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

27 schools. 5 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places
Iqra Slough Islamic Primary SchoolSlough	1.77	90
Khalsa Primary SchoolSlough	1.58	60
St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolSlough	1.11	90
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolSlough	1.07	59
Phoenix Infant AcademySlough	1.07	89
St Anthony's Catholic Primary SchoolSlough	1.00	35
Cippenham SchoolSlough	0.98	104
Western House AcademySlough	0.97	80
The Langley Academy PrimarySlough	0.97	90
Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolSlough	0.97	29
Montem AcademySlough	0.96	119
Langley Hall Primary AcademyLangley	0.96	45
Lynch Hill School Primary AcademySlough	0.95	87
St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary SchoolSlough	0.95	42
The Langley Heritage PrimarySlough	0.95	60
Ryvers SchoolSlough	0.94	52
Priory SchoolSlough	0.93	56
Claycots SchoolSlough	0.91	69
Marish Primary SchoolSlough	0.89	76
Castleview Primary SchoolSlough	0.88	42
Colnbrook Church of England Primary SchoolColnbrook	0.87	30
Penn Wood Primary and Nursery SchoolSlough	0.87	89
Foxborough Primary SchoolSlough	0.83	24
Grove AcademySlough	0.78	40
Wexham Court Primary SchoolSlough	0.76	45
James Elliman AcademySlough	0.73	88
Willow Primary SchoolSlough	0.70	60

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

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

School	First preferences per place	Places
Langley Grammar SchoolLangley	1.96	177
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
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