Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in SloughSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry1,274 applications · 165 places offered · 195 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 7.7; Slough median median 2.7
- 2025 8.5; Slough median median 3.0
- 2024 8.6; Slough median median 2.9
- 2023 8.1; Slough median median 3.4
- 2022 7.4; Slough median median 3.3
- 2021 13.8; Slough median median 3.2
- 2020 8.1; Slough median median 3.3
- 2019 9.5; Slough median median 3.4
- 2018 7.9; Slough median median 3.4
- 2017 7.6; Slough median median 4.2
- 2016 8.8; Slough median median 4.1
- 2015 6.7; Slough median median 4.3
- 2014 7.2; Slough median median 4.4
- This school
- Slough median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 165 | 1,274 | 7.7 | 195 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2025 | 163 | 1,382 | 8.5 | 222 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2024 | 164 | 1,404 | 8.6 | 211 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2023 | 161 | 1,305 | 8.1 | 231 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2022 | 162 | 1,192 | 7.4 | 262 | 1.62 |
| Sep 2021 | 146 | 2,015 | 13.8 | 388 | 2.66 |
| Sep 2020 | 155 | 1,262 | 8.1 | 251 | 1.62 |
| Sep 2019 | 175 | 1,668 | 9.5 | 323 | 1.85 |
| Sep 2018 | 182 | 1,434 | 7.9 | 253 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2017 | 174 | 1,314 | 7.6 | 187 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2016 | 164 | 1,443 | 8.8 | 228 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2015 | 160 | 1,079 | 6.7 | 153 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 | 165 | 1,179 | 7.2 | 203 | 1.23 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 166 | 77.3 | 98% | 99% | – |
| 2024/25 | 166 | 79.9 | 99% | 99% | – |
| 2023/24 | 165 | 77.6 | 99% | 99% | +0.85 |
| 2022/23 | 164 | 75.9 | 97% | 98% | +0.56 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Upton Court Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20227.7applications per place 77.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.4 km · SloughOutstanding20236.8applications per place 74.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.8 km · SloughRemains Good20233.9applications per place 45.7Attainment 8
- Graded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · Slough20262.7applications per place 54.0Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · SloughGood20234.8applications per place 53.4Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Slough20266.0applications per place 78.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.0 km · SloughGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 41.2Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Windsor and MaidenheadGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136420 · 871/5408
- Trust
- Pioneer Educational Trust
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,115 pupils · 1,155 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2011
- Replaced
- Slough Grammar School (URN 110104)
- Address
- Lascelles Road, Slough, SL3 7PR
- Local authority
- Slough
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources