Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary and Nursery School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Slough·SL1 6HW
Composite score
56.3
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#5,059
National rank
#746
In South East
#16
In Slough
Top 34%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
74%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
59
any preference, for 29 places
Applications from another council area
27%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8420220.9220230.9420240.9520250.972026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary and Nursery School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
401
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
28.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,803
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary and Nursery School is a primary school serving Slough, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 401 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 74% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 34% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary and Nursery School their first choice was offered one of its 29 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 19.1 pupils per teacher. Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary and Nursery School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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