Furze Platt Senior School
Furze Platt Road, Maidenhead, SL6 7NQ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- FURZE PLATT SENIOR SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Dr Andrew Morrison
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Maidenhead
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,450
- Pupils on roll
- 1,556
- URN
- 137740
- Local authority
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01628625308
About this school
Furze Platt Senior School is a secondary academy in Maidenhead. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,556 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Furze Platt Senior 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 216 | 218 | 251 |
| Attainment 8 score | 48.2 | 49.1 | 47.5 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.06 -0.14 to +0.27 | +0.36 +0.16 to +0.55 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 53.2% | 49% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 67% | 68.8% | 70.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 28% | 29.8% | 28.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
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 Furze Platt Senior 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 | 48.2 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 49.1 | 39.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 47.5 | 35.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,512 |
| 2023/24 | 1,530 |
| 2024/25 | 1,547 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Furze Platt Senior School compares
Furze Platt Senior School ranked 5th of 10 secondary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 67% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47.5 | 8.2% | 19.2% | 1,556 | — |
| Newlands Girls' School | 55.6 | 5.4% | 13% | 1,226 | 1.2 miles |
| Altwood Church of England School | 40 | 9.1% | 26.3% | 846 | 1.4 miles |
| Desborough College | 45.7 | 7.4% | 18% | 539 | 1.5 miles |
| Cox Green School | 45.9 | 9.3% | 21% | 1,139 | 2.0 miles |
| Sir William Borlase's Grammar School | 72.4 | 5.6% | 3.1% | 1,222 | 2.9 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.17%
- English as an additional language
- 8.3%
- Overall absence
- 8.24%
- Persistent absence
- 21.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Newlands Girls' School1.2 miles
Secondary · Maidenhead
-
Altwood Church of England School1.4 miles
Secondary · Maidenhead
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Desborough College1.5 miles
Secondary · Maidenhead
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Cox Green School2.0 miles
Secondary · Maidenhead
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Sir William Borlase's Grammar School2.9 miles
Secondary · Marlow
Other schools in Maidenhead
Furze Platt Senior School ranks 2nd of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Maidenhead.
- Altwood Church of England School Secondary
- Cox Green School Secondary
- Desborough College 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 Furze Platt Senior School teach?
- Furze Platt Senior School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Maidenhead.
- Who is the headteacher of Furze Platt Senior School?
- The headteacher of Furze Platt Senior School is Dr Andrew Morrison, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Furze Platt Senior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Furze Platt Senior 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 Furze Platt Senior School?
- Furze Platt Senior School has 1,556 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Furze Platt Senior School full?
- Furze Platt Senior School has capacity for 1,450 pupils and 1,556 on roll (107%), so it is at or above 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 Furze Platt Senior School a faith school?
- No. Furze Platt Senior School has no designated religious character.
- Is Furze Platt Senior School a selective school?
- No. Furze Platt Senior School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Furze Platt Senior School part of an academy trust?
- Furze Platt Senior School is part of FURZE PLATT SENIOR SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Furze Platt Senior School have?
- The schools register lists Furze Platt Senior School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Furze Platt Senior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 48.2 in 2022/23 and 47.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Furze Platt Senior School compare with other schools in Windsor and Maidenhead?
- Furze Platt Senior School ranked 5th of 10 secondary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 67% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Furze Platt Senior School's absence rate?
- Furze Platt Senior School's overall absence rate is 8.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Furze Platt Senior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Furze Platt Senior 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.