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Baylis Court School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 921Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • GirlsPupils
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137259URN

Gloucester Avenue, Slough, SL1 3AH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.8 below Slough median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in SloughSelective

251 applications for 132 places · 13th of 15 in Slough
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
52.2of 90
8th of 15 in Slough
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 May 2026Published 16 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 6 May 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
  2. 16 March 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.9applications per place, Year 7
0.8 below Slough median (2.7) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

251 applications · 132 places offered · 60 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Slough median median 2.7
  2. 2025 1.8; Slough median median 3.0
  3. 2024 1.9; Slough median median 2.9
  4. 2023 2.4; Slough median median 3.4
  5. 2022 2.6; Slough median median 3.3
  6. 2021 2.7; Slough median median 3.2
  7. 2020 2.8; Slough median median 3.3
  8. 2019 2.8; Slough median median 3.4
  9. 2018 2.4; Slough median median 3.4
  10. 2017 3.0; Slough median median 4.2
  11. 2016 2.7; Slough median median 4.1
  12. 2015 2.8; Slough median median 4.3
  13. 2014 2.8; Slough median median 4.4
More applications per place than the Slough median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Slough median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261322511.9600.45
Sep 20251582841.8850.54
Sep 20241552861.9800.52
Sep 20231593852.41220.77
Sep 20221604182.61400.88
Sep 20211594292.71100.69
Sep 20201584422.81490.94
Sep 20191634482.81350.83
Sep 20181664022.41130.68
Sep 20171604733.01450.91
Sep 20161584202.71300.82
Sep 20151584382.81480.94
Sep 20141634542.81560.96

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

157 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)52.28th of 15 in Slough
Grade 5 or above in English and maths57%7th of 15 in Slough
Grade 4 or above in English and maths76%
  • This school
  • Slough median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.60
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15752.257%76%–
2024/2515251.759%78%–
2023/2416155.661%83%+0.60
2022/2316052.852%80%+0.36

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

  • 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
137259 · 871/4082
Trust
The Thames Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
950 pupils · 921 on roll
Free school meals
36.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2011
Replaced
Baylis Court School (URN 110074)
Address
Gloucester Avenue, Slough, SL1 3AH
Local authority
Slough

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources