Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Slough
Stoke Road, Slough, SL2 5AY
53
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 29/04/2025
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.2%
22.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
863
Capacity used
Has space76%
1,140 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
84 of 84 families who put it first got an offer
159
Places offered
308
Total applications
1.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 84 | 84 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 98 | 26 | ● 27% |
| 3rd preference | 59 | 10 | ● 17% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 67 | 2 | ● 3% |
| Total | 308 | 122 | 40% |
1st preference success by year
Slough lets families list 6 preferences. 6 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Headteacher
- Chris Thomas
- Address
- Stoke Road, Slough, SL2 5AY
- Phone
- 01753691583
- Local authority
- Slough
- Ward / constituency
- Wexham Court · Slough
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 146820
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 41% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 56% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE SLOUGH AND EAST BERKSHIRE C OF E MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
863 pupils · 1,140 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
29 April 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 929 pupils
Attendance
92.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
22.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 37.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.63 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 27% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 49% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.08 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 38.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 31.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 48.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 7.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.12 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 169 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 165 | 12% | 38% | 55% | |
| Mathematics | 163 | 13% | 38% | 57% | |
| English Literature | 161 | 7% | 42% | 63% | |
| Religious Studies | 131 | 11% | 40% | 57% | |
| Combined Science | 107 | 1% | 11% | 29% | |
| Geography | 57 | 5% | 25% | 40% | |
| Biology | 56 | 11% | 45% | 77% | |
| Physics | 56 | 14% | 63% | 80% | |
| Chemistry | 56 | 14% | 48% | 79% | |
| Business | 55 | 9% | 53% | 62% | |
| Design & Technology | 53 | 17% | 53% | 66% | |
| History | 51 | 8% | 35% | 53% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Slough council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.