Beechwood School
General Information
- Address: Long Readings Lane, Slough, SL2 1QE – View on map
- Phone: 01753520473
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Anita Spires
- Age range: 11-18 years
- Sixth form: Yes
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 305
- % eligible for free school meals: 42.6%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Slough average)
- English as an additional language: 36% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 19.9% a year (Slough 19.2%, typical in England 15.5%)
- Where they went: about 55% moved to another school, 45% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Slough: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 18 (1.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 1
- Suspensions for bullying: 35 (2.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state secondary schools in Slough, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 12.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 35.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 12.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 30 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 21 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 18 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 18 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 13 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 13 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
- Attainment 8 score: 36.0
- Compared with the area: 17.6 points below the Slough average (53.6)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (−10.9 points against an expected 46.9)
- Grade 4+ in English and maths: 48% (Slough 73%, England 65%) Broadly steady
- Data year: 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
GCSE results over time
15th of 15 secondary schools in Slough for Attainment 8
- #13Wexham School39.3
- #14Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy38.3
- #15Beechwood School36.0
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Leaver Destinations
- In education, employment, or training a year later: 79.0%
- Went into further education: 74.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
GCSE Subjects Offered
- Maths (General)
- English Language
- English Literature
- Science Double Award
- Geography
- Business Studies
- History
- French Language
- Sports Studies
- Chemistry (General)
- Biology
- Physics (General)
- D & T
- Religious Studies
- Art & Design
- Media Studies
- Urdu
- Russian
- Polish
- Statistics
Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,757 (2024-25)
2nd of 14 secondary schools in Slough for spending per pupil
- #1The Westgate School£9,798
- #2Beechwood School£9,757
- #3Wexham School£8,492
- #4Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College£8,294
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