England · Grammar school
Herschel Grammar School
Slough · Mixed (co-educational) · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 137726)
Overview
- Address
- Northampton Avenue, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3BW
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Mixed (co-educational)
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,062
- Capacity
- 900
- Eligible for free school meals
- 6.8%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE SCHELWOOD TRUST
- Local authority
- Slough
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Fully selective area28% of Year 7 places offered in Slough for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- Not yet available
- Catchment area
- 2025 entry: all eligible applicants within a 4-mile radius were admitted (consortium allocations doc).
- Children from outside the catchment
- Yes: Places beyond the radius group are offered on rank score (down to 116 for 2025 entry).
Past offers: lowest score and furthest distance
| Intake | Applicant group | Lowest score offered | Last distance offered | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2025 | rank score (outside radius)Every eligible child (score 111+) living within 4 miles was offered a place; the remaining places went by rank score, down to 116. | 116 | – | lgs.slough.sch.uksecondary source |
From published allocation data found in desk research (checked 1 November 2026); not yet confirmed with the school. Scores from different tests or years are not comparable, and a past cut-off does not guarantee a future place.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 1,066 applicants named this school (119 as their first choice) for 149 places. 92 of 149 offers went to children living outside Slough.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Slough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 149 | 1,066 | 119 | 0.8 | 92 |
| Sept 2025 | 146 | 1,170 | 126 | 0.9 | 94 |
| Sept 2024 | 149 | 1,188 | 105 | 0.7 | 101 |
| Sept 2023 | 151 | 1,179 | 131 | 0.9 | 93 |
| Sept 2022 | 147 | 1,159 | 127 | 0.9 | 94 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Slough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 121 | 1,757 | 282 | 2.3 | 73 |
| Sept 2020 | 147 | 1,100 | 132 | 0.9 | 104 |
| Sept 2019 | 168 | 1,267 | 217 | 1.3 | 94 |
| Sept 2018 | 151 | 1,251 | 234 | 1.5 | 83 |
| Sept 2017 | 150 | 1,096 | 189 | 1.3 | 90 |
| Sept 2016 | 125 | 1,380 | 251 | 2.0 | 58 |
| Sept 2015 | 111 | 978 | 188 | 1.7 | 35 |
| Sept 2014 | 102 | 1,056 | 256 | 2.5 | 26 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Slough" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (lgs.slough.sch.uk), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates for September 2027 entry
- Test registration (Slough Consortium)
- 1 May 2026 to 5 June 2026
- Test date
- 19 September 2026Registration 10am 1 May to 10am 5 June (official St Bernard's page). Test Saturday 19 Sep (one table says 10 Sep, conflicts). Results mid-October (one table 9 Oct, unconfirmed). Schools: Herschel, Langley, St Bernard's, Upton Court.
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- 1 February 2012
Unverified: test dates come from desk research (medium confidence). Confirm them with the council or test organiser. Sources: st-bernards.slough.sch.uk/2913/year-7-admissions-2027-entry, st-bernards.slough.sch.uk/3033/year-7-admissions-2028-entry, cognito.org.
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Guide to the Slough Consortium and its schools · How applying works
Source: Test dates research (cited public sources) (st-bernards.slough.sch.uk), last checked 1 November 2026 · Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 21 May 2024: overall Outstanding. Read the report ↗
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Inspection history (3)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 76.3 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 98% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 71.1% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 99.3% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 75.4 (2023/24) → 75.8 (2024/25) → 76.3 (2025/26).
149 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- SL1 3BW
- Map location
- 51.5198, -0.61129
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01753520950
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.herschel.slough.sch.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 137726) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026