Living in Slough with children
Slough, Slough and Buckinghamshire and Windsor and Maidenhead. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 166,868 people in 55,769 households; 43.3% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
54 schools: 30 state primary, 16 state secondary, 1 sixth form or college, 7 privateSlough on the schools map →Every school in Slough, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (30)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iqra Slough Islamic Primary School | Outstanding | 1st (1/27) in Slough | 0.451 miles (2026) |
| Khalsa Primary School | Outstanding | Top 8% (2/27) in Slough | 2.512 miles (2026) |
| Western House Academy | School remains Good | Top 12% (3/27) in Slough | — |
| The Godolphin Junior Academy | Improved significantly | Top 15% (4/27) in Slough | — |
| Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School | Outstanding | Top 19% (5/27) in Slough | 1.867 miles (2026) |
| James Elliman Academy | School remains Good (Improving) | Top 23% (6/27) in Slough | — |
| Montem Academy | School remains Outstanding | Top 26% (7/27) in Slough | 1.367 miles (2026) |
| Willow Primary School | Ofsted report card | Top 30% (8/27) in Slough | 2.794 miles (2026) |
| Marish Primary School | Good | Top 34% (9/27) in Slough | — |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | — | Top 38% (10/27) in Slough | 3.84 miles (2026) |
| Lynch Hill School Primary Academy | Good | Top 41% (11/27) in Slough | — |
| Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary and Nursery School | Standards maintained | Top 45% (12/27) in Slough | — |
| The Langley Heritage Primary | Good | (14/27) in Slough | 4.046 miles (2026) |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School | Standards maintained | (15/27) in Slough | 0.346 miles (2026) |
| Castleview Primary School | Ofsted report card | (16/27) in Slough | — |
| Wexham Court Primary School | Standards maintained | (17/27) in Slough | — |
| The Stoke Poges School | Good | (77/143) in Buckinghamshire | 2.018 miles (2026) |
| Lent Rise School | School remains Good | (91/143) in Buckinghamshire | — |
| Ryvers School | Good | (19/27) in Slough | — |
| Claycots School | School remains Good | (20/27) in Slough | — |
| The Langley Academy Primary | School remains Outstanding (Concerns) | (21/27) in Slough | 1.945 miles (2026) |
| Cippenham School | Good | (22/27) in Slough | — |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary School | Standards maintained | (23/27) in Slough | — |
| Priory School | Good | (25/27) in Slough | — |
| St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School | Standards maintained | (26/27) in Slough | — |
| Foxborough Primary School | Improved significantly | (27/27) in Slough | — |
| Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School | School remains Good | — | — |
| Farnham Common Infant School | Requires improvement | — | — |
| Fulmer Infant School | Good | — | — |
| Phoenix Infant Academy | Improved significantly | — | 0.758 miles (2026) |
State secondary schools (16)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upton Court Grammar School | Outstanding | Top 14% (2/15) in Slough | — |
| Herschel Grammar School | Outstanding | Top 20% (3/15) in Slough | — |
| St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School | Outstanding | Top 27% (4/15) in Slough | — |
| Burnham Grammar School | School remains Good | Top 37% (13/36) in Buckinghamshire | 2.688 miles (2026) |
| Eden Girls' School, Slough | School remains Outstanding | Top 34% (5/15) in Slough | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic High School | Ofsted report card | Top 40% (6/15) in Slough | — |
| The Langley Academy | Good | Top 47% (7/15) in Slough | — |
| Baylis Court School | Ofsted report card | (8/15) in Slough | — |
| Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College | Good | (9/15) in Slough | — |
| Ditton Park Academy | School remains Good | (10/15) in Slough | — |
| Churchmead Church of England (VA) School | Good | (9/10) in Windsor and Maidenhead | — |
| Wexham School | School remains Good | (11/15) in Slough | — |
| The Westgate School | Good | (12/15) in Slough | — |
| Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy | Requires improvement | (13/15) in Slough | — |
| Grove Academy | Ofsted report card | (14/15) in Slough | — |
| Beechwood School | Requires improvement | (15/15) in Slough | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Forest Colleges Group | Good | (7/13) in Slough | — |
Private schools (7)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Madani Girls School | — | — | — |
| Caldicott School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Eton End School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Long Close School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Sikh Heritage Girls School | — | — | — |
| St Bernard's Preparatory School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (63 detached, 193 semi-detached, 236 terraced, 187 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Slough. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Slough →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 87% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 97%, on average across the 3,343 postcodes in SL1, SL3, SL2. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 3 outstanding; 32 good, or expected standard; 8 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.58 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 8 in Buckinghamshire · 32 in Slough · 3 in Windsor and Maidenhead.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Slough
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Slough · Buckinghamshire · Windsor and Maidenhead.
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