Furze Platt Senior School

Furze Platt Senior School
Location
Furze Platt Road Maidenhead , Berkshire , SL6 7NQ England
Coordinates	51°32′10″N0°44′27″W / 51.536192°N 0.740762°W / 51.536192; -0.740762
Information
Type	Academy
Motto	ACHIEVE
Religious affiliation	None
Established	23 April 1963
Local authority	Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Department for Education URN	137740 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Chair of governors	Hugh Steed [1]
Headteacher	Andrew Morrison
Staff	230 (approx.)
Gender	Mixed
Age	11to 18
Enrolment	1500
Houses	Eagle, Falcon, Hawk, Osprey
Colours	Navy blue and 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".^{[ needs update ]}

Senior Leadership Team

The school is led by Headteacher Dr Andrew Morrison. The Head of Sixth Form and four assistant Headteachers, who along with the Head of Employee Relations, make up the Senior Leadership Team. ^[2]

Houses

The school house system is named after birds: Eagle (Green), Falcon (Red), Hawk (Blue) and Osprey (Orange).

Houses (from 2023)	Colour
Eagle	Green
Falcon	Red
Hawk	Blue
Osprey	Orange

Until 2022 the house system had eight competing houses named after towns on the River Thames.

Houses (until 2022)	Colour
Bisham	Yellow
Bray	Orange
Cookham	Blue
Dorney	Green
Eton	Light Green
Henley	Burgundy
Marlow	Red
Windsor	Purple

Greenpower

According to school records Furze Platt first competed in Greenpower in 2003. The team won the Greenpower International Finals in 2004 and 2005 with a car named "Turbo Tortoise" ^{[3] [4]} . Furze Platt Senior School still participates in the Greenpower Challenge ^[5] , a national initiative run by the Greenpower Educational Trust where students design, build, and race electric cars across circuits in the UK ^[6] .

Leisure centre

The school has use of the Furze Platt Leisure Centre during lessons and for clubs both before and after school. This includes a 60 station fitness gym with a range of cardio, functional and resistance equipment; three floodlit tennis / netball courts and a floodlit Astroturf.

References

1. Ofsted 20-21 September 2016 Inspection Report
2. "Contact Us".
3. "F24 Finals Result 2004". www.greenpower.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 December 2004. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
4. "General 2005 results page". www.greenpower.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 January 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
5. "Greenpower Club". Furze Platt Senior School. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
6. "Home | Greenpower". www.greenpower.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 August 2025. Retrieved 11 October 2025.