Windsor Girls' School, Windsor

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Windsor Girls'- an inclusive school steeped in local history and a school at the heart of the local community. This is a very special place, where girls are valued and cared for; they flourish as individuals and leave qualified, skilled and enthused to embrace the next stage of their lives."

In 2026, pupils at Windsor Girls' School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.4 in Windsor and Maidenhead and 47 across England.

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

That is up from 45.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.12: pupils made 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 37.5, against 51.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Business Studies and Geography.

Across Windsor and Maidenhead, 76% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 97% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Windsor and Maidenhead lodged 98 appeals against secondary school offers; 66 reached a hearing and 15 succeeded (22.7% of those heard).

The nearest other state secondary schools to Windsor Girls' School are Trevelyan Middle School (0.6 miles, Good); St Edward's Royal Free Ecumenical Middle School, Windsor (0.7 miles, Good); The Windsor Boys' School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48); and Dedworth Middle School (0.9 miles, Good).

Windsor Girls' School is one of 6 schools run by Windsor Learning Partnership, an academy trust.

Of the 209 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 38% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 72 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 60% went on to university or other higher education, 1% to apprenticeships and 24% into work. 24% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

15.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 59 pupils (7.6%) received SEN support and 7 (0.9%) 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 autism.

The nearest railway station is Windsor & Eton Central Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Addington Close, 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Windsor 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 August 2026, police recorded 157 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Windsor and Maidenhead (80), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Windsor Girls' School issued 151 suspensions, 19 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Windsor Girls' School are Clewer Green CofE First School (0.2 miles), Oakfield First School (0.4 miles), Hilltop First School (0.5 miles) and St Edward's Catholic First School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.