Burnham Grammar School, Slough

From the headteacher's welcome: "Burnham Grammar School's aim is for every individual student to 'Embrace Challenge' on their journey to academic and personal success through both their lessons and the wider curriculum."

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 19 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Burnham Grammar School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 71.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 55 in Buckinghamshire and 47 across England.

98% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 61% in Buckinghamshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 70.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.7: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 70.7, against 71.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 0.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Biology and Physics.

Burnham Grammar School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 345 families put Burnham Grammar School as their first choice and 978 named it as one of their preferences, for 180 places offered. That is 1.9 first choices for every place. 183 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Burnham Grammar School admits pupils through an entrance test - in Buckinghamshire, the Secondary Transfer Test. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Burnham Grammar School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Buckinghamshire's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Buckinghamshire has 13 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Burnham Grammar School are Beechwood School (1.3 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 33.2); The Westgate School (1.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 42.5); Eden Girls' School, Slough (1.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 62.2); and Baylis Court School (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.2).

Burnham Grammar School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Burnham Grammar School is one of 2 schools run by Beeches Learning and Development Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 179 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 98% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 7% to a further education college.

Of the 178 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 75% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 11% into work. 44% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

13.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 26.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (67%), White British (15%) and Mixed (6%).

In 2026, 92 pupils (7.3%) received SEN support and 9 (0.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Burnham (Berks) Rail Station, about 1070 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Grammar School (opposite), 130 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 198 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Buckinghamshire (44), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Burnham Grammar School issued 18 suspensions, 1.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Burnham Grammar School are Priory School (0.4 miles), Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary and Nursery School (0.4 miles), St Peter's Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles) and Lynch Hill School Primary Academy (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.