Churchmead Church of England (VA) School

Voluntary aided school·Secondary school Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead·SL3 9JQ
Composite score
57.5
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#1,534
National rank
#241
In South East
#6
In Windsor and Maidenhead
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
46.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
38%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
59%
% EBacc grade 5+
19%
EBacc average points score
4.00

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
78%
144 first choices, 136 places
First choices per place
1.06
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
309
any preference, for 136 places
Last place offered lived
3.66 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 5885 m
Applications from another council area
74%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.21
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320221.0320230.8720240.8520251.062026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
666
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
27.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.0%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
21.5%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,696
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
83%
88 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
75%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
7%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Churchmead Church of England (VA) School

Churchmead Church of England (VA) School is a secondary school in Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. Around 666 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 46.0, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 3.5 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

38% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 59% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 78% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (144 first choices for 136 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 3.66 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. After Year 11, 83% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.6%. There are about 16.7 pupils per teacher. Churchmead Church of England (VA) 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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