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Newlands Girls' School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 59 58.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
58.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
71.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
23% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.66 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 55.6[6] 64.6%[6]
2023/24 58.8[4] 73.4%[4] +0.66[4]
2022/23 56.6[7] 65%[7] +0.63[7]
2021/22 59.3[8] 69%[8] +0.60[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
17.5% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 21.6%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 20%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 20.5%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 25.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
73% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
9% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
9% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 98%[15] 72%[15] 13%[15] 11%[15] 1%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 61%[16] 17%[16] 16%[16] 1%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 78%[17] 5%[17] 12%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 98%[18] 70%[18] 9%[18] 16%[18] 2%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[19]
Education
58% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
8% 2022/23[19]
Employment
20% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[20] 75%[20] 6%[20] 15%[20]
2020/21 94%[21] 72%[21] 5%[21] 17%[21]
2019/20 93%[22] 81%[22] 2%[22] 10%[22]
2018/19 91%[23] 70%[23] 1%[23] 20%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
80% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
31% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
25% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 80%[26] 36%[26]
2019/20 87%[25] 27%[25] 25%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 76%[27] 24%[27] 22%[27] 2%[27]
2017/18 75%[28] 27%[28] 23%[28] 2%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
21 May 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
20 Jun 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Outstanding[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
9 Oct 2018[30] S5 Inspection[30] Outstanding[30]
23 Jan 2018[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.3 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
631 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
244 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
189 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 470[32] 225[32] 191[32] 2.5[32] 1.2[32]
Entry Sept 2024 460[32] 214[32] 192[32] 2.4[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2023 463[32] 227[32] 192[32] 2.4[32] 1.2[32]
Entry Sept 2022 462[32] 233[32] 193[32] 2.4[32] 1.2[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1200[1]
Trust
NEWLANDS GIRLS' SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Windsor and Maidenhead[1]
Website
http://www.newlandsgirlsschool.co.uk/[1]
District
Windsor and Maidenhead[33]
Postcode
SL6 5JB[1]
URN
142357[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1242 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
15.5% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
4% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
1.8% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
13% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
56.8%[35]
Mixed
7.4%[35]
Asian
30.9%[35]
Black
2%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1.6%[35]
Unclassified
1.2%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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