Pippins School

Foundation school·Primary school Colnbrook, Slough·SL3 0PR
Composite score
56.8
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#4,906
National rank
#719
In South East
#15
In Slough
Top 33%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
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
78%
37 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.23
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
48
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
19%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.55
00.511.52
1 per place
0.8620220.8220231.3720240.6820251.232026

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

Slough does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Pippins School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
189
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
55.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
24.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,801
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Pippins School is a primary school serving Colnbrook, Slough, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. It has 189 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 73% 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 risen by 3.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 33% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Pippins School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 37 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 7.8%. There are about 14.8 pupils per teacher. Pippins 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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