Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Primary · Slough · SL3 8NF
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 10 March 2026 · report published 7 September 2026
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
475 pupils · 103% of 461 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Free school meals
- 9.7% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 41.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 9.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 151043
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 63 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 1.07 first choices per place. We hold 3 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2024 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 10 March 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.07 first-choice applications per place59 places offered · 63 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
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)
- Distance
- n/a
Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Slough school admissions · the wider Slough authority
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
60 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
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
On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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.
It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
Asian Indian 29% (Slough 26%, England 4%) · White British 20% (Slough 10%, England 60%) · Any other White background 18% (Slough 9%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 11% (Slough 6%, England 3%) · Black African 6% (Slough 5%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Slough 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Slough 4%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Slough 26%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Slough 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Slough 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Slough 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Slough 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Slough 0%, England 0%) · Any other Black background 1% (Slough 1%, England 1%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.44 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
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
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, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary
Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)
36.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.4 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 £56,504; 13.6% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
Spending per pupil (2024-25)
Where the money went (2024-25)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)
Reserves (2024-25)
Revenue reserve £19,000; in-year balance +£165,000
Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared
Inspection history since 2015
- 10 March 2026: Strong standard
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 4/10more deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 35.2% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 19.6% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 28% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 24.3% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 49.8% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 49.8% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 28.3% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 21.5% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 4.3% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 23.1% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 12.6% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 20.8% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01016503 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £410,000266 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £283,000–£500,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of 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
- 0an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 4an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 24an 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