This schoolOther secondary schools in BuckinghamshireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 7 December 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
- 22 November 2012Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry978 applications · 180 places offered · 345 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 5.4; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2025 5.4; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2024 5.5; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
- 2023 5.5; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2022 5.3; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
- 2021 7.6; Buckinghamshire median median 4.0
- 2020 8.8; Buckinghamshire median median 3.4
- 2019 6.7; Buckinghamshire median median 3.3
- 2018 5.9; Buckinghamshire median median 3.6
- 2017 5.8; Buckinghamshire median median 3.2
- 2016 5.2; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2015 4.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
- 2014 5.1; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
- This school
- Buckinghamshire 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 | 180 | 978 | 5.4 | 345 | 1.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 180 | 971 | 5.4 | 314 | 1.74 |
| Sep 2024 | 179 | 981 | 5.5 | 356 | 1.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 178 | 984 | 5.5 | 358 | 2.01 |
| Sep 2022 | 177 | 944 | 5.3 | 312 | 1.76 |
| Sep 2021 | 176 | 1,337 | 7.6 | 393 | 2.23 |
| Sep 2020 | 118 | 1,038 | 8.8 | 300 | 2.54 |
| Sep 2019 | 148 | 995 | 6.7 | 290 | 1.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 150 | 884 | 5.9 | 218 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2017 | 149 | 861 | 5.8 | 207 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2016 | 147 | 762 | 5.2 | 163 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2015 | 147 | 704 | 4.8 | 183 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2014 | 140 | 714 | 5.1 | 165 | 1.18 |
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.) | 179 | 71.4 | 98% | 100% | – |
| 2024/25 | 179 | 70.1 | 94% | 99% | – |
| 2023/24 | 179 | 69.9 | 94% | 99% | +0.70 |
| 2022/23 | 182 | 70.0 | 96% | 98% | +0.63 |
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
- Burnham Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good20225.4applications per place 71.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.2 km · SloughGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 33.2Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · SloughGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · SloughRemains Outstanding20243.3applications per place 62.2Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · Slough20261.9applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · SloughOutstanding20247.2applications per place 76.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 4.1 km · SloughSerious weaknesses 20261.6applications per place 34.9Attainment 8
- Graded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 4.6 km · SloughGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 41.2Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137564 · 825/4051
- Trust
- Beeches Learning and Development Trust
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,078 pupils · 1,262 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2011
- Replaced
- Burnham Grammar School (URN 110493)
- Address
- Hogfair Lane, Burnham, Slough, SL1 7HG
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources