Khalsa Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Slough·SL2 5QR
Composite score
72.2
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National rank
#204
In South East
#7
In Slough
Top 10%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
86%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
63%
95 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.58
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
135
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
21%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.52
1 per place
1.3720221.4320231.2820241.5820251.582026

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 Khalsa Primary 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
514
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Sikh

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
9.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
97.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,164
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Khalsa Primary School

Khalsa Primary School is a primary school in Slough, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Sikh religious character. Around 514 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds an 'Outstanding' judgement from Ofsted. 86% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 5.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 10% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 14% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Khalsa Primary School is oversubscribed: about 6 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 95 first choices for 60 places. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 22.5 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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