Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 8 July 2025
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Ofsted’s survey of parents at this school
64%
of parents would recommend this school to another parent
80 responses up to 1 September 2025 · 36% response rate
My child is happy at this school.
69% agreeMy child feels safe at this school.
71% agreeThe school makes sure its pupils are well behaved.
64% agreeMy child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively.
22% agreeThe school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year.
71% agreeMaharishi Free School's last overall grade from Ofsted was Good, on 8 November 2017. Ofsted inspected it again on 8 July 2025 without giving an overall grade, as single-word grades ended in September 2024.
No. Distance only counts when Maharishi Free School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its academy trust, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Maharishi Free School had 224 pupils aged 4 to 16 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 240. It is a mixed school with no sixth form, so students move on at 16.
Voluntary aided school
0.6 miles away
Community school
0.7 miles away
Foundation school
0.7 miles away
Voluntary aided school
0.8 miles away
Community school
1.1 miles away