Slough’s state schools are in the top tenth: better results than 92% of towns in England
Attainment 8, the average across eight GCSEs, is 55.2 at Slough’s secondaries, above both Berkshire’s towns (51.7) and towns in England (45.9). 50 state-funded schools are located in Slough’s built-up area. Slough grades A for schools, on Department for Education Key Stage 2 and GCSE results: #3 of 30 in Berkshire. Ofsted is shown, not graded.
Slough’s secondary results beat 92% of English towns; its primary results beat 84%. 69% of the city’s 11-year-olds meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% at the average school in England and 68% across Slough. The spread between primaries is wide: 89% at Iqra Slough Islamic Primary School, 52% at Priory School. Every school’s result ↓
Popular schools are full
17 of 43 mainstream schools have at least as many pupils as their official capacity, including Burnham Grammar, Ditton Park, Herschel Grammar, Langley Grammar, Slough and Eton, St Bernard's, St Joseph's, The Langley, Upton Court Grammar and Wexham among the secondaries. A full school gives places by its admissions rules, usually by distance after siblings. Getting a place ↓
Grammar schools in town
Burnham Grammar School, Herschel Grammar School, Langley Grammar School, St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School and Upton Court Grammar School admit pupils by a test at 11. Their results count in Slough’s School Grade, as they are state schools many local children attend. After 16 ↓
The Godolphin Junior beats its intake
Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually get lower results. At The Godolphin Junior Academy, 42% of pupils are on free school meals and 77% meet the expected standard; a typical school in England with that intake reaches 57%. Results and intake ↓
Written from the Department for Education and Ofsted data on this page.
School Grade
Slough grades A for schools
Against every town in England with results; Wales publishes none.
Primary: reading, writing and maths at 11 (69% meet the standard)Better than 84% of towns in England
Secondary: Attainment 8 and grade 5+ English and maths (55.2 and 62%)Better than 92% of towns in England
Each of Slough’s 26 primaries: % meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (2023–25)
Each of Slough’s 16 secondaries: Attainment 8 (2025/26)
England’s average schoolSlough’s average school
The primary figure: 27 primaries in the town, 6,997 pupils in results over three years. The secondary figure: 16 secondaries in the town, 2,664 pupils in results. Mainstream state schools only (grammar schools included); special schools, alternative provision, nurseries and 16–19 colleges are listed below but not graded. Each school’s results are compared with every school in England, then weighted by its pupils.
Map
Where Slough’s 50 state schools are
Each school at its address, coloured by its own letter and sized by pupils. Open a school for its own page. The dashed shape is Slough’s built-up area.
PrimarySecondarySpecial, nursery, 16–19Size: pupilsABCDNo letter
Most schools give places by distance once siblings are in, so the schools nearest a home matter more than any league table.
Results and intake
Which schools do better than their intake suggests
Schools with more pupils on free school meals tend to get lower results. The dashed line is the typical school in England for each level of free school meals; the band holds the middle two-thirds. A dot above the band is doing better than schools like it.
Primaries: KS2 reading, writing and maths against free school meals
Secondaries: Attainment 8 against free school meals
The share of pupils on free school meals runs from 4% at St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School to 43% at Foxborough Primary School. Against schools with the same intake, Iqra Slough Islamic Primary School does best: 89% with 18% on free school meals, where a typical school would reach 64%. 18 of 26 primaries and 10 of 16 secondaries are above the line.
Free school meals: pupils eligible now, DfE January 2026 census. The typical-school line is a straight-line fit across every graded school in England. It describes; it doesn’t grade: the School Grade uses results alone.
Getting a place
How school places work in Slough
Slough Council handles applications for every state school in Slough, academies included. You apply to the council where you live, even for a school in another area.
Secondary (starting at 11)Apply by 31 October of Year 6. Offers on 1 March.
Primary (starting in Reception)Apply by 15 January before the September your child starts. Offers on 16 April.
Moving mid-yearApply to the council for an in-year place; it tells you which schools have room.
When a school is full
Every school publishes its admissions rules. Children in care come first, then, at most schools, brothers and sisters of current pupils, then those who live nearest. 12 of Slough’s 43 mainstream schools have a religious character; some of them give priority by church attendance, so check each school’s rules. Infant classes are limited to 30 by law. If you’re refused a place, you can appeal to an independent panel.
Pupils on roll as a share of the school’s official capacity. The black tick is 100%; 17 schools are at or over it.
St Bernard's132%
The Langley128%
Montem incl. nursery125%
St Joseph's124%
Ryvers incl. nursery119%
Herschel Grammar118%
Burnham Grammar117%
Khalsa incl. nursery112%
Lent Rise incl. nursery105%
Upton Court Grammar104%
Show all 43 schools
Holy Family incl. nursery103%
Slough and Eton102%
Our Lady of Peace incl. nursery101%
Langley Grammar101%
Wexham101%
James Elliman incl. nursery101%
Ditton Park100%
Iqra Slough Islamic99%
St Mary's incl. nursery99%
The Langley Academy incl. nursery98%
The Godolphin Junior98%
Cippenham98%
Phoenix Infant97%
Baylis Court97%
Marish incl. nursery95%
Castleview incl. nursery94%
Western House incl. nursery94%
St Peter's incl. nursery94%
Penn Wood incl. nursery93%
Beechwood93%
The Westgate91%
Willow incl. nursery91%
Wexham Court incl. nursery90%
St Ethelbert's incl. nursery88%
Foxborough incl. nursery87%
Claycots incl. nursery87%
Priory incl. nursery84%
Langley Hall82%
St Anthony's incl. nursery78%
Eden Girls' School, Slough77%
Lynch Hill Enterprise76%
The Langley Heritage incl. nursery74%
Grove51%
DfE register of schools (GIAS), January 2026 census. Capacity often excludes a nursery class, so a school with a nursery can show over 100%.
The schools
50 state schools in Slough
Each school’s own letter compares its results with every state school in England of the same phase: Key Stage 2 for primaries, GCSEs for secondaries. Open a school for its results, how its letter is worked out, Ofsted and a map.
Letters of Slough’s schoolsA21B11C8D28 without a letter
Key result: Attainment 8 and grade 5+ English and maths (GCSEs, 2025/26 provisional) for secondaries; the share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (KS2, DfE’s three-year average) for primaries. Pupils: the January 2026 school census. No letter: an infant or first school (no KS2 tests), a new school, a small cohort DfE suppresses, or a special school, nursery or college. Independent schools aren’t included.
Ofsted
Ofsted report cards
Each school’s latest inspection; report cards replace one-word judgements as schools are re-inspected.
Outstanding 5Good 4Report card 11Ungraded inspection only 30
Ofsted stopped giving one-word judgements in 2024. Until a school is re-inspected, its last overall judgement is its most recent single grade; a school judged years ago may have changed a lot since.
Since November 2025 Ofsted gives each area of a school one of five grades (exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention, urgent improvement) and says whether safeguarding is met, instead of one overall word. 11 of Slough’s 50 state schools have a report card so far; the others show their last inspection under the old framework. Ofsted is never part of the School Grade.
Academies are state schools run by a trust rather than the council: the trust employs the staff and can set its own curriculum and term dates. Admissions still go through the council.
Run by
Schools
Pupils
Their letters
Park Federation Academy TrustMontem, James Elliman, Western House, The Godolphin Junior
4
2,680
AAAA
St Thomas Catholic Academies TrustSt Joseph's, Holy Family, St Anthony's, St Ethelbert's
4
2,348
A−AB−C
Slough and East Berkshire C of E Multi Academy TrustSlough and Eton, Grove, Lynch Hill Enterprise
3
3,049
B−DC−
Arbib Education TrustThe Langley, The Langley Academy, The Langley Heritage
Beeches Learning and Development TrustBurnham Grammar
1
1,262
A+
Sash Education TrustDitton Park
1
1,131
B−
Elliot Foundation Academies TrustCippenham
1
998
C
Ryvers SchoolRyvers
1
668
C
Langley Hall Primary Academy TrustLangley Hall
1
646
B+
Star AcademiesEden Girls' School, Slough
1
613
A
Sikh Academies TrustKhalsa
1
529
A
Castleview SchoolCastleview
1
453
A
Lent Rise SchoolLent Rise
1
443
B−
Haybrook College TrustHaybrook College
1
137
—
Specialist Education TrustLittledown
1
38
—
Slough CouncilClaycots, Wexham, St Bernard's, Penn Wood, St Mary's, Wexham Court, Iqra Slough Islamic, Priory, Our Lady of Peace, St Peter's, Cippenham Village Nursery, Baylis Court Nursery, Slough Centre Nursery, Lea Nursery, Chalvey Nursery School & Early Years Centre
15
8,408
B−CA+A−BB−A+C−A−B−
After 16
Where Slough’s teenagers go at 16
In England young people stay in education or training until 18: a sixth form, a college, or an apprenticeship.
14 of Slough’s 16 state secondaries have sixth forms: Baylis Court, Beechwood, Burnham Grammar, Ditton Park, Grove, Herschel Grammar, Langley Grammar, Slough and Eton, St Bernard's, St Joseph's, The Langley, The Westgate, Upton Court Grammar and Wexham. Windsor Forest Colleges Group, a further-education college, is in the city.
Special schools and alternative provision in Slough
Slough has 1 special school (Littledown: 38 pupils) and 1 alternative provision school, for pupils who can’t attend mainstream school for a time. A special-school place isn’t applied for like a mainstream one: for a child with an education, health and care plan (EHCP), Slough Council names the school in the plan, after asking the family’s preference. These schools have no letter, because their results don’t compare with mainstream schools’. Their cards ↑
Slough Council’s SEND Local Offer lists support beyond these schools.
Towns its size
7th of 40 English towns and cities of 117,000 to 225,000
Ranked by School Grade, best first: the towns and cities either side of Slough, and the top and bottom of the group.
Iver Heath 2 schools · uses schools within 3 km · 3.7 mi
A
66%
54.8
Stoke Poges has the best-graded schools nearby (A). Small places often use the schools within 3 km, so neighbours can share schools.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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Expected standard at Key Stage 2. The share of 11-year-olds who reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, in tests and teacher assessment at the end of primary school. We use DfE’s three-year average (2023–2025) to steady small schools.
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Higher standard. The share working at greater depth in all three. In Slough: 13% (England’s average school: 8%).
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Attainment 8. A pupil’s GCSE grades across eight subjects, with English and maths counted twice, added up. 50 is roughly a grade 5 in every subject.
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Grade 5+ in English and maths. A strong pass in both. Grade 4 is a standard pass.
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Provisional. 2025/26 GCSE figures are DfE’s first release; revised figures follow in February, usually within a point.
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Progress 8. Not shown: there is none for 2025/26, because these pupils sat no KS2 tests in 2020 (Covid).
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Free school meals. Pupils eligible for free school meals now, from the January census: the usual measure of how many pupils come from low-income homes.
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Independent schools. Not included: they publish no results comparable with state schools’.
Questions about schools in Slough
Are schools in Slough good?
Slough’s state schools earn an A against schools across England: primary results beat 84% of towns in England; secondary results beat 92% of towns in England, on Department for Education Key Stage 2 and GCSE results. School places are handled by Slough council.
What is the best secondary school in Slough?
On 2025/26 GCSE results, Langley Grammar School: Attainment 8 of 78 and 99% with grade 5+ in English and maths, against 47.3 at the average school in England. Results are one measure; distance decides most places.
What is the best primary school in Slough?
On Key Stage 2 results over 2023–25, Iqra Slough Islamic Primary School: 89% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% at the average school in England.
Do Slough secondary schools have sixth forms?
14 of 16 do.
How do I apply for a school place in Slough?
Through Slough Council, for every state school including academies. Secondary applications close on 31 October (offers 1 March); primary on 15 January (offers 16 April).
How many schools in Slough are full?
17 of 43 mainstream schools have at least as many pupils as places, on DfE’s January 2026 census. A full school still admits by its rules, usually distance after siblings.
How many state schools are in Slough?
50 open state-funded schools are located in Slough’s built-up area: 27 primary, 16 secondary and 7 other (special schools, alternative provision, nurseries and 16–19). Independent schools aren’t included.
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026 · DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), further-education and sixth-form colleges · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
