Langley, Berkshire · Slough
Langley Grammar School
Clearing the shared Slough entrance test only makes a child eligible — up to two-thirds of places are then reserved for a specific inner postcode band, and the school's own policy tells families outside all three priority areas they have 'no realistic chance.'
One of four schools sharing the Slough Consortium's single 11+ test — Herschel Grammar, St Bernard's Catholic Grammar, and Upton Court Grammar, all also in this project — but each school remains its own, entirely separate admissions authority with its own admission number and geographic priority bands. A child can be 'eligible' (scoring above the shared standardised threshold of 111) at all four schools yet get very different outcomes at each, because each weights geography differently. Here, up to 120 of 180 places are reserved for an inner Priority Area before score-rank matters at all, and unusually, grammar schools are legally barred from giving sibling priority — a detail confirmed directly by the consortium's own parent FAQ that's easy to miss.
Key facts
- Gender
- co-ed
- Age range
- 11-18
- Region
- South East
- Local authority
- Slough
- Established
- 1955
- DfE URN
- 136521
- Website
- https://www.lgs.slough.sch.uk
Admissions
- Admissions authority
- The school sets its own test and criteria
- Entrance test board
- GL Assessment, for the September 2027 entry cycle — confirmed directly in the school's own admissions policy and the Slough Consortium's own parent briefing. Several secondary sources report the consortium plans to switch providers for the September 2027 test sitting (affecting September 2028 entry), not independently confirmed from a primary consortium announcement.sources conflict
Wikipedia states the test uses an 'NFER' examination, directly conflicting with both the school's own current admissions policy and the Slough Consortium's own parent briefing, which both explicitly name GL Assessment — Wikipedia appears outdated on this point.
- Test format
- A single shared Slough Consortium 11+ test: register once, and the result is used for eligibility at all four consortium schools. Two multiple-choice, computer-marked papers of 60-65 minutes each — one covering maths and non-verbal reasoning, one covering verbal skills — with no negative marking. Raw scores are age-standardised.
- Qualifying / pass mark
- A standardised score of 111 or above makes a candidate 'eligible for consideration' — the top 35% of the cohort sitting the Slough Consortium test — but this is not an offer guarantee. Confirmed for the 2027 entry cycle directly from the school's own admissions policy.
- Superselective?
- No
The eligibility threshold (top 35%, score 111) is a moderate bar, not the stringent top-few-percent typical of superselective schools. More importantly, once eligible, places aren't allocated by pure score rank across a wide catchment: Priority Area 1 alone is reserved up to a maximum of 120 of the 180 places (two-thirds), with exam score used only as a tiebreaker within that band. Applicants outside all three defined Priority Areas are explicitly told by the school's own policy they have 'no realistic chance' of a place, regardless of score — a banded-catchment-plus-minimum-ability model, distinct from a genuine superselective.
Catchment & priority criteria
No guaranteed legal catchment area, but three postcode-based Priority Admission Areas: an inner area (up to 120 of 180 places), a wider outer area, and a general area reaching into neighbouring boroughs. The school's own policy states applicants outside all three areas have no realistic chance of a place.
- Children with an EHC Plan naming the school (admitted automatically, reducing places available below)
- Looked-after and previously looked-after children who are eligible (scored 111 or above)
- Priority Area 1 residents, up to a maximum of 120 places — Pupil Premium recipients first within this band, then rank order of test score
- Priority Area 2 residents who also attract Pupil Premium funding
- Children of permanent school staff, employed 2+ years or recruited to a skill-shortage post
- Priority Area 2 residents, in rank order of test score
- Priority Area 3 residents, in rank order of test score (Pupil Premium recipients prioritised first if oversubscribed)
- Applicants outside all Priority Areas, in rank order of test score
- Tie-break: nearest home address to the school by straight-line distance, then Governors' discretion to admit above the admission number. No sibling priority is used — the School Admissions Code prohibits grammar schools from giving sibling priority, confirmed directly in the Slough Consortium's own parent FAQ.
Results
| Year | Attainment 8 | GCSE 5+ Eng & Maths | Progress 8 | A*–A | A*–B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 76.7 (England average 45.9) | 98.9% (England 45.9%) | +0.75 ('Above average', England average -0.03) — this is the most recent year Progress 8 was actually calculated, predating the nationwide COVID-era gap. The prior cohort (2022/23) scored +0.83, also above average. | — | — |
| A-level: average point score 45.70 (England average 34.38, 'Above'), value-added +0.2 (England average 0.0, 'Close to average'). DfE's current service doesn't publish an A*-A/A*-B percentage breakdown for this school. | |||||
| 2025 | 77.6 (England average 46.0) | 98.3% (England 45.4%) | Not calculated — no KS2 baseline data for this cohort nationally | verify with school | verify with school |
| A-level: average point score 45.54 (England average 34.99, 'Above'), value-added +0.2 (England average 0.0, 'Above'). Disadvantaged pupils substantially outperformed the national non-disadvantaged average on several measures. | |||||
Ofsted
- Rating
- Under Ofsted's new report-card framework: 'Strong standard' in Achievement, Attendance and Behaviour, Curriculum and Teaching, Leadership and Governance, Personal Development and Wellbeing, and Post-16 Provision; 'Expected standard' in Inclusion. Safeguarding met. The previous inspection (2021) rated the school Outstanding under the old framework in every category — not directly comparable to the new scale, so this shouldn't be read as a decline.
- Date
- 10 February 2026
- Report
- Read the full report
Sources
- 1. DfE Get Information About Schools — URN, status, gender, LA — https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/136521
- 2. School's own Determined Admissions Arrangements, 2027 entry — https://www.lgs.slough.sch.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=381&type=pdf
- 3. Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools — Parents' 11+ Examination Briefing, April 2026 — https://www.lgs.slough.sch.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=380&type=pdf
- 4. School's own Admissions page — https://www.lgs.slough.sch.uk/page/?title=Admissions&pid=167
- 5. Ofsted report card, inspected 10 February 2026 — https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50302764
- 6. Slough Borough Council — school admissions — https://slough.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/school-admissions.aspx
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