Herschel Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 21 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Slough
Unique reference
137726
Address
Northampton Avenue, SL1 3BW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1057 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
58.4%
Girls
41.6%
First language not English
43%
Free school meals (FSM)
6.5%
Persistent absence
13.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
0.7%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 46.4%
Pakistani 22.5%
Other Asian 9.5%
Mixed 8.1%
Unclassified 3.4%
Other 3%
African 2.6%
White British 1.3%
Other White 1.3%
Bangladeshi 1.1%
Other Black 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.74
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 82%
Local authority average 50%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 99%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 76.2
Local authority average 52.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.26
Local authority average 4.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE10
BiologyGCSE127
Business Studies:SingleGCSE72
ChemistryGCSE127
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE66
Design & TechnologyGCSE43
English LanguageGCSE152
English LiteratureGCSE152
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Herschel Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
149
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
105
2nd preference
250
3rd preference
317
From another Local Authority
720
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
42
2nd preference
43
3rd preference
34
To another Local Authority
101
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 classes22.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
150
95
55
Year 8
150
91
59
Year 9
150
99
51
Year 10
150
94
56
Year 11
154
89
65
Year 12
149
69
80
Year 13
154
80
74
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
92.4%
86.5%
Further education
5.0%
22.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
91.0%
67.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
2.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
3.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
91.0%
76.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
42.0%
20.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
33.0%
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
4.0%
1.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020