Secondary
The Westgate School
Cippenham Lane, Slough, SL1 5AH
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1273 of 1400 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
- Local authority
- Slough
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- PD - Physical Disability
- Trust
- THE WESTGATE SCHOOL
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 85.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 118.4
- Pupils per adult
- 11.2
- Pupils
- 1,326
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 January 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
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
35%
26 points below the Slough average (61% across 16 schools)
40.6
14.7 below the Slough average (55.3 across 16 schools)
11th 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 | 40.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.25 |
| Entered the EBacc | 18% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 59% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% |
| A level average points per entry | 28.08 |
| A level students | 61 |
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 | 54% |
| 22/23 | 36% |
| 23/24 | 47% |
| 24/25 | 35% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 28.4 |
| 22/23 | 27.4 |
| 23/24 | 29.3 |
| 24/25 | 28.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.23 |
| 22/23 | -0.01 |
| 23/24 | +0.12 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 48.7 |
| 22/23 | 43.3 |
| 23/24 | 45.7 |
| 24/25 | 40.6 |
Cippenham Lane, Slough, SL1 5AH
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
- Jonathon Gargan
- Address
- Cippenham Lane, Slough, SL1 5AH
- Telephone
- 01753521320