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Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy

Stoke Road, Slough, SL2 5AY
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

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Ofsted: Requires improvement · April 2025(13/15)Fewer first choices than places (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 2,447th of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: Lower half.
(13/15)Rank among 15 Slough secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
See the Slough league table →
Inspection
Requires improvement, April 2025
Results
-0.63 progress 8; 41.2 attainment 8
Size
863 pupils; 151 places a year; classes of 25
Run by
The Slough and East Berkshire C of E Multi Academy Trust
Type
Free schools
Ages
11 to 18 · Mixed
Ofsted, April 2025The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Leadership and managementGood
Strengths, and things to check
  • Progress 8: -0.63, against +0.26 in Slough.
  • Attainment 8: 41.2, against 54.0 in Slough.
  • English and maths, grade 5+: 30%, against 59% in Slough.
  • Sessions missed: 7.8%, against 6.7% in Slough.
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At a glance

Against Slough and England
This schoolSloughEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
-0.63
Worse than Slough
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
41.2
Worse than Slough
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
30%
Worse than Slough
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
7.8%
Worse than Slough
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
22.1%
Worse than Slough
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
15.2
Worse than Slough
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
25.4
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
41%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
17.1
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.7
Less sought after than Slough
Slough and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • 104 families put it first for 151 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Quality

  • Requires improvement Ofsted · inspected 29 April 2025
  • Progress 8: -0.63 (England +0.01) (county +0.26) DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
  • Attainment 8: 41.2 (England 47.4) (county 54.0) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 30% (England 48%) (county 59%) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: well below average DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024

Daily life

  • Absence: 7.8% of sessions missed; 22% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 9.7% and 29% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 15 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 26); 4 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 25.4 pupils; 26% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 17.1 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 94 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 16 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 3 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 12.0 µg/m³, PM2.5 7.8 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • The Slough and East Berkshire C of E Multi Academy Trust, with 7 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined January 2019
  • Opened as an academy (free schools) on 1 January 2019 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy (URN 140156) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 January 2019
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Year 72026180284162——
Year 72025180298163——

Source: Council offer-day figures: Slough Borough Council, 2025 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 72026151104299104
Year 720251598430884
Year 720241676525565
Year 720231788334082
Year 720221737431674
Year 720211756630066
Year 720201798130881
Year 720191745028150

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2019 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

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Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8-0.63+0.01+0.262023/2024
Attainment 841.247.454.02025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above30%48%59%2025/2026

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2025/2026.

League table place

TableLeague rank
GCSE (key stage 4)(13/15)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
29 April 2025Graded inspectionQuality of education: Requires improvement

Source: Ofsted, 2025.

Where leavers go

StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/2417288%In education 86%; Apprenticeship 1.2%; Employment 1.2%
After GCSEs2022/2316787%In education 82%; Apprenticeship 3.0%; Employment 1.8%
After GCSEs2021/2214891%In education 86%; Apprenticeship 0.7%; Employment 4.1%

Source: DfE, destination measures. A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.

Slough league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/257.8%5.0%2.8%22%2.0%
2023/248.3%5.1%3.2%24%3.1%
2022/2311%6.8%3.8%34%2.5%
Schools with a similar intake9.7%29%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (40% or more), the median of 758 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/2515.210%1324
2023/2412.06.2%1054
2022/2312.47.0%1084
Schools with a similar intake25.9

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size25.42025/26
Classes over 30 pupils26%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher17.1November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus94

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20256
20243
20231
20225
20211

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 3 serious and 0 fatal in all; 0 involved a pedestrian, 11 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO212.02024
PM1012.22024
PM257.82024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals41%2025/26
First language other than English50%2025/26
SEN support11%2025/26
Education, health and care plan3.1%2025/26
Girls37%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • The Slough and East Berkshire C of E Multi Academy Trust, with 7 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined January 2019
  • Opened as an academy (free schools) on 1 January 2019 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy (URN 140156) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 January 2019
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Slough Borough Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Slough and the Slough league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.