Maidenhead & Windsor

Hardworking local schoolchildren have put the Royal Windsor and Maidenhead Borough in the top ten local authorities across the country in the latest Key Stage 3 league tables.

The achievements of the borough's 14-year-olds in the core subjects of English, maths and science see local schools ranked third highest in the country out of 150 local authorities in science, fourth highest in English and ninth in maths.

The Secondary School (Key Stage 3) Achievement and Attainment tables published today (Thursday February 28) show that pupils are once again notching up well-above-average performances in Level 5+ ratings in:
· English – 83% (up from 81% in 2006 and 9% above the national average of 74%)
· science – 82% (same as last year but 9% above the national average)
· maths – 82% - (3% down on last year and reflecting the slight downward national trend which stands at 76%)

The Royal Windsor and Maidenhead Borough's contextual value added rating – which measures the progress made by pupils between national tests at the age of 11 and the Key Stage 3 tests at 14 – gives the borough a score of 100.3 (based on 100) and puts Windsor and Maidenhead in 35th place across the country.

Cllr Eileen Quick, lead member for children's services, said this week: "Once again our young people have demonstrated just how hard they work and have achieved a really well-deserved set of results.

"They all deserve our warmest congratulations – as indeed do their teachers and other support staff in our schools who provide such excellent learning environments in which our children can develop and realise their full potential. Very well done everyone!"

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead