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Queensmead House School[1]

Special · ages 5–17

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Results

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GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
10 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[3]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[3]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 7.8[4] 0%[4]
2023/24 16.9[5] 14.3%[5]
2022/23 7.8[6] 0%[6]

Ofsted

Inspected by
Ofsted[7]
Latest inspection
14 May 2024[8]
Type
Independent School standard inspection[8]
Report published
19 Jun 2024[8]
Personal development
Good[8]
Quality of education
Good[8]
Overall effectiveness
Good[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[8]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[8]
Independent school standards
All standards Met[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[8]

Ofsted inspects this independent school against the Independent School Standards; "Independent school standards" says whether it met all of them at its latest standard inspection.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Other independent special school[1]
Ages
5–17[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
130[1]
Local authority
Windsor and Maidenhead[1]
Website
www.witherslackgroup.co.uk[1]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan)
Not approved[7]
District
Windsor and Maidenhead[9]
Postcode
SL4 2AX[1]
URN
147663[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
103 2024/25[10]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[10]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[10]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
0% 2024/25[10]

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: Non-association independent schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2026-07-31, provisional. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.