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Arbour Vale School[1]

Special · ages 2–19

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Results

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Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
0% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
85 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
83 2024/25[2]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 0%[3] 0%[3]
2022/23 0%[4] 0%[4]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[5]
School sixth form
0% 2022/23[5]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[5]
Further education college
3% 2022/23[5]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[5]
Employment
0% 2022/23[5]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 96%[6] 0%[6] 0%[6] 0%[6] 0%[6] 0%[6]
2020/21 100%[7] 0%[7] 0%[7] 0%[7] 0%[7] 0%[7]
2019/20 85%[8] 0%[8] 0%[8] 7%[8] 0%[8] 0%[8]

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
10 Jan 2023[9]
Type
Academy First Section 5[9]
Report published
8 Feb 2023[9]
Personal development
Good[9]
Quality of education
Good[9]
Overall effectiveness
Good[9]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[9]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[9]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[9]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[9]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[9]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy special sponsor led[1]
Ages
2–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Capacity
375[1]
Trust
ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Slough[1]
Website
www.arbourvaleschool.org[1]
District
Buckinghamshire[10]
Postcode
SL2 3AE[1]
URN
145741[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
359 2024/25[11]
English as an additional language
47.1% 2024/25[11]
SEN support
0% 2024/25[11]
EHC plan
100% 2024/25[11]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
40.6% 2024/25[11]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
21.4%[12]
Mixed
10.4%[12]
Asian
50.8%[12]
Black
8.9%[12]
Any other ethnic group
6.3%[12]
Unclassified
2.3%[12]

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.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.