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Iqra Slough Islamic Primary School

Primary · Slough · SL2 5FF

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 26 September 2023

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At a glance

624 pupils · 99% of 630 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Muslim
Free school meals
18.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
70.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.iqra.slough.sch.uk/
URN
135099

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 159 families named it first for 90 Reception places, 1.77 first choices per place. We hold 3 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2024 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 26 September 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.77 first-choice applications per place

90 places offered · 159 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Non Muslim
n/a

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

89 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
90%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
20%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school90%
Median of its 12 closest peers73%
Slough average70.5%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Stanburn Primary SchoolStanmore · 13 miles awayStrong standard88%
Redbridge Primary SchoolIlford · 28 miles awayGood72%
Moss Hall Junior SchoolLondon · 18 miles awayStrong standard81%
Whitchurch Primary School & NurseryStanmore · 14 miles awayGood86%
Newbury Park Primary SchoolIlford · 29 miles awayGood61%
Longthorpe Primary AcademyPeterborough · 74 miles awayGood64%
Kestrel Mead Primary AcademyLeicester · 81 miles awayGood79%
Norbury SchoolHarrow · 11 miles awayGood60%
Willow Primary SchoolSlough · under 1 mile awayExpected standard78%
Aylward Primary SchoolStanmore · 14 miles awayGood74%
Pinner Park Primary SchoolPinner · 11 miles awayGood72%
Frith Manor Primary SchoolLondon · 18 miles awayNo current grade68%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 58% (Slough 26%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 10% (Slough 26%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 8% (Slough 4%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Slough 6%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Slough 4%, England 3%) · Black African 6% (Slough 5%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Slough 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Slough 1%, England 2%) · White British 1% (Slough 10%, England 60%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.16 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Slough: 0.98 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
27.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

82.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,351; 21.4% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,406
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (76%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £431,112; in-year balance +£30,979

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work22.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways21%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier61.6%62.3%
Social housing3.9%17.1%
Privately rented34%20.5%
Detached houses11.5%22.9%
Flats15.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van16.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016460 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£385,000204 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£257,500–£458,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£472,500
Semi-detached (52)£445,000
Terraced (85)£422,000
Flat (59)£207,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
9an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
30an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
5an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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