Cox Green School
Highfield Lane, Maidenhead, SL6 3AX
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- COX GREEN SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Edwards
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Maidenhead
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,270
- Pupils on roll
- 1,139
- URN
- 137695
- Local authority
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01628629415
About this school
Cox Green School is a secondary academy in Maidenhead. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,139 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Cox Green School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 205 | 202 | 204 |
| Attainment 8 score | 43.9 | 42.1 | 45.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.38 -0.58 to -0.18 | -0.31 -0.51 to -0.11 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 38.6% | 47.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% | 63.4% | 65.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 20% | 9.9% | 27.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Cox Green School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Windsor and Maidenhead average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 43.9 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 42.1 | 39.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.9 | 35.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,162 |
| 2023/24 | 1,204 |
| 2024/25 | 1,183 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cox Green School compares
Cox Green School ranked 7th of 10 secondary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.9 | 9.3% | 21% | 1,139 | — |
| Altwood Church of England School | 40 | 9.1% | 26.3% | 846 | 0.6 miles |
| Newlands Girls' School | 55.6 | 5.4% | 13% | 1,226 | 1.0 miles |
| Desborough College | 45.7 | 7.4% | 18% | 539 | 1.4 miles |
| Furze Platt Senior School | 47.5 | 8.2% | 19.2% | 1,556 | 2.0 miles |
| Holyport College | 54.4 | 7.1% | 11% | 660 | 2.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.02%
- English as an additional language
- 14.2%
- Overall absence
- 9.27%
- Persistent absence
- 27.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Altwood Church of England School0.6 miles
Secondary · Maidenhead
-
Newlands Girls' School1.0 miles
Secondary · Maidenhead
-
Desborough College1.4 miles
Secondary · Maidenhead
-
Furze Platt Senior School2.0 miles
Secondary · Maidenhead
-
Holyport College2.1 miles
Secondary · Holyport
Other schools in Maidenhead
Cox Green School ranks 3rd of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Maidenhead.
- Altwood Church of England School Secondary
- Desborough College Secondary
- Furze Platt Senior School Secondary
- Newlands Girls' School Secondary
- Cookham Nursery School Nursery
- Maidenhead Nursery School Nursery
- All Saints Church of England Junior School Primary
- Alwyn Infant School Primary
- Boyne Hill CofE Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Braywick Court School Primary
- Burchetts Green CofE Infants' School Primary
- Cookham Dean CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Cox Green School teach?
- Cox Green School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Maidenhead.
- Who is the headteacher of Cox Green School?
- The headteacher of Cox Green School is Mr Daniel Edwards, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Cox Green School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cox Green School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Cox Green School?
- Cox Green School has 1,139 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Cox Green School full?
- Cox Green School has capacity for 1,270 pupils and 1,139 on roll (90%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Cox Green School a faith school?
- No. Cox Green School has no designated religious character.
- Is Cox Green School a selective school?
- No. Cox Green School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Cox Green School part of an academy trust?
- Cox Green School is part of COX GREEN SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Cox Green School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 43.9 in 2022/23 and 45.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cox Green School compare with other schools in Windsor and Maidenhead?
- Cox Green School ranked 7th of 10 secondary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cox Green School's absence rate?
- Cox Green School's overall absence rate is 9.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cox Green School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cox Green School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.