Which school has the best GCSE results in Slough?

On 2026 Attainment 8, Upton Court Grammar School tops the table in Slough with 77.3, against an England average of 46.2. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Slough schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2026 results, the 2025/26 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021.

Why does a school in Slough show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Slough GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

16 state secondary schools in Slough ranked on their 2026 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2025/26 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 7+, grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, cohort size for each school against the England average. 2 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

Town 16 state secondary schools 2025/26 results

Secondary schools in Slough ranked on Attainment 8

16 of 16 schools have published 2026 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2025/26.

Secondary schools in Slough ranked on Attainment 8, 2026 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 7+ English & maths	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.2	14%	46%	65%	–	–
1	Upton Court Grammar School Slough · Academy converter	77.3	81%	98%	99%	–	166
2 , up 1 place since 2025	Herschel Grammar School Slough · Academy converter	76.3	71%	98%	99%	–	149
3 , down 1 place since 2025	St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School Slough · Voluntary aided school	74.6	62%	99%	99%	–	157
4	Burnham Grammar School Slough · Academy converter	71.4	61%	98%	100%	–	179
5	Eden Girls' School, Slough Slough · Free schools	62.2	36%	73%	84%	–	124
6 , up 2 places since 2025	St Joseph's Catholic High School Slough · Academy converter	54.0	17%	56%	76%	–	149
7 , down 1 place since 2025	The Langley Academy Slough · Academy sponsor led	53.4	23%	64%	83%	–	173
8 , down 1 place since 2025	Baylis Court School Slough · Academy converter	52.2	12%	57%	76%	–	157
9 , up 2 places since 2025	Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College Slough · Academy converter	46.1	12%	43%	61%	–	180
10 , down 1 place since 2025	Ditton Park Academy Slough · Free schools	45.7	9%	42%	67%	–	177
11 , down 1 place since 2025	Churchmead Church of England (VA) School Slough · Voluntary aided school	42.8	10%	34%	55%	–	120
12 , up 2 places since 2025	Wexham School Slough · Community school	42.6	11%	36%	56%	–	203
13	The Westgate School Slough · Academy converter	42.5	10%	45%	64%	–	229
14 , up 1 place since 2025	Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy Slough · Free schools	41.2	6%	30%	57%	–	173
15 , down 3 places since 2025	Grove Academy Slough · Free schools	34.9	3%	24%	51%	–	121
16	Beechwood School Slough · Academy converter	33.2	6%	22%	40%	–	147

Under each rank: the change since the 2025 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2025 result.

Independent schools in Slough with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Al-Madani Girls School Slough · Other independent school	49.0	67%	15
Long Close School Slough · Other independent school	56.1	74%	23

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2026 was 46.2.

Grade 7+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching the top grades, 7 to 9, in both; grade 5+ is the "strong pass"; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". The DfE stopped publishing EBacc entry and the EBacc average point score from the 2025/26 results, so that column is empty for 2026.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2026 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2021, the baseline it is measured from. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Slough on our composite score

Slough GCSE results 2026: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Slough ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Slough with published GCSE results

More about schools in Slough

Slough GCSE results: common questions