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The Westgate School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 42 42.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
42.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
45.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
10% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.12 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 40.6[6] 34.9%[6]
2023/24 45.7[4] 47.4%[4] +0.12[4]
2022/23 43.3[7] 36%[7] -0.01[7]
2021/22 48.7[8] 54%[8] +0.23[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2.6% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 0%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 4.5%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 5.6%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 4.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
29% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
7% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
59% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2021/22[15]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[15] 38%[15] 4%[15] 45%[15] 3%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 53%[16] 5%[16] 34%[16] 1%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 51%[17] 2%[17] 37%[17] 1%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 42%[18] 5%[18] 41%[18] 3%[18] 4%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
70% 2022/23[19]
Education
70% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
14% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 62%[20] 62%[20] 5%[20] 21%[20]
2020/21 94%[21] 75%[21] 75%[21] 4%[21] 15%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 66%[22] 69%[22] 4%[22] 16%[22]
2018/19 91%[23] 66%[23] 73%[23] 8%[23] 10%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
75% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
7% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
4% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 77%[26] 17%[26]
2019/20 83%[25] 4%[25] 4%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 73%[27] 4%[27] 2%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 78%[28] 13%[28] 11%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
14 Jan 2025[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
10 Feb 2025[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
31 Oct 2018[30] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
464 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
144 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
215 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 615[31] 192[31] 237[31] 2.6[31] 0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2024 701[31] 234[31] 240[31] 2.9[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2023 840[31] 278[31] 233[31] 3.6[31] 1.2[31]
Entry Sept 2022 800[31] 298[31] 241[31] 3.3[31] 1.2[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1400[1]
Trust
THE WESTGATE SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Slough[1]
Website
http://www.westgate.slough.sch.uk/[1]
District
Slough[32]
Postcode
SL1 5AH[1]
URN
138012[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1284 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
29.8% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
8.4% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
3% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
25.4% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
29%[34]
Mixed
16.3%[34]
Asian
42.7%[34]
Black
5.7%[34]
Any other ethnic group
4.2%[34]
Unclassified
2.1%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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