Graded inspection · Jan 2025 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry464 applications · 215 places offered · 144 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Slough median median 2.7
- 2025 2.6; Slough median median 3.0
- 2024 2.9; Slough median median 2.9
- 2023 3.6; Slough median median 3.4
- 2022 3.3; Slough median median 3.3
- 2021 3.1; Slough median median 3.2
- 2020 3.3; Slough median median 3.3
- 2019 3.4; Slough median median 3.4
- 2018 2.9; Slough median median 3.4
- 2017 4.2; Slough median median 4.2
- 2016 4.4; Slough median median 4.1
- 2015 4.3; Slough median median 4.3
- 2014 4.5; Slough median median 4.4
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 215 | 464 | 2.2 | 144 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2025 | 237 | 615 | 2.6 | 192 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2024 | 240 | 701 | 2.9 | 234 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 233 | 840 | 3.6 | 278 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2022 | 241 | 800 | 3.3 | 298 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2021 | 240 | 753 | 3.1 | 225 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2020 | 231 | 758 | 3.3 | 259 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2019 | 230 | 772 | 3.4 | 248 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2018 | 233 | 686 | 2.9 | 234 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 180 | 752 | 4.2 | 221 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2016 | 177 | 774 | 4.4 | 206 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2015 | 177 | 764 | 4.3 | 225 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2014 | 174 | 777 | 4.5 | 222 | 1.28 |
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.) | 229 | 42.5 | 45% | 64% | – |
| 2024/25 | 229 | 40.6 | 35% | 59% | – |
| 2023/24 | 234 | 45.7 | 47% | 68% | +0.12 |
| 2022/23 | 231 | 43.3 | 36% | 64% | −0.01 |
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
- The Westgate SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
- 0.6 km · SloughRemains Outstanding20243.3applications per place 62.2Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · SloughOutstanding20247.2applications per place 76.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.5 km · SloughSerious weaknesses 20261.6applications per place 34.9Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Slough20261.9applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
- Graded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place 46.1Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · SloughGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 33.2Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · BuckinghamshireRemains Good20225.4applications per place 71.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.9 km · SloughGraded · no overall grade20252.0applications per place 41.2Attainment 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
- 138012 · 871/5409
- Trust
- The Westgate School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,400 pupils · 1,273 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 April 2012
- Replaced
- The Westgate School (URN 110105)
- Address
- Cippenham Lane, Slough, SL1 5AH
- Local authority
- Slough
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources