employment | 6.9% |
| No sustained destination recorded | 8.6% |
DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.
What it costs to live within reach of Altwood Church of England School
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 5.865 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is SL1 at £360,000; the dearest, RG10, £580,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| SL1 | Slough | 5.5 mi | £360,000 50 sales |
| SL60 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 1.6 mi | £365,000 61 sales |
| SL6 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 1.1 mi | £468,230 97 sales |
| SL7 | Buckinghamshire | 4.3 mi | £527,850 83 sales |
| SL8 | Buckinghamshire | 4.7 mi | £545,000 93 sales |
| RG10 | Wokingham | 5.0 mi | £580,000 63 sales |
Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
The fee-paying alternative
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Checking the house as well as the school
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Common questions
What is the catchment area for Altwood Church of England School?
Altwood Church of England 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 5.865 miles away, per Windsor and Maidenhead.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Altwood Church of England School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 5.865 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 Altwood Church of England 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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Admission distance published by Windsor and Maidenhead. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.