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Schools in Slough

59 schools in the Slough local authority.

Schools

59

Open schools

Pupils

34,689

2025–26 census

Good or better

98%

45 of 46 graded

Academic Performance

6.5

out of 10 · 53 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
11 24%
Good
34 74%
Requires improvement
0 0%
Inadequate
1 2%
8 inspected since 2024, no overall grade8 superseded by a report card5 not judged1 in a category of concern1 safeguarding not effective
6.5
Academic Performance

Averaged over 53 of 59 schools that can be scored

Pupils

34,689

pupils on roll

Boys 51%49% Girls

Ethnicity

White
19%
Asian
55%
Black
7%
Mixed
13%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
4%
Unclassified
2%

Ethnicity from 51 of 59 schools (33,680 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
21.9%

7,389 of 33,680 pupils · 51 of 59 schools

First language not English
50.9%

17,141 of 33,680 pupils · 51 of 59 schools

Young carers
<1%

51 of 33,127 pupils · 46 of 59 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
29
Secondary
16
All-through
1
Special
3
Nursery
5
PRU
1
Not recorded
4

Top primary schools in Slough

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Slough

The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 59 schools in Slough — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Slough

How many schools are there in Slough?
Slough has 59 open schools — 29 primary, 16 secondary, 3 special, 5 nursery, teaching 34,689 pupils in total.
How many schools in Slough are rated Good or Outstanding?
45 of the 46 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 98% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 11 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 59: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Slough?
6.5 out of 10, averaged across the 53 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Slough schools have no Ofsted rating?
13 schools in Slough currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Slough local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Slough covers 59 schools and sits in the South East region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Slough are eligible for free school meals?
21.9% — 7,389 of 33,680 pupils at the 51 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the South East region.