Altwood Church of England School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 20 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Windsor and Maidenhead
Unique reference
138342
Address
Altwood Road, SL6 4PU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
740 (73% of total capacity)
Boys
54.7%
Girls
45.3%
First language not English
14.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.4%
Persistent absence
28.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 62.7%
Other White 8.6%
Mixed 7.3%
Indian 6.6%
Pakistani 3.9%
Other Asian 2.4%
African 2%
Other 2%
Unclassified 1.9%
Caribbean 0.8%
Chinese 0.7%
Other Black 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.16
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 10%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 26%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.4
Local authority average 49.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.58
Local authority average 4.43
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE18
Business Studies:SingleGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE58
English LiteratureGCSE58
GeographyGCSE15
HistoryGCSE37
MathematicsGCSE58
PolishGCSE1
PortugueseGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Altwood Church of England School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
148
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
94
2nd preference
147
3rd preference
157
From another Local Authority
137
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
94
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
14
To another Local Authority
38
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
149
79
70
Year 8
148
67
81
Year 9
133
74
59
Year 10
130
70
60
Year 11
102
49
53
Year 12
49
40
9
Year 13
23
20
3
Year 14
6
6
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
90.0%
86.5%
Further education
43.0%
24.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
47.0%
56.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
8.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
2.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
2.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
2.4%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
58.0%
63.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
14.0%
20.7%
19.7%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020