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School · SecondaryiSource and licenceOfficial record from Get Information about Schools (DfE). Results, attendance, pupil numbers, finance and inspection outcomes are from the Department for Education and Ofsted, as published.Governor records: Get Information about Schools, as at 25 October 2026.Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.Governance Register calculates the connections.How we handle data

Newlands Girls' School

Academy converter secondary school in Maidenhead (Windsor and Maidenhead).

Attainment 8
58.9
▲ 12.7 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
71.2%
▲ 25pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
94.6%
▲ 3pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
17.0
▲ 0.3 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
13.0%
▼ 14pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
9.7%
▼ 5pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
102%
1,226 / 1,200 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
Ungraded inspection
inspected May 2024

Location

iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).

About

iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).

Newlands Girls' School is a secondary school located in Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead. The school caters for girls pupils aged 11 to 18 and currently has 1,242 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 1,200. It is part of the NEWLANDS GIRLS' SCHOOL. The school is led by Miss Jo Capon.

Enrichment

9 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Book Club
  • Creative Writing
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • Fencing
  • Hockey
  • Photography
  • Swimming
  • Textiles

Key facts

URN
142357
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
11 to 18
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Non-selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Local authority
Windsor and Maidenhead
Constituency
Maidenhead
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2015

Governing body (18 current, 5 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

17 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).

Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Simon Baker Confirmed same personChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2028
Mr Stephen Bridge Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2025 · until 2026 ends 2026
Mr David Barnes Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Simon Walker Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Simon Baker Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2024
Mr Ross William Clark Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by school staffsince 2024 · until 2028
Kristina Smith Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr John Furley Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2029
Mrs Kate ForemanChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2023
Mr Guy van der Knaap Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2022 · until 2026 ends 2026
Miss Jo CaponAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2021
Miss Jo CaponTrusteeTrust boardEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2021
Mr Christophe Emile Charles Sutehall Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2021 · until 2028
Mr Patrick Alastair McMaster Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2021 · until 2030
Mrs Caroline Mulvihill Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2021
Ms Farah Naaz Sheikh Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2020 · until 2028
Mr Martin TylerMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2020
Mr Stephen Bridge Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2016
Mr Paul Manby Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2022 · term ended 2026
Dr Clare Frances Jones Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2022 · term ended 2026
Mrs Emily Catherine Hughes Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022 · term ended 2026
Mrs Vanessa Maria Burke Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022 · term ended 2026
Mr Karnail Pannu Confirmed same person FormerMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2019 · term ended 2026

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record