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Girls secondary school in Windsor, Windsor and Maidenhead

Windsor Girls' School

Imperial Road, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 3RT

Ofsted Requires improvement · 2024 Sixth form Girls
School website 01753795155
Ofsted Requires improvement May 2024
Attainment 8 45.7 around the middle nationally
Pupils 775 90% full
Local deprivation 10/10 less deprived

Ofsted

Requires improvementas at 14 May 2024

Graded Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 14 May 2024.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

Current published outcome
Requires improvement
Last overall grade in this dataset
Requires improvement
Days since inspection
871 days
Framework era
Historic overall-grade framework (ended September 2024)

These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

45.7 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

43% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

62% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

4 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

39% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is around the middle of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the lower half.

Progress 8 2023/24

0.12confidence interval -0.08 to 0.32

Taking that range into account, progress was not statistically different from the national average. DfE bands this as supp.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
C+
Average points per entry
33.8

England average 32.3

A level students
97

Pupils

Pupils on roll
775
Places
864
How full
90% full — 775 of 864 places taken
Overall absence
13%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
35%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
16%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
16%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
1%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
5%

England 15%

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.

Evidence found
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
Source coverage
DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
What this means
The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Road casualties within 500m

Child pedestrian casualties
1

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
10

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
1

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
11

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Windsor & Eton Central Rail Station

1.8 km away — railway station

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
96%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
93%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
0%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
59%
No sustained destination
3%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
196

After sixth form

Went to university
59%

England 50%

In education, work or training
87%

England 84.4%

Started an apprenticeship
3%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
87

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

18% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
73%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
79

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The area around the school

10/10 Deprivation decile

Among the least deprived fifth of England.

10/10 Child poverty decile

Among the least deprived fifth of England for children in low-income families.

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£470,000

postcode sector SL4 3 · 349 sales

Typical range
£350,000 to £690,000

middle half of sales

Detached
£1,050,000
Semi-detached
£607,500
Terraced
£504,500
Flat
£337,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of England.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree
50%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
9%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
17%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
17%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
53%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
70%

England 62.7%

Social housing
5%

England 17%

Privately rented
24%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
33%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
19%

England 22.5%

No car
11%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for Windsor and Maidenhead 014A and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
Ages 13–18
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Ben Garner
Opened as this establishment
1 March 2015
Register status
Open
Local authority
Windsor and Maidenhead
Ward
Clewer East
Constituency
Windsor
URN
141852

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

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Nearest secondary schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Progress 8DistanceCompare
Trevelyan Middle SchoolAcademy converter No overall grade — — 0.6 mi
St Edward's Royal Free Ecumenical Middle School, WindsorVoluntary aided school Good 2022 — — 0.7 mi
The Windsor Boys' SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 47.8 0.14-0.05 to 0.34 · not a win 0.8 mi
Dedworth Middle SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 — — 0.9 mi
St George's SchoolOther independent school No overall grade — — 1.4 mi
Eton CollegeOther independent school No overall grade — — 1.7 mi
St Peter's Church of England Middle SchoolAcademy sponsor led Good 2023 — — 1.9 mi
Churchmead Church of England (VA) SchoolVoluntary aided school No overall grade 46 0.00-0.32 to 0.33 · not a win 2.3 mi

Schools like this

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.

This school 45.7
Median of its 12 closest peers 53.5
Windsor and Maidenhead average 37.7
England average 47

Attainment 8 score. This school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

SchoolAreaOfstedAttainment 8Progress 8Compare
The South Wolds Academy & Sixth FormAcademy converter Nottingham No overall grade 53.5 0.16-0.07 to 0.39 · not a win
Brentwood Ursuline Convent High SchoolAcademy converter Brentwood Good 2023 61 1.010.79 to 1.23
Henry Beaufort SchoolCommunity school Winchester Good 2023 50.5 0.340.15 to 0.52
Barton Court Grammar SchoolAcademy converter Canterbury No overall grade 66.4 0.380.14 to 0.61
Fort Pitt Grammar SchoolAcademy converter Chatham Outstanding 2022 65.9 0.640.41 to 0.87
St Bede's Catholic High School, LythamVoluntary aided school Lytham St Annes No overall grade 48.3 -0.17-0.39 to 0.05 · not a win
Penwortham Girls' High SchoolCommunity school Preston Outstanding 2024 52.9 0.570.34 to 0.80
Sacred Heart of Mary Girls' SchoolAcademy converter Upminster No overall grade 62.2 0.710.45 to 0.96
Healing AcademyAcademy converter Grimsby Good 2024 51 -0.03-0.23 to 0.18 · not a win
Newlands Girls' SchoolAcademy converter Maidenhead Outstanding 2024 55.6 0.660.44 to 0.87
Balshaw's Church of England High SchoolVoluntary controlled school Leyland Good 2023 52.3 0.18-0.03 to 0.39 · not a win
Our Lady's Catholic High SchoolVoluntary aided school Preston Good 2022 50 0.240.02 to 0.45

Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.

Evidence ledger

Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 141852; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026Exact URN; inspection 14 May 2024
AttainmentDfE performance tables2024/25Exact URN; phase-specific definitions
Progress 8DfE performance tables2023/24Exact URN; confidence interval retained
Pupil intakeDfE school census2024/25Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
DeprivationEnglish Indices of Deprivation2019LSOA containing the school
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

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