Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Slough

Ofsted's report card from its 10 March 2026 inspection grades Holy Family Catholic Primary School on 7 areas: 4 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, achieve very well at Holy Family Catholic Primary School."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have established an effective culture that promotes the importance of attendance."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders place inclusion at the centre of the school's work and are rightly proud of the effective provision they have established."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders prioritise pupils' personal development and have established a well-designed programme that prepares pupils effectively for life in modern Britain."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders understand the quality of the curriculum and teaching across the school."

Early years - Expected standard. "Staff know children and their families well."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders use well established approaches to gain a clear understanding of the quality of the school's work."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that assessment is used effectively to check pupils' understanding and to identify gaps in knowledge so that these can be addressed quickly"; "Leaders should establish clear expectations for handwriting and ensure these are applied consistently across the school"; "Leaders should ensure that all staff in the early years maximise the opportunities for high‑quality interactions throughout the day"; "The trust should ensure that those responsible for governance have the knowledge and expertise required to provide well‑informed and rigorous challenge".

In 2025, 88% of Year 6 pupils at Holy Family Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 85% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 81% in Slough and 77% and 75% across England.

For September 2026 entry, 63 families put Holy Family Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 93 named it as one of their preferences, for 59 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Holy Family Catholic Primary School are Foxborough Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 47% reading, 73% maths); Marish Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 88% reading, 86% maths); Langley Hall Primary Academy (0.6 miles, Good, 81% reading, 76% maths); and The Langley Academy Primary (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 76% reading, 71% maths).

Holy Family Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Holy Family Catholic Primary School is one of 18 schools run by St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

84 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Holy Family Catholic Primary School (as of April 2026): 99% would recommend the school, 96% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that their child is happy at the school (96%).

9.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 41.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (34%), White British (20%) and Mixed (18%).

In 2026, 40 pupils (8.4%) received SEN support and 13 (2.7%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Langley (Berks) Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Toby (n-bound), 110 metres away.

In 2024/25, Holy Family Catholic Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 0.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Holy Family Catholic Primary School are Langley Grammar School (0.3 miles), The Langley Academy (0.7 miles), Ditton Park Academy (1 mile) and Churchmead Church of England (VA) School (1.5 miles).