Iqra fares best in league tables
Islamic school is best performing local primary
League table figures have been released for 2023 for secondary and primary schools across the country – with some Windsor and Slough schools doing well this year.
In Slough, Iqra Islamic Primary School fared best among the borough's primary schools in terms of pupils meeting the expected standard.
Pupils are meeting the expected standard if they achieve a scaled score of 100 or more in their reading and maths tests, and their teacher assesses them as ‘working at the expected standard’ or better in writing.
At Iqra, 87 per cent of pupils achieved this, with 28 per cent achieving the ‘higher standard’.
Pupils are achieving at a higher standard if they achieve a scaled score of 110 or more in their reading and maths tests, and their teacher assesses them as ‘working at a greater depth within the expected standard’ in writing.
Iqra Islamic Primary School recorded ‘above average’ in reading and ‘well above average’ in writing and maths overall.
Scoring second on the Government’s league table for expected standards in Slough was Castleview Primary School, with 83 per cent obtaining this.
Thirty per cent of pupils grabbed the higher standard.
Maths rating was ‘above average’ while reading and writing were scored ‘average’ at Castleview.
Khalsa Primary School came third for expected standards, with 78 per cent achieving this and nine per cent achieving a higher standard.
It scored ‘well above average’ for reading and maths and ‘average’ for writing.
Maidenhead schools took the top five spots in the Windsor and Maidenhead rankings for expected standards, with Cheapside CofE Primary School in Ascot coming in sixth.
It scored average across the board, had a 77 per cent expected standard rate and a 10 per cent higher standard.
Secondary schools
In Slough’s secondary offering, Eden Girls’ School fared best in terms of progress between leaving primary school and finishing GCSEs, scoring ‘well above average’.
It boasted 72 per cent of students grabbing Grade 5 (high C / low B equivalent) in English and maths.
Langley Grammar came second for progress, also ‘well above average’ and an impressive 98 per cent getting Grade 5 or above in those two key subjects.
Third for progress was St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School, a third achiever of the ‘well above average’ top grading and a fellow school with a 98 per cent rate of attainment for Grade 5 in English and maths.
Among the Windsor and Maidenhead offering, Charters School in Ascot fetched ‘above average’ and scored second in the Windsor and Maidenhead under the progress metric.
St Bernard’s had one of the highest percentages of students in Slough that are either staying in education or known to be entering employment upon leaving, at 99 per cent.
Herschel Grammar, which came fourth in the table for student progress, scored the same, and also had 99 per cent of students score Grade 5 in English and maths.
Schools also get a score based on how well pupils have performed in up to eight qualifications (known as ‘attainment 8’).
Langley Grammar did the best here, scoring 78.2, with St Bernard’s and Herschel Grammar coming second and third.
Another measure is the percentage of students considered to have entered the English Baccalaureate, which measures the proportion of children who secure a grade 5 or above in English, maths, science, a humanity and language GCSE. This is known as its EBacc score.
Upton Court Grammar, which came fifth in terms of progress, did the best here, with 99 per cent of its students included.
Next best was St Bernard’s at 94 per cent and then Eden Girls’ with 89 per cent.