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Herschel Grammar School

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National rank

113

Rank last year

75.7^%

A-level

73^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Joanne Rockall

Attendance 95.0%

Gender of entry Mixed

Send pupils* 0.7% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,056

Pupils on free school meals 7.9%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

13.4

31.1

A*/A

44.6

A*-B

75.7

Grade

9/8

9/8/7

What the school inspection says

“Pupils thrive in the vibrant community of this school. They are ambitious for themselves and what they can achieve, modelled by the high aspirations that staff have for them, but also fostered by an increasing independence as they progress through the school. Lessons are engaging places of learning, where pupils are keen to ask questions and challenge one another’s opinions, founded on the highly secure knowledge and skills they have accrued as a result of exceptional teaching. Relationships across the school are warm and founded on respect. Pupils live out daily the school’s values of responsibility, success and care.”

Inspection

2024

In detail *

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*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

The school is named after the 19th-century German-born British astronomers and composers, William and Caroline Herschel, a brother and sister who identified the planet Uranus and several comets.
More than 40 languages are spoken among pupils at the school, which draws pupils from a diverse catchment area in Slough, west London and Reading. Nearly half have English as an additional language.
Sports facilities include a dance studio, badminton courts, a multi-use games area and artificial pitches.
The school’s projects to improve recycling and create bug hotels in the grounds have helped to achieve the Eco Schools Green Flag Award with merit.

mail@herschel.slough.sch.uk

Telephone

01753 520 950

Website

herschel.slough.sch.uk

Address

Northampton Avenue, Slough, SL1 3BW

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