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St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 415 pupils Slough
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St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Slough for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 415 pupils on roll. In 2025, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Wexham Road
Slough
Berkshire
SL2 5QR
Phone 01753522048
Reference Number 143802

General Makeup

Number of pupils 415
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.53%
Girls: 47.47%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 17.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 47.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 27.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.6

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 27 32 59
2 37 23 60
3 29 25 54
4 31 26 57
5 34 24 58
6 30 30 60

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
Indian 26%
White, Other 24.6%
White, British 14%
African 5.5%
Mixed, Other 5.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 4.6%
Asian, Other 3.4%
White & Asian 2.9%
Pakistani 2.4%
Caribbean 1%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 12 Nov 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
12 Nov 2024 School inspection
12 Mar 2019 Short inspection
06 Dec 2016 Academy conversion letter
21 Jan 2015 Full inspection:
Previously as St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School
08 May 2014 Monitoring visit
14 Jan 2014 Monitoring visit
13 Jun 2013 Monitoring visit
05 Mar 2013 Full inspection:
06 Jul 2010 Full inspection:
20 Jan 2009 Curriculum and development visit
17 Jul 2007 Full inspection:
29 Apr 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 47%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 7%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 102
Maths 101

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -1.8
Writing 0
Maths -0.4

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Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

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Progress Scores

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 17 2
Third Preference 11 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School had 402 pupils for 420 places. 18 places (4.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Slough Central” planning area

Slough counted 950 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 1,012 in 2029–30, up 7%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 420420420420420420420420
Pupils 418417402388393403408402
Unfilled 0.5%0.7%4.3%7.6%6.4%4.0%2.9%4.3%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.6%3.2%3.0%4.9%5.4%4.5%3.6%
Unauthorised absence 1.5%1.2%2.0%2.5%2.2%1.6%1.4%
Severely absent pupils 0.5%0.0%4.2%2.8%1.9%1.9%1.4%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.2% of pupils at St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.90.40.91.20.70.70.70.2
Permanent exclusions 00000000

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School had 23.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 31.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 9.810.59.99.29.99.910.011.511.2
Teachers who left state teaching 15.2%15.7%9.0%21.9%0.0%4.9%13.5%10.4%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 40.7%60.9%–45.5%54.5%69.6%44.0%81.8%–
Sick days per teacher 5.62.1–1.61.87.12.02.8–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 9.6% of pupils at St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 25 2
Speech, language and communication needs 8 6
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 2
Social, emotional and mental health 3 0
Specific learning difficulty 1 1
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Severe learning difficulty 0 1

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School received £6,619 and spent £7,067 for each of its 416 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £283,000 (-£681 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust, income was £7,112 and spending £7,057 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

201920212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £258,000£221,000£188,000£32,000-£245,000-£283,000
per pupil £607£549£449£80-£580-£681
In-year balance -£107,000£58,000£0-£129,000-£284,000-£186,000
per pupil -£252£143£0-£315-£674-£448

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

Name Distance
Khalsa Primary School
Wexham Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL2 5QR
0.17 miles
Iqra Slough Islamic Primary School
Fernside, Wexham Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL2 5FF
0.32 miles
Lea Nursery School
Fernside, Slough, SL2 5FF
0.33 miles
Willow Primary School
Fernside Off Wexham Rd, Slough, Berkshire, SL2 5FF
0.34 miles
Wexham Court Primary School
Church Lane, Wexham, Slough, Berkshire, SL3 6LU
0.44 miles
James Elliman Academy
Elliman Avenue, Slough, Berkshire, SL2 5BA
0.63 miles
Littledown School
Queens Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3QW
0.68 miles
St Bernard's Preparatory School
Hawtrey Close, Slough, SL1 1TB
0.96 miles
St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Yew Tree Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 2AR
1.13 miles
Sikh Heritage Girls School
Guru Maneyo Granth Gurdwara, Middle Green, Slough, SL3 6BS
1.14 miles
The Godolphin Junior Academy
Oatlands Drive, The Godolphin Junior Academy, Slough, SL1 3HS
1.17 miles
Baylis Court Nursery School
Oatlands Drive, Slough, SL1 3HS
1.18 miles
Phoenix Infant Academy
Warrington Avenue, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3BQ
1.26 miles
Slough Centre Nursery School
Buckingham Avenue East, Slough, SL1 3EA
1.38 miles
Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School
Penn Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL2 1PH
1.39 miles
Darul Madinah
50 Darvills Lane, Slough, SL1 2PH
1.39 miles
Ryvers School
Trelawney Avenue, Langley, Slough, Berkshire, SL3 7TS
1.5 miles
Chalvey Nursery School & Early Years Centre
Ladbrooke Road, Slough, SL1 2SR
1.64 miles
The Langley Academy Primary
Langley Road, Langley, Slough, Berkshire, SL3 7EF
1.69 miles
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School
Farnham Road, Farnham Royal, Slough, Berkshire, SL2 3AA
1.72 miles
Name Distance
St Joseph's Catholic High School
Shaggy Calf Lane, Slough, Berkshire, SL2 5HW
0.25 miles
Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy
Stoke Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL2 5AY
0.29 miles
Wexham School
Norway Drive, Slough, Berkshire, SL2 5QP
0.54 miles
St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School
1 Langley Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL3 7AF
1.1 miles
Baylis Court School
Gloucester Avenue, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3AH
1.17 miles
Upton Court Grammar School
Lascelles Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL3 7PR
1.19 miles
Herschel Grammar School
Northampton Avenue, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3BW
1.27 miles
Long Close School
Upton Court Road, Upton, Slough, Berkshire, SL3 7LU
1.37 miles
Hillingdon Grange School
Datchet Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL3 7LR
1.4 miles
Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College
Ragstone Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 2PU
1.5 miles
Grove Academy
Ladbrooke Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 2SR
1.62 miles
Langley Hall Arts Academy
4 Waterside Court, Waterside Drive, Langley, Berkshire, SL3 6EZ
1.63 miles
Ditton Park Academy
Kings Reach, Slough, SL3 7UX
1.68 miles
The Langley Academy
Langley Road, Langley, Slough, Berkshire, SL3 7EF
1.69 miles
Eden Girls' School, Slough
183-187 Bath Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 4AA
1.7 miles
Pioneer Secondary Academy
Hollybush Hill, Pioneer House, Hollybush Hill, Pioneer House, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4QB
1.79 miles
Arbour Vale School
Farnham Road, Farnham Royal, Slough, SL2 3AE
1.8 miles
Windsor Forest Colleges Group
Station Road, Langley, Slough, Berkshire, SL3 8BY
1.91 miles
Langley Grammar School
Reddington Drive, Langley, Berkshire, SL3 7QS
1.99 miles
Beechwood School
Long Readings Lane, Slough, Berkshire, SL2 1QE
2.02 miles

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St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School is part of St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust, which runs 18 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School have?

St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School has 415 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School cover?

St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 47% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School?

St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School is at Wexham Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL2 5QR.

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