Newlands Girls' School, Maidenhead

In 2026, pupils at Newlands Girls' School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 58.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.4 in Windsor and Maidenhead and 47 across England.

71% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Windsor and Maidenhead and 47% in England.

That is up from 55.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.66: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 45.8, against 61.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Spanish.

For September 2026 entry, 244 families put Newlands Girls' School as their first choice and 631 named it as one of their preferences, for 189 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 74 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Newlands Girls' School are Altwood Church of England School (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40); Cox Green School (1 mile, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 44.8); Furze Platt Senior School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.6); and Desborough College (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.6).

Newlands Girls' School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Of the 192 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 95% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 8% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 94 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 67% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 13% into work. 26% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

13% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 71 pupils (5.8%) received SEN support and 23 (1.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Furze Platt Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Newlands Girls' School, 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Newlands Girls' School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Newlands Girls' School issued 11 suspensions, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Newlands Girls' School are St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and Nursery (0.4 miles), Courthouse Junior School (0.6 miles), All Saints Church of England Junior School (0.7 miles) and Alwyn Infant School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.