Wexham School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 25 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Slough
Unique reference
110078
Address
Norway Drive, SL2 5QP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1197 (77% of total capacity)
Boys
54.5%
Girls
45.5%
First language not English
45.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
23.7%
Persistent absence
28.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.6%
Pupil ethnicities
Mixed 27.4%
Pakistani 24.6%
White British 9.9%
Indian 9.8%
Other White 9.3%
African 7.7%
Other 5.7%
Other Asian 2.3%
Caribbean 1%
Unclassified 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.81
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 10%
Local authority average 50%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 21%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 34.1
Local authority average 52.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.82
Local authority average 4.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE22
BiologyGCSE26
Business Studies:SingleGCSE79
ChemistryGCSE23
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE125
English LiteratureGCSE131
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE20
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Wexham School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
199
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
58
2nd preference
43
3rd preference
65
From another Local Authority
24
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
58
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
19
To another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
230
139
91
Year 8
217
118
99
Year 9
204
91
113
Year 10
215
119
96
Year 11
210
115
95
Year 12
52
29
23
Year 13
69
41
28
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
92.4%
86.5%
Further education
35.0%
22.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
50.0%
67.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
3.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
88.0%
76.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
2.0%
20.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
4.0%
18.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020