Newlands Girls' School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 22 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Windsor and Maidenhead
Unique reference
142357
Address
Farm Road, SL6 5JB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1200 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
16%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.9%
Persistent absence
13.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 50.6%
Pakistani 18.3%
Indian 9.3%
Other White 6.8%
Mixed 6.7%
Other Asian 1.9%
Other 1.8%
Chinese 1.5%
African 1.2%
Unclassified 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.6%
Irish 0.4%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.63
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 76%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 65%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 56.6
Local authority average 49.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.4
Local authority average 4.43
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE50
BiologyGCSE53
Business Studies:SingleGCSE114
ChemistryGCSE53
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE7
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE190
English LiteratureGCSE189
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE17
FrenchGCSE45
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Newlands Girls' School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
192
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
214
2nd preference
97
3rd preference
53
From another Local Authority
90
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
178
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes20.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
192
0
192
Year 8
193
0
193
Year 9
193
0
193
Year 10
191
0
191
Year 11
192
0
192
Year 12
144
0
144
Year 13
95
0
95
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
90.0%
86.5%
Further education
16.0%
24.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
61.0%
56.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
17.0%
8.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
2.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
4.0%
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
87.0%
63.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
20.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
25.0%
18.8%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.3%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020