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Herschel Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 76 76.3 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B+ B+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
76.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
98% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
71.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.76 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 75.8[6] 98.7%[6]
2023/24 75.4[4] 99.4%[4] +0.76[4]
2022/23 76.2[7] 99%[7] +0.74[7]
2021/22 78[8] 99%[8] +0.73[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
39.9% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B[10] 29.6%[10]
2022/23 B[11] 34.2%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 33.7%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 35.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
100% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
93% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
5% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 100%[15] 94%[15] 1%[15] 2%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 91%[16] 2%[16] 5%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 97%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 100%[18] 95%[18] 1%[18] 4%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[19]
Education
72% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[19]
Employment
9% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 69%[20] 4%[20] 12%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 73%[21] 5%[21] 12%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 79%[22] 4%[22] 6%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 76%[23] 4%[23] 9%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
86% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
34% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
33% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 85%[26] 45%[26]
2019/20 91%[25] 42%[25] 33%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 85%[27] 42%[27] 38%[27] 3%[27]
2017/18 88%[28] 41%[28] 39%[28] 1%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
21 May 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
25 Jun 2024[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
7.2 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
1066 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
119 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
149 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1170[30] 126[30] 146[30] 8.0[30] 0.9[30]
Entry Sept 2024 1188[30] 105[30] 149[30] 8.0[30] 0.7[30]
Entry Sept 2023 1179[30] 131[30] 151[30] 7.8[30] 0.9[30]
Entry Sept 2022 1159[30] 127[30] 147[30] 7.9[30] 0.9[30]

Priority areas

School catchment area
Within 6.4 km (4 miles) · Pupils living within the school catchment area receive higher priority. Entry Sept 2027[31]
10 mile area
Within 16.1 km (10 miles) Entry Sept 2027[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
150 Entry Sept 2027[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
900[1]
Trust
THE SCHELWOOD TRUST[1]
Local authority
Slough[1]
Website
www.herschel.slough.sch.uk[1]
District
Slough[32]
Postcode
SL1 3BW[1]
URN
137726[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1056 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
40% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
1.2% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
0.4% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
7.9% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
1.8%[34]
Mixed
12.7%[34]
Asian
77.4%[34]
Black
2.5%[34]
Any other ethnic group
4%[34]
Unclassified
1.6%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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  31. s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com: s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com document (PDF, 2027). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (3)
    Priority will be given to pupils living within the school catchment area, which is defined as a home address within 4 miles of the school. Distance will be measured in a straight line from the front door of the child's home address (including flats) to the main entrance gate of the school, using a Geographical Information System (GIS), with those closest to the school receiving the higher priority. (p. 6)
    (iii) Up to a further 10 places will be offered to e ligible applicants with a home address within 10 miles of the school who are eligible for the Pupil Premium at the closing date for submission of the Common Application Form (Note c). (p. 1)
    The school's planned admission number (PAN) is 150. (p. 1)
  32. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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