Holyport College

Free schools·Secondary school Holyport, Windsor and Maidenhead·SL6 3LE
Composite score
68.0
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#507
National rank
#109
In South East
#2
In Windsor and Maidenhead
Top 16%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
54.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
58%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
75%
% EBacc grade 5+
36%
EBacc average points score
5.28

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
39%
150 first choices, 63 places
First choices per place
2.38
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
940
any preference, for 63 places
Last place offered lived
1.65 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 2649 m
Applications from another council area
8%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.29
01234
1 per place
2.7820222.3420232.0520242.0920252.382026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
640
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
11.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
9.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
18.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.8
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£12,989
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
97%
86 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
92%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Holyport College at a glance

Located in Holyport, Windsor and Maidenhead, Holyport College is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a free school. The school educates roughly 640 pupils aged 11 to 19. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 54.4 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 0.9 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 16% of secondary schools in England.

58% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 75% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Holyport College is oversubscribed: about 4 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 150 first choices for 63 places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.65 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. After Year 11, 97% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.9%. There are about 16.8 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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