Baylis Court School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 17 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Slough
Unique reference
137259
Address
Gloucester Avenue, SL1 3AH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
909 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
50.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
28.2%
Persistent absence
28.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.9%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 56%
Indian 10%
Mixed 8.5%
African 5.1%
Other 5%
Other Asian 4.3%
White British 3.6%
Other White 3.6%
Unclassified 1.9%
Bangladeshi 1%
Caribbean 0.7%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.36
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 34%
Local authority average 50%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 52%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.8
Local authority average 52.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.59
Local authority average 4.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)8
ArabicGCSE4
Art & DesignGCSE30
BiologyGCSE50
Business Studies:SingleGCSE73
ChemistryGCSE50
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE38
English LanguageGCSE161
English LiteratureGCSE159
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE19
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Baylis Court School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
155
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
80
2nd preference
84
3rd preference
49
From another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
79
2nd preference
46
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
4
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 classes24.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
159
0
159
Year 8
159
0
159
Year 9
160
0
160
Year 10
159
0
159
Year 11
162
0
162
Year 12
49
0
49
Year 13
61
0
61
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
91.1%
85.6%
Further education
23.0%
23.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
67.0%
64.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.4%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.4%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
3.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
80.0%
75.9%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
27.3%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
4.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.0%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021