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Priory School

Slough · SL1 6HE

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 591 pupils, 23.6% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Priory School

General Information

Address: Orchard Avenue, Slough, SL1 6HE – View on map
Phone: 01628600300
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Hannah Foster
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 52 families put it first for 56 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 7 of the 56 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

591 pupils out of 700 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 137
% eligible for free school meals: 23.6%
Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Slough average)
English as an additional language: 35% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 15% a year (Slough 19.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 28% moved to another school, 72% 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

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About this Behaviour status

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Across Slough: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary 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: 6.7%
Persistently absent pupils: 21.3%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

SEN unit for AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSpecific learning difficulties (e.g. dyslexia)Hearing impairmentVisual impairmentMulti-sensory impairment 50 places · 60 pupils at the last count
Resourced provision for AutismSpeech, language and communicationSocial, emotional and mental healthModerate learning difficultiesSpecific learning difficulties (e.g. dyslexia)Hearing impairmentVisual impairmentMulti-sensory impairment 40 places · 40 pupils at the last count

Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.

Pupils on SEN Support: 17.4%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 18.3%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 40 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 27 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 18 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 72 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 20 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
Physical disability: 5 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

No overall grade given 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 49% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 21 percentage points below the Slough average (70%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 52% against an expected 61%)
3-year average (expected standard): 52%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 70% · Writing 59% · Maths 67% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 67%
Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
Based on: 83 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolSlough averageEngland↘ Falling Down 5 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 21 percentage points below the Slough average (70%).

Year 6 SATs: 25th of 27 junior and primary schools in the area

#23St Anthony's Catholic Primary School55%
#24Grove Academy50%
#25Priory School49%
#26St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School47%
#27Foxborough Primary School43%

Click to see the full ranking

Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Iqra Slough Islamic Primary School90%
#2Khalsa Primary School86%
#3Western House Academy85%
=4Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School83%
=4The Godolphin Junior Academy83%
#6James Elliman Academy80%
#7Montem Academy79%
#8Willow Primary School78%
=9Holy Family Catholic Primary School77%
=9Lynch Hill School Primary Academy77%
=9Marish Primary School77%
#12Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary and Nursery School74%
=13Colnbrook Church of England Primary School73%
=13The Langley Heritage Primary73%
#15St Mary's Church of England Primary School71%
#16Castleview Primary School70%
=17Langley Hall Primary Academy68%
=17Wexham Court Primary School68%
#19Ryvers School64%
#20Claycots School63%
#21The Langley Academy Primary61%
#22Cippenham School59%
#23St Anthony's Catholic Primary School55%
#24Grove Academy50%
#25Priory School49%
#26St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School47%
#27Foxborough Primary School43%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)

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