Secondary
Herschel Grammar School
Northampton Avenue, Slough, SL1 3BW
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1062 of 900 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
- Local authority
- Slough
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE SCHELWOOD TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 65.4
- Pupils per adult
- 16.2
- Pupils
- 1,057
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2024
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
99%
38 points above the Slough average (61% across 16 schools)
75.8
20.5 above the Slough average (55.3 across 16 schools)
2nd of 16 by our score, among the secondary schools in Slough we can score - 17 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 75.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 7.25 |
| Entered the EBacc | 78% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 99% |
| A level average points per entry | 41.68 |
| A level students | 148 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 99% |
| 22/23 | 99% |
| 23/24 | 99% |
| 24/25 | 99% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 41.1 |
| 22/23 | 39.4 |
| 23/24 | 39.0 |
| 24/25 | 41.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.73 |
| 22/23 | +0.74 |
| 23/24 | +0.76 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 78.0 |
| 22/23 | 76.2 |
| 23/24 | 75.4 |
| 24/25 | 75.8 |
Northampton Avenue, Slough, SL1 3BW
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Slough admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Joanne Rockall
- Address
- Northampton Avenue, Slough, SL1 3BW
- Telephone
- 01753520950