St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 8 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Slough
Unique reference
110084
Address
1 Langley Road, SL3 7AF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1129 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
54.5%
Girls
45.5%
First language not English
34%
Free school meals (FSM)
3.4%
Persistent absence
9.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
2.7%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 28.8%
Mixed 18.6%
White British 12.4%
Other White 9.1%
Other Asian 7.4%
Unclassified 7.2%
African 6.5%
Pakistani 4%
Other 3%
Caribbean 1%
Irish 0.8%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.8
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 94%
Local authority average 50%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 98%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 77.5
Local authority average 52.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.39
Local authority average 4.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE15
BiologyGCSE156
Business Studies:SingleGCSE131
ChemistryGCSE156
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE60
Design & TechnologyGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE157
English LiteratureGCSE157
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE20
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
150
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
153
2nd preference
132
3rd preference
267
From another Local Authority
568
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
62
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
43
To another Local Authority
139
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 classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
156
86
70
Year 8
159
92
67
Year 9
160
96
64
Year 10
159
88
71
Year 11
158
85
73
Year 12
167
89
78
Year 13
170
79
91
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
91.1%
85.6%
Further education
4.0%
23.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
91.0%
64.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
4.0%
2.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.4%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
3.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.6%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
89.0%
75.9%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
57.0%
27.3%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.0%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021