Newlands Girls' School
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Windsor and Maidenhead
Farm Road, Maidenhead, SL6 5JB
84
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
80%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
94.6%
13.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,226
Capacity used
Over capacity102%
1,200 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
80%
1st preference success rate
179 of 225 families who put it first got an offer
191
Places offered
470
Total applications
2.5
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 225 | 179 | ● 80% |
| 2nd preference | 117 | 7 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 65 | 4 | ● 6% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 63 | 1 | ● 2% |
| Total | 470 | 191 | 41% |
1st preference success by year
Windsor and Maidenhead lets families list 6 preferences. 92 applications came from outside the council area (3 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Jo Capon
- Address
- Farm Road, Maidenhead, SL6 5JB
- Phone
- 01628625068
- Local authority
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Ward / constituency
- Pinkneys Green · Maidenhead
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 142357
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 15% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 16% | — | — |
| SEN support | 4% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: NEWLANDS GIRLS' SCHOOL
1,226 pupils · 1,200 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
22 May 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 970 pupils
Attendance
94.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
13.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.4%
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.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 58.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.66 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 73% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 90% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.62 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 34.90 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 55.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 64.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 85.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 76.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.3 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 192 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 33.71 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 17.5% | 17% |
| A-level students | 135 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 191 | 23% | 72% | 90% | |
| English Language | 191 | 24% | 71% | 85% | |
| English Literature | 191 | 21% | 72% | 90% | |
| Combined Science | 146 | 10% | 58% | 78% | |
| History | 120 | 37% | 73% | 82% | |
| Business | 95 | 23% | 63% | 80% | |
| Spanish | 81 | 26% | 65% | 78% | |
| Geography | 70 | 43% | 76% | 87% | |
| Religious Studies | 50 | 32% | 74% | 86% | |
| French | 45 | 31% | 76% | 84% | |
| Biology | 44 | 86% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 44 | 57% | 100% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 55 | 0% | 5% | 31% | |
| Biology | 37 | 5% | 32% | 49% | |
| Mathematics | 30 | 13% | 33% | 53% | |
| Chemistry | 24 | 0% | 38% | 67% | |
| Business Studies | 22 | 5% | 14% | 50% | |
| English Literature | 18 | 6% | 17% | 56% | |
| Geography | 15 | 20% | 47% | 67% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 15 | 0% | 7% | 33% | |
| History | 14 | 7% | 36% | 50% | |
| Economics | 14 | 0% | 0% | 21% | |
| Government and Politics | 13 | 0% | 8% | 46% | |
| English Language | 11 | 0% | 0% | 36% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 10051: Newlands Girls' School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 72% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 6% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 75% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Windsor and Maidenhead council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.