Holyport College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 23 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Windsor and Maidenhead
Unique reference
139971
Address
Ascot Road, SL6 3LE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
640 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
49.2%
Girls
50.8%
First language not English
9.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
7.2%
Persistent absence
14.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 50.5%
Mixed 14.7%
African 8%
Unclassified 7.3%
Other White 5.6%
Indian 5%
Other 2.7%
Pakistani 2.2%
Other Asian 1.3%
Irish 0.8%
Other Black 0.8%
Chinese 0.8%
Caribbean 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 77%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.2
Local authority average 47.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.27
Local authority average 4.22
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
BiologyGCSE17
ChemistryGCSE17
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE6
English LanguageGCSE90
English LiteratureGCSE90
FrenchGCSE17
GeographyGCSE72
GermanGCSE2
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Holyport College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
65
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
136
2nd preference
127
3rd preference
69
From another Local Authority
80
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
60
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes18.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
81
45
36
Year 8
84
48
36
Year 9
93
44
49
Year 10
88
44
44
Year 11
92
44
48
Year 12
103
45
58
Year 13
99
45
54
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
87.8%
85.5%
Further education
23.0%
26.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
64.0%
52.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
2.0%
8.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
3.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
5.0%
3.6%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
96.0%
76.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
67.0%
28.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.8%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022