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History. The History Department aims to ensure that students develop a passion for, and critical understanding of, the past. The Department has worked hard to ensure that students gain a diverse view of the past as this is crucial to having a well formed understanding of the present. We are immensely proud of the range of topics and voices that ...
Colour (s) Navy Blue & Amber. Website. Official website. Furze Platt Senior School is a mixed comprehensive secondary school with academy status in Maidenhead. The school draws pupils from across Maidenhead, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. The school's latest OFSTED report (November 2021) rated Furze Platt Senior School as GOOD.
Furze Platt Senior School’s Sixth Form is one of the most pre-eminent in the Windsor and Maidenhead area. As a result of their focus, passion and commitment, combined with excellent teaching and positive learning culture, our young women and men emerge highly qualified and well-rounded, ready to thrive at university or to excel in their chosen career.
- 60 Years of Excellence
- Furze Platt in 1963
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- The Next 60 Years
On 23rd April 2023, Furze Platt Senior School will celebrate 60 years! Should you be an ex-student, teacher, governor or friend of the school and wish to share memories or ideas for celebrations, please do so by contacting us at alumni@furzeplatt.net 1963 to the present day Please join us here. On the left of this page you can see a link for our Al...
Furze Platt Secondary School opened its doors on 23rdApril 1963 with 202 boys and girls under the guidance of the first Headteacher, Mr D Whitaker. Most of the new pupils had come from Cookham Rise Secondary Modern School. Each student was assigned a House: Babham in yellow; Ferrers in blue; Pinkney in green; and Weldon in red (a tradition still fo...
The school has had only five Headteachers in its sixty year history: Mr Denis Whitaker (April 1963 - 1969 ; Mr Bertie Edwards (1969 - March 1982); Mr Tony Hill (April 1982 - August 2004); Ms Tanya White (September 2004 - August 2018); and Dr Andrew Morrison, our current Headteacher. Pictured: Denis Whitaker, Furze Platt's first Headteacher, with hi...
There are a number of highly successful Furze Platt alumni, including: Andy King - footballer for Leicester City who won the League One, Championship and Premier Leaguein 2009, 2014 and 2016 respectively, making him the first player to win the top three divisions with the same team in the Premier League era. Pictured: Andy King (front left with tro...
Perhaps the biggest difference today is the size of the school, with over 1500 students at present compared to just over 200 in 1963. Our students study broadly similar subjects to their 1963 counterparts but the ways in which students learn, and the resources at their disposal, have changed beyond recognition. Students now benefit from interactive...
At Furze Platt we are always looking for ways to ensure our students have access to facilities that will further their learning and socialising here. The standard budget does not include extras that we believe are extremely important to facilitate our students’ future education. Please click here to see the letter for further information, how you c...
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Inspection report: Furze Platt Senior School 17 and 18 November 2021 2 personal, social and health education (PSHE) covers careers, citizenship, relationships and sex education. Middle leaders articulate how the curriculum has been matched to the national curriculum and beyond. For example, in history, the curriculum includes lesbian, gay ...
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