Independant Schools' Inspectorate – Inspections of Claires Court Schools

The Independent Schools' Inspectorate (ISI) is the independent inspection arm of the Independent Schools' Council, recognised by the Department of Education and Skills and monitored by Ofsted. We were inspected at both secondary (Sixth Form, Claires Court and the Senior Department of the College) and primary (Ridgeway and the Nursery, Lower School [Infants] & Junior Departments of the College) levels during the week beginning Monday 11 March 2002. The full reports are available on the ISI website, www.isinspect.org.uk, and separately on our own website, www.clairescourt.com.

The secondary report findings were not split between boys and girls.
For these, please refer to the Achievements sheet in either the Sixth Form or Claires Court sections.

Main Findings of the Primary ("Juniors Schools") Report

Overall Summary – Maidenhead College

The nursery, lower school and junior departments offer good quality provision for pupils between two and a half to 11 years of age. A real strength of the school is the good provision for pupils with special educational needs. All pupils are well cared for and very well prepared for the next stage of their learning.

What [the College] Does Well

The school's major strengths are:

  • The school receives clear, good quality management guidance and documentation from the Executive Management Team (EMT)
  • The Head of the College provides caring and supportive leadership to the head of the lower school and junior department.
  • Teaching is of good or very good quality.
  • Pupils attain high standards in English, science and French and, by the time pupils are eleven, they are thoroughly prepared for the next stage of learning
  • Provision for pre–school and after school care is very good.

We had five areas of school life that required further development; these recommendations, and our response to them, can be found on our website, alongside the original report.

Full results sheets showing our public examination performance (at A2, AS, GCSE and KS3, KS2, KS1) are available from the Registrar or School Secretary during visits. These – and much more besides – are also published in the full chronicle of our achievements, the Court Circular, our school magazine. This is published in a number of editions each year, and includes a separate results issue (usually published at Christmas).

End of Key Stage 2 Assessment Results 2006

College Results

These tables show the percentages of Year 6 pupils achieving each level in the girls' Junior Department in 2006.

Teacher Assessment
  Percentage at each level
  W 1 2 3 4 5
English 0 0 0 0 70 30
Mathematics 0 0 0 20 40 40
Science 0 0 0 20 35 45

Test Results
  Percentage at each level
  Below
Level 3		 3 4 5
English 0 0 70 30
Mathematics 0 15 50 35
Science 0 0 50 50

National Results

These tables show the percentages of Year 6 children achieving each level nationally in 2005.

Teacher Assessment
  Percentage at each level
  W 1 2 3 4 5
English 1 1 5 18 49 26
Mathematics 0 1 4 18 46 30
Science 0 0 3 13 47 36

Test Results
  Percentage at each level
  Below
Level 3		 3 4 5
English 6 14 52 27
Mathematics 6 18 44 31
Science 3 10 40 47

End of Key Stage 1 Assessment Results 2006

These tables show the number of Year 2 pupils achieving each level in the girls' Infant Department in 2006 and also the percentages of Year 2 children achieving each level nationally in 2005.

College Results (2006)

Task and Test Results
  Percentage at each level
  W 1 2C 2B 2A 3
Speaking & Listening 0 0   55   45
Reading 0 0 18 27 27 27
Writing 0 0 9 18 45 36
Mathematics 0 0 18 18 36 27
Science 0 0   55   45

National Results (2005)

Task and Test Results
  Percentage at each level
  W 1 2C 2B 2A 3
Speaking & Listening 2 10   65   23
Reading 3 11 13 23 23 27
Writing 5 12 21 26 20 15
Mathematics 2 7 17 24 27 23
Science 2 8   65   25
 
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