England · Grammar school
Langley Grammar School
Langley · Mixed (co-educational) · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136521)
Overview
- Address
- Reddington Drive, Langley, Berkshire, SL3 7QS
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Mixed (co-educational)
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,284
- Capacity
- 1,270
- Eligible for free school meals
- 6.5%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- Not yet available
- 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
- Postcode-based Priority Admission Areas. Area 1 (Inner) = SL3 0, SL3 7, SL3 8, SL3 9, with up to 120 places (2026-27). Area 2 (Outer) = SL0, SL1, SL2, the rest of SL3, SL4. Area 3 (General) = SL5-SL9.Postcode areas: SL3 0, SL3 7, SL3 8, SL3 9
- Children from outside the catchment
- Sometimes: Priority Area 2 and 3 applicants are admitted in rank-score order after the Area 1 allocation. 2025 entry: Area 2 down to 118.
Past offers: lowest score and furthest distance
| Intake | Applicant group | Lowest score offered | Last distance offered | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2025 | Priority Area 1rank score; 100 places to Priority Area 1 | 113 | – | lgs.slough.sch.uksecondary source |
| Priority Area 2rank score | 118 | – | 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, 1,053 applicants named this school (347 as their first choice) for 177 places. 59 of 177 offers went to children living outside Slough.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Slough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 177 | 1,053 | 347 | 2.0 | 59 |
| Sept 2025 | 180 | 1,105 | 362 | 2.0 | 54 |
| Sept 2024 | 179 | 1,213 | 389 | 2.2 | 72 |
| Sept 2023 | 179 | 1,090 | 282 | 1.6 | 70 |
| Sept 2022 | 176 | 960 | 203 | 1.2 | 104 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Slough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 168 | 1,641 | 397 | 2.4 | 71 |
| Sept 2020 | 177 | 1,026 | 243 | 1.4 | 74 |
| Sept 2019 | 172 | 1,283 | 289 | 1.7 | 82 |
| Sept 2018 | 195 | 1,173 | 284 | 1.5 | 76 |
| Sept 2017 | 198 | 1,181 | 314 | 1.6 | 94 |
| Sept 2016 | 144 | 1,428 | 395 | 2.7 | 43 |
| Sept 2015 | 160 | 1,125 | 270 | 1.7 | 116 |
| Sept 2014 | 169 | 1,112 | 248 | 1.5 | 119 |
"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, 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 April 2011
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 10 February 2026. Read the report ↗
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Post 16 provision
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade for state schools.
Inspection history (4)
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). | 78 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 99.4% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 85% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% | 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: 76.7 (2023/24) → 77.6 (2024/25) → 78 (2025/26).
180 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
- SL3 7QS
- Map location
- 51.49902, -0.55256
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01753598300
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.lgs.slough.sch.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 136521) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026