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Cox Green School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Highfield Lane, Maidenhead SL6 3AX · coxgreen.com · 01628 629415
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Windsor and Maidenhead 47.3, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,139
- 90% of 1,270 places
- Local authority
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 22.8%
- First language not English
- 14%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Cox Green School
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 139 families put the school first and 206 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 206 | 139 | 0.7 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 201 | 132 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 215 | 168 | 0.8 | 95% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 209 | 189 | 0.9 | 80% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 202 | 127 | 0.6 | 96% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.9, and 47.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Windsor and Maidenhead it was 47.3, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (30.4 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ●47.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ●65.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼27.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ●3.92 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 40.1 | −0.6 |
| Sixth form college | 12.4 | −2.9 |
| Further education | 32.7 | +1 |
| Apprenticeship | 3 | +0.4 |
| Employment | 1.5 | −2.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.4 | +4.2 |
| Activity not captured | 3 | +1.4 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 79 students | C (30.4) | Below average -0.19 | |
| 79 students | C (30.5) | Below average -0.18 | |
| 66 students | Dist- (32.3) | Average +0.10 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 66 | C (29) | -0.19 |
| 2022/23 | 62 | C- (27.2) | — |
| 2021/22 | 53 | C+ (32.2) | — |
| 2018/19 | 63 | C (31.6) | -0.17 |
| 2017/18 | 49 | C (31.6) | -0.06 |
| 2016/17 | 62 | C- (28.2) | +0.19 |
| 2015/16 | 53 | C- (25.2) | -0.04 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 47.8 | −16.5 |
| Further education | 6.5 | +5.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 8.7 | +0.1 |
| Employment | 26.1 | +7.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.8 | +4.1 |
| Activity not captured | 1.1 | −0.3 |
Ofsted
Cox Green School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 19 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 19 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Sixth form | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Sept 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Apr 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement May 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (130 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 73%
- Replies
- 130
- 11% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 90% who raised concerns
based on the 44% who had a child bullied
based on 33 parents (25%) with SEND