Furze Platt Senior School

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 rated Furze Platt Senior School as "Good".

WWW furzeplatt.com

Senior Leadership Team

The school is led by Headteacher Dr Andrew Morrison. Three Deputy Headteachers, the Head of Sixth Form and four Assistant Headteachers, along with the Head of Employee Relations and the Head of Finance, make up the Senior Leadership Team.

Houses

The school house system is named after birds: Eagle, Falcon, Hawk and Osprey.

Houses	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	Colour
Bisham	Yellow
Bray	Orange
Cookham	Blue
Dorney	Green
Eton	Light Green
Henley	Burgundy
Marlow	Red
Windsor	Purple
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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". Furze Platt Senior School still participates in the Greenpower Challenge, a national initiative run by the Greenpower Educational Trust where students design, build, and race electric cars across circuits in the UK.

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.