Homer First School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Mixed · Windsor and Maidenhead
Testwood Road, Windsor, SL4 5RL
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
94%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.5%
13.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
168
Capacity used
Has space62%
270 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
94%
1st preference success rate
29 of 31 families who put it first got an offer
30
Places offered
83
Total applications
2.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 31 | 29 | ● 94% |
| 2nd preference | 17 | 1 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 9 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 26 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 83 | 30 | 36% |
1st preference success by year
Windsor and Maidenhead lets families list 6 preferences. 5 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Gemma Sharma
- Address
- Testwood Road, Windsor, SL4 5RL
- Phone
- 01753867436
- Local authority
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Ward / constituency
- Clewer & Dedworth West · Windsor
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 109873
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 18% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 7% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
168 pupils · 270 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 21
07 October 2021
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 146 pupils
Attendance
94.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
5.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
13.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.