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St Joseph's Catholic High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 988Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 143803URN

Shaggy Calf Lane, Slough, SL2 5HW · 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
2.7per place
close to Slough median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in SloughSelective

433 applications for 158 places · 8th of 15 in Slough
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
54.0of 90
6th of 15 in Slough
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 May 2026Published 25 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong 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 · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 10 May 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
2.7applications per place, Year 7
close to Slough median (2.7) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

433 applications · 158 places offered · 183 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.7; Slough median median 2.7
  2. 2025 2.5; Slough median median 3.0
  3. 2024 2.7; Slough median median 2.9
  4. 2023 2.9; Slough median median 3.4
  5. 2022 3.1; Slough median median 3.3
  6. 2021 3.9; Slough median median 3.2
  7. 2020 4.0; Slough median median 3.3
  8. 2019 3.5; Slough median median 3.4
  9. 2018 2.7; Slough median median 3.4
  10. 2017 2.7; Slough median median 4.2
  11. 2016 2.8; Slough median median 4.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.4; Slough median median 4.3; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.6; Slough median median 4.4; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Slough median

Dashed bars: as St Joseph's Catholic High School (URN 110087), the previous school.

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 20261584332.71831.16
Sep 20251603982.51701.06
Sep 20241574232.71801.15
Sep 20231524472.91741.14
Sep 20221604913.12001.25
Sep 20211345173.91881.40
Sep 20201315254.02331.78
Sep 20191505193.52141.43
Sep 20181644482.71751.07
Sep 20171604322.71651.03
Sep 2016 *1353722.81250.93
Sep 2015 *1313162.41030.79
Sep 2014 *1353462.61070.79

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

149 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)54.06th of 15 in Slough
Grade 5 or above in English and maths56%8th 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)+0.45
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14954.056%76%–
2024/2514350.143%71%–
2023/2415250.549%70%+0.45
2022/2316250.449%75%+0.37

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
143803 · 871/4800
Trust
St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
800 pupils · 988 on roll
Free school meals
13.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 December 2016
Replaced
St Joseph's Catholic High School (URN 110087)
Address
Shaggy Calf Lane, Slough, SL2 5HW
Local authority
Slough

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