Ofsted: Good trending_up High Demand

The Royal First School

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personMrs Victoria Harrall

location_onWindsor, SL4 2HP

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2016

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Students

104

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Demand Ratio

1.9x

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The Royal First School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Windsor, serving ages 4-9. Rated Good by Ofsted. Highly competitive: 1.9× more applications than places — plan well ahead.

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School Summary

The Royal First School is a voluntary aided school in Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead, admitting pupils aged 4-9. The school has approximately 110 pupils on roll, of whom 5% are eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2016. The school's current overall rating is Good.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.9× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.5 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

21 October 2021

Inspection Report

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12 October 2016

Inspection Report

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26 February 2015

Inspection Report

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03 December 2014

Inspection Report

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21 June 2011

Inspection Report

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07 December 2007

Inspection Report

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28 January 2002

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2016-10-12

Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2014-12-03

None Legacy

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.9%per term

warning Above Average

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.9%(1 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 110 pupils. During this period, there were 1 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.9%, which is above the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	110	1	0.9%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	111	0	0.0%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	105	0	0.0%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	110	0	0.0%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	110	0	0.0%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	101	0	0.0%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	104	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	105	1	1.0%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	97	1	1.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	97	1	1.0%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	98	2	2.0%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	101	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	100	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	102	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	99	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	99	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	102	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	103	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	103	4	3.9%	0.5%	1
2018/19 (Autumn term)	99	1	1.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	97	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	97	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	96	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	99	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	98	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	96	0	0.0%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 7 pupils

Speech, Language & Communication 3 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 1 pupils

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The Royal First School

School Summary

Academic Performance

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

Faith Priority (Church of England)

Distance to School

School Capacity

Primary Admission Trends

Students & School Environment

School Size

Language Diversity

Inclusive Support

Attendance

Ethnicity Breakdown

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Funding & Staffing

School Funding Allocation

Funding Breakdown

Staffing

Teacher Turnover

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