Windsor Girls' School

WLP appears to prioritise grades and league table performance over the wellbeing of its pupils. Children who are not in the top 10% achieving A*, A or B grades at GCSE or A-Level often feel overlooked and unsupported.

The focus on results above all else means that pupils who need encouragement, confidence-building, or pastoral care may not receive the attention they deserve. Instead, the environment can leave many children feeling undervalued and demoralised.

While the new Headmaster has only recently joined, he has claimed responsibility for strong results that were achieved before his arrival. Meanwhile, the Executive Head Teacher and Director of Secondary Education seem to treat the school more like a business than a nurturing place of learning.

For families who value their child’s mental health and personal growth, this school may not be the right choice.

I only went to 6th form. I had occasions of feeling unsupported by some teachers, with lacking of differing viewpoints. The facilities are good but the inability to correct poor behaviour made studying difficult

I have had nothing but positive, encouraging and informative interactions with various staff members and most students seem to be well-behaved and polite. My daughter is really happy at Windsor Girls' School and has a lovely group of friends.

Awful school. Many teachers seem to hate the pupils, treat them with disdain and talk to them like dirt. Lack of science teachers, constant cover teachers. It’s a joint sixth form with Windsor Boys and some teachers clearly hate the boys and look for reasons to punish them. A very unpleasant place to be.

Absolutely disgraceful!! Worse than a young offenders institution! A disgrace to the borough, disgusting vile children and poor quality of education. No consistency for children mainly cover teachers who are there to babysit while the girls make TikToks!
No structure and no discipline. Absolute shambles of a school if you want your daughter to succeed do NOT send her there! Unless you want her in all sorts of gang warfare!

Absolutely disgraceful!!! The worst school I have ever bear witness to. No structure and no values at all. Shockingly poor with cover teachers not even taking a lesson simply babysitting to get paid. I feel bad for children taking their GCSEs with no structure they will have to learn all the syllabus independently if they stand a chance. I do NOT understand how it’s outstanding in any way shape or form. Do not send your daughter here if she has any potential whatsoever…unbelievably below average to say the least. I think it’s more of a young offenders institution rather than a girls school!!!

Really bad with girls bullying behaviours and teachers issues shouting at the girls because they can't control them, staff not wanting to work and calling in sick then get agency staff that don't care!
They got issues with flies infestation all over the school. Food is definitely a worry has kids get sick!
This school needs to improve in all expects.
And lots of parents transferred their girls for better schools this year.

Various health hazards, mould in canteen food, aspestos, terrible staff, leaking raidators, no pupil support, limited options, no ofsted visit in 10 years and they still claim to be an outstanding school, lack of communication, harsh environment. Underfunded in comparrison to The Windsor Boys School.

Toxic environment, the bitchiness and bullying is off the scale. Teachers pick on girls and seem like they hate their job. Terrible communication and disorganised.

My daughter has thrived at Windsor Girls' School, thanks to the exceptional support and opportunities provided. The teachers are knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and the school values of aspire, advance and achieve are truly embedded. We've been impressed by the range of extracurricular activities and the strong sense of community. Highly recommended!

Debated between 3 and 4 stars, but I’ll give an explanation as to why. The school is good in the sense that it offers some good extra curricular activities, and the lessons themselves are alright, a good chunk of the teachers (while I’ve been there) have been nice and helpful. However the management of the school is up for debate, especially in comparison to the Windsor boy’s school (odd, as both are under Windsor learning partnership). The two current head teachers have navigated the school through the pandemic - and admittedly?? A big chunk of my year 11 learning was hindered. From March 2020, when I was in year 10, to the end of year 10 that year in about July, I did nothing and learnt nothing. Why? Because the management was so poor. Throughout my time at the school homework has been distributed on an app called show my homework which makes looking at what you need to complete very easy, but not when it comes to lessons full of work. During those first 4/5 months of the pandemic we were simply being assigned work in ways that made it difficult to control, and many of my peers had the same issue. Meanwhile at the boys school less than a month in they had started online video lessons and as such could continue, to some degree, with work.
It was only when we came back in year 11 and we went into another lockdown did we also finally get live video lessons too and the way in which work was given and submitted changed to suit the regular flow of work.
The teachers worked well and incredibly hard to support students and make the lessons as helpful as possible for us, but especially in those first couple of months dude to poor management they couldn’t do much despite wanting to.
The pandemic was and continues to be a hard thing to deal with especially when it comes to schools and how the guidelines kept changing, but regardless the lack of proper management during the time students needed most support was glaringly obvious.
It may improve in the future, and I still do believe the curriculum is good and continues to improve itself due to teachers noticing things that do and don’t work, but this was an experience I feel should be noted.
(Incase anyone was wondering about time tables (this is in year 10 and 11 after GCSE’s have been chosen), over a fortnight there are 2-3 pe lessons (I think, my memory is a little dodgy), 9 science (3 for each science, regardless of whether the student picks combined or trilogy) I believe it was 7-8 lessons for maths and English respectively, 5 (I think?) lessons for each of the four GCSE subjects you chose, and 1 learning to work lesson as well as another I’ve admittedly forgotten the name of.)
^^ lots of brackets in that so I’m sorry for any confusion!

My daughter is in her second year at Windsor Girls' School, and while she's generally happy and engaged, I feel that the school could improve its communication with parents. Sometimes it's tricky to get updates on her progress, and I've had to chase up information a few times. That being said, the teachers are knowledgeable and the school values are great. I just wish they'd listen more to parental feedback.

Both my daughters attended Windsor Girls' School, and I can honestly say it's been an exceptional experience for them. From the supportive teachers to the excellent facilities, the school has provided a nurturing environment that encourages girls to reach their full potential. I'm grateful for the skills and confidence they've gained, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the school to other families.