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Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary and Nursery School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs J Holden

location_onSlough, SL1 6HW

language Visit Website phone 1628661886

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2019

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Students

484

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Expected Standard

74%

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Demand Ratio

0.9x

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Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary and Nursery School is a Voluntary aided school primary school in Slough, serving ages 3-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Ranks in the top 24% of primary schools nationally.

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School Summary

Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary and Nursery School is a voluntary aided school in Slough, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 401 pupils on roll, of whom 13% are eligible for free school meals.

In 2025, 74% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 7% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #15 of 27 primaries in Slough and #2,921 of 14,143 nationally.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2019. The school's current overall rating is Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.9× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 24.5:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.9 per 1,000 pupils per term.

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Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

74%

LA 65%

Reading90% LA 76%

Writing88% LA 74%

Maths90% LA 75%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

108

GPS SS

110

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

79%

LA 65%England 61%

Reading88% LA 74% · Eng 74%

Writing84% LA 74% · Eng 72%

Maths88% LA 76% · Eng 73%

Read SS

108

Maths SS

107

GPS SS

110

Progress (0 = national avg)

Read

Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

64%

LA 59%England 60%

Reading84% LA 70% · Eng 73%

Writing70% LA 71% · Eng 71%

Maths81% LA 74% · Eng 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

109

Progress (0 = national avg)

1.3

Read

LA -0.1

-0.1 to 2.8

-1.0

Write

LA 0.2

-2.5 to 0.4

1.9

Maths

LA 1.1

0.5 to 3.2

2019

R/W/M Expected Standard

64%

LA 66%England 65%

Reading72% LA 73% · Eng 73%

Writing77% LA 77% · Eng 78%

Maths90% LA 78% · Eng 79%

Read SS

104

Maths SS

108

GPS SS

108

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.0

Read

LA -0.1

-2.3 to 0.4

-0.8

Write

LA 0.6

-2.0 to 0.4

1.9

Maths

LA 0.7

0.8 to 3.1

2018

R/W/M Expected Standard

68%

LA 65%

Reading75% LA 72%

Writing77% LA 77%

Maths81% LA 74%

Read SS

105

Maths SS

106

GPS SS

106

Progress (0 = national avg)

-1.2

Read

LA -0.3

-2.5 to 0.1

-1.5

Write

LA 0.4

-2.7 to -0.3

-0.3

Maths

LA 0.5

-1.5 to 0.9

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

29 April 2025

Inspection Report

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19 March 2019

Inspection Report

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07 January 2011

Inspection Report

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11 March 2008

Inspection Report

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07 June 2004

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

2 Evaluations

2019-03-19

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Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2008-03-11

None Legacy

Outstanding

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Outstanding

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.2%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.2%(1 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

0pupils

verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 401 pupils. During this period, there were 1 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.2%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	401	1	0.2%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	384	6	1.6%	0.9%	0
2023/24 (Summer term)	435	1	0.2%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	429	3	0.7%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	425	1	0.2%	0.8%	0
2022/23 (Summer term)	492	3	0.6%	0.7%	1
2022/23 (Spring term)	484	5	1.0%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	466	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	497	4	0.8%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	488	3	0.6%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	477	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	524	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	524	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	528	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	587	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	587	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	585	0	0.0%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	622	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	626	1	0.2%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	630	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	662	1	0.2%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	646	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	641	1	0.2%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	676	3	0.4%	0.4%	1
2016/17 (Spring term)	680	9	1.3%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Autumn term)	669	1	0.1%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 25 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 10 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 9 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 3 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 1 pupils

Multi-Sensory Impairment 1 pupils

Physical Disability 1 pupils

Other Difficulty/Disability 1 pupils