England · Grammar school
Upton Court Grammar School
Slough · Mixed (co-educational) · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136420)
Overview
- Address
- Lascelles Road, Slough, Berkshire, SL3 7PR
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Mixed (co-educational)
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,155
- Capacity
- 1,115
- Eligible for free school meals
- 9.3%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- PIONEER EDUCATIONAL 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
- For September 2026 entry, there is no catchment area. Children scoring 111 or more in the Slough Consortium test are eligible. After looked-after children, up to 20 pupil premium places, children of staff and two named feeder schools, up to 120 places go in order of test score and the rest by distance from the school.
- Children from outside the catchment
- Yes: For September 2026 entry, children can apply from anywhere; most places go by test score, and the last places by distance from the school.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 1,274 applicants named this school (195 as their first choice) for 165 places. 95 of 165 offers went to children living outside Slough.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Slough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 165 | 1,274 | 195 | 1.2 | 95 |
| Sept 2025 | 163 | 1,382 | 222 | 1.4 | 89 |
| Sept 2024 | 164 | 1,404 | 211 | 1.3 | 93 |
| Sept 2023 | 161 | 1,305 | 231 | 1.4 | 88 |
| Sept 2022 | 162 | 1,192 | 262 | 1.6 | 86 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Slough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 146 | 2,015 | 388 | 2.7 | 66 |
| Sept 2020 | 155 | 1,262 | 251 | 1.6 | 71 |
| Sept 2019 | 175 | 1,668 | 323 | 1.8 | 99 |
| Sept 2018 | 182 | 1,434 | 253 | 1.4 | 126 |
| Sept 2017 | 174 | 1,314 | 187 | 1.1 | 150 |
| Sept 2016 | 164 | 1,443 | 228 | 1.4 | 137 |
| Sept 2015 | 160 | 1,079 | 153 | 1.0 | 123 |
| Sept 2014 | 165 | 1,179 | 203 | 1.2 | 135 |
"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) (uptoncourtgrammar.org.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 January 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 29 November 2022: 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). | 77.3 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 98.2% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 80.7% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 99.4% | 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: 77.6 (2023/24) → 79.9 (2024/25) → 77.3 (2025/26).
166 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 7PR
- Map location
- 51.50417, -0.57871
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01753522892
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.uptoncourtgrammar.org.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 136420) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026