The Westgate School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Mar 20 2014 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
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
138012
Address
Cippenham Lane, SL1 5AH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1326 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
55.2%
Girls
44.8%
First language not English
31.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.3%
Persistent absence
25.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 21.7%
Pakistani 19.1%
Mixed 16.2%
Indian 14.1%
Other White 13.6%
Other 4.3%
African 4.1%
Other Asian 2.5%
Unclassified 1.8%
Caribbean 1.3%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.01
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.16
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 6%
Local authority average 50%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 36%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.3
Local authority average 52.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.47
Local authority average 4.71
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award15
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award15
Health StudiesTechnical Award44
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE41
BiologyGCSE54
Business Studies:SingleGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE53
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE49
English LanguageGCSE231
English LiteratureGCSE230
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Westgate School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
240
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
234
2nd preference
155
3rd preference
105
From another Local Authority
39
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
191
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
11
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 classes23.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
238
133
105
Year 8
238
139
99
Year 9
237
136
101
Year 10
240
139
101
Year 11
234
114
120
Year 12
61
34
27
Year 13
78
37
41
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
92.4%
86.5%
Further education
34.0%
22.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
53.0%
67.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
2.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
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
83.0%
76.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
4.0%
20.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
4.0%
18.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020