Academy in Slough, United Kingdom
£26,427 to £26,847 a yearFull time, part timeCloses 13 Nov
We are looking for an efficient, enthusiastic individual with excellent communication skills to work within our busy successful school. A high standard of literacy and numeracy is…
Pupils (2025/26) 838 pupils · 45% girls · 40.8% eligible for free school meals · 36.0% with English as an additional language. DfE school census.
Special educational needs (2025/26) 108 (12.9%) on SEN support · 29 (3.5%) with an education, health and care plan. DfE, Special educational needs in England.
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ Eng. & maths |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 provisional | 33.2 | 22.4% |
| 2024/25 | 36.0 | 28.0% |
| 2023/24 | 34.5 | 27.5% |
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
| Date | Inspection | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 20 June 2024 | Monitoring visit | Leaders and those responsible for governance are taking effective action in order for the school to become a good school |
| 24 January 2023 | Graded inspection | Requires improvement |
| 25 June 2019 | Graded inspection | Requires improvement |
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
| Year | Teachers | Pupils per teacher | Leavers | Vacancies | Average pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 52.3 | 16.0 | – | 0 | £55,914 |
| 2024/25 | 52.6 | 15.8 | 13% | 0 | £52,658 |
| 2023/24 | 53.9 | 15.7 | 26% | 0 | £48,431 |
| 2022/23 | 53.1 | 16.4 | 21% | 1 | £45,874 |
| 2021/22 | 55.6 | 14.9 | 15% | 0 | £44,816 |
| 2020/21 | 55.0 | 14.8 | 23% | 1 | £44,870 |
| Year | Teachers | Pupils per teacher | Leavers | Vacancies | Average pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 54.1 | 14.9 | 20% | 0 | £43,003 |
| 2018/19 | 51.8 | 15.5 | 17% | 1 | £42,581 |
| 2017/18 | 53.3 | 14.9 | 23% | 0 | £42,525 |
| 2016/17 | 62.3 | 12.9 | 39% | 0 | £37,312 |
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
| Year | Sessions missed | Unauthorised | Persistently absent | Severely absent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 12.3% | 3.6% | 33.7% | 7.1% |
| 2024/25 | 12.2% | 3.2% | 31.1% | 6.9% |
| 2023/24 | 12.4% | 2.9% | 35.0% | 6.4% |
| 2022/23 | 13.1% | 3.7% | 41.0% | 5.5% |
| 2021/22 | 10.3% | 3.6% | 34.7% | 2.0% |
| 2020/21 | 6.8% | 1.2% | 21.8% | 1.1% |
| Year | Sessions missed | Unauthorised | Persistently absent | Severely absent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 5.8% | 1.4% | 18.2% | 0.1% |
| 2017/18 | 5.8% | 1.4% | 16.6% | 0.4% |
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
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Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.
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