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Best secondary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead

10 of 17 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Windsor and Maidenhead schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 1 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Newlands Girls' School Maidenhead 0.66 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.29 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Holyport College Holyport 0.58 Good declining oversubscribed 2.38 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Furze Platt Senior School Maidenhead hidden gem 0.36 Good undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Charters School Ascot 0.25 Good about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 Altwood Church of England School Maidenhead hidden gem 0.2 Good improving undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 The Windsor Boys' School Windsor 0.14 Good — approximate
7 Windsor Girls' School Windsor 0.12 Requires improvement — approximate
8 Churchmead Church of England (VA) School Slough 0.0 Not judged improving about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Desborough College Maidenhead hidden gem -0.17 Good undersubscribed 0.64 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Cox Green School Maidenhead -0.31 Requires improvement undersubscribed 0.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Windsor and Maidenhead

7 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Windsor and Maidenhead, not a fairer one.

Applying in Windsor and Maidenhead

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