School admissions in Slough

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

30 schools. 6 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Iqra Slough Islamic Primary SchoolSlough	1.77	90	not published
Khalsa Primary SchoolSlough	1.58	60	not published
St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolSlough	1.11	90	not published
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolSlough	1.07	59	not published
Phoenix Infant AcademySlough	1.07	89	not published
The Stoke Poges SchoolSlough	1.05	60	2.018 miles 2026
St Anthony's Catholic Primary SchoolSlough	1.00	35	not published
Cippenham SchoolSlough	0.98	104	not published
Western House AcademySlough	0.97	80	not published
Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolSlough	0.97	30	2.498 miles 2026
The Langley Academy PrimarySlough	0.97	90	not published
Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolSlough	0.97	29	not published
Montem AcademySlough	0.96	119	not published
Lynch Hill School Primary AcademySlough	0.95	87	not published
St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary SchoolSlough	0.95	42	not published
The Langley Heritage PrimarySlough	0.95	60	not published
Ryvers SchoolSlough	0.94	52	not published
Farnham Common Infant SchoolSlough	0.93	44	2.269 miles 2022
Priory SchoolSlough	0.93	56	not published
Claycots SchoolSlough	0.91	69	not published
Marish Primary SchoolSlough	0.89	76	not published
Castleview Primary SchoolSlough	0.88	42	not published
Penn Wood Primary and Nursery SchoolSlough	0.87	89	not published
Foxborough Primary SchoolSlough	0.83	24	not published
Lent Rise SchoolSlough	0.83	59	0.917 miles 2019
Grove AcademySlough	0.78	40	not published
Wexham Court Primary SchoolSlough	0.76	45	not published
James Elliman AcademySlough	0.73	88	not published
Willow Primary SchoolSlough	0.70	60	not published
Fulmer Infant SchoolSlough	0.53	19	3.202 miles 2024

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

16 schools. 7 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Burnham Grammar SchoolSlough	1.92	180
Eden Girls' School, SloughSlough	1.88	121
The Langley AcademySlough	1.50	171
St Bernard's Catholic Grammar SchoolSlough	1.19	150
Upton Court Grammar SchoolSlough	1.18	165
St Joseph's Catholic High SchoolSlough	1.16	158
Churchmead Church of England (VA) SchoolSlough	1.06	136
Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise CollegeSlough	0.91	172
Beechwood SchoolSlough	0.85	131
Herschel Grammar SchoolSlough	0.80	149
Ditton Park AcademySlough	0.73	173
Lynch Hill Enterprise AcademySlough	0.69	151
The Westgate SchoolSlough	0.67	215
Baylis Court SchoolSlough	0.45	132
Wexham SchoolSlough	0.42	173
Grove AcademySlough	0.28	60