Beechwood School
Long Readings Lane, Slough, SL2 1QE
838 pupils · 93% of 905 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- THE SCHELWOOD TRUST
- Local authority
- Slough
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 42.6%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 29 April 2025, published 9 June 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 36 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 28% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 48.3% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 30.8% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.85 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 131 | 111 | 238 | 120 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 112 | 78 | 189 | 91 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 142 | 98 | 222 | 118 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 148 | 106 | 227 | 134 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 149 | 104 | 208 | 124 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 145 | 82 | 190 | 100 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 147 | 108 | 257 | 147 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 150 | 125 | 282 | 150 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Baylis Court School 1.6 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Herschel Grammar School 2 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Burnham Grammar School 2.2 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- The Westgate School 2.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Eden Girls' School, Slough 2.6 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy 2.9 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.