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09:30AM, Monday 27 October 2025

GILLOTTS School in Henley outperformed all other schools in Oxfordshire at the end of key stage four this year.

Government performance tables revealed Gillotts was ahead of 41 other schools in the county in percentage of pupils achieving a grade of five in English and maths GCSEs, which was 76 per cent.

The school topped the table in the performance in up to eight qualifications receiving a score of 61.2.

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FIRST CLASS Furze Platt Infant School Oaken Grove Maidenhead SL6 6HQ 3 classes - DRAGONFLY CLASS, Miss Midaoui, Mrs Lampton

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FIRST CLASS Alwyn Infant & Nursery School Mulberry Walk Maidenhead SL6 56EU 2 classes - ASH CLSASS Mrs McKeown, Mrs Clarke

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FIRST CLASS St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School Altwood Road Maidenhead SL6 4PX 2 classes - OTTERS CLASS, Ms Knapper, Mrs Tang, Miss Grant, Mrs Fretwell

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PUB PAIR QUIT AFTER DEBTS REACH £1.5M

TWO entrepreneurs were forced to give up two pubs after accruing debts of more than £1.5 million. Alex Sergeant and David Holliday ran the Bottle and Glass Inn in Binfield Heath and Hart Street Tavern in Henley as separate companies. They were wound...

Cheers! Regulars celebrate as pub named community asset