Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy, Slough

Requires Improvement
Secondary
Free schools
Mixed
Ages 1118

Data last updated 11 Sept 2026

Location

Very likely (~903m)Possible (~1.3km)Unlikely (~1.7km)Confidence: high

Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data. Admissions policy: Non-selective

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mr Chris Thomas
Pupils:863 / 1,140 capacity
LA:Slough
Phone:01753691583
Website:lhea.org.uk
Address:Stoke Road, Slough, SL2 5AY
Trust:THE SLOUGH AND EAST BERKSHIRE C OF E MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Admissions:Non-selective
Status:open
Opened:1 January 2019

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 1 year ago
-

Overall

Requires Improvement

Quality of Education

Good

Behaviour & Attitudes

Good

Personal Development

Good

Leadership & Management

Inspected 29 April 2025View full report
URN:146820
UKPRN:10082310
Constituency:Slough
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

What This School Does Well

Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy creates a welcoming, inclusive community where your child will feel supported and safe. The school excels at personal development, offering a wide range of clubs, trips, and career activities to help pupils think ambitiously about their futures. Staff are genuinely committed to your child's wellbeing and getting to know them as individuals.

Key Strengths

  • Strong inclusive community where pupils feel safe and cared for
  • Effective behaviour management with reduced disruptive behaviour over time
  • Excellent personal development programme with careers education, trips, and leadership opportunities
  • Recent improvements to teaching through professional development and more systematic reading support
  • Good leadership and support from the academy trust

Areas for Improvement

  • Curriculum delivery in classrooms remains variable and inconsistent
  • Tasks often don't challenge pupils enough to apply and consolidate their knowledge
  • Information about pupils' needs isn't consistently used to adapt teaching effectively
  • Low take-up of English Baccalaureate subjects, particularly languages, though this is improving
  • Some pupils with additional needs don't receive meaningful curriculum adaptations

Safeguarding

Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with pupils feeling safe and confident speaking to adults about concerns including bullying.

Extracurricular Activities

Extra-curricular clubs, educational trips and visits, workplace visits, employer meetings, leadership roles for pupils

Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy is an inclusive secondary school where pupils feel safe and supported by staff who know them well. However, despite recent improvements, the quality of education requires improvement as pupils are not achieving as well as they should.

At a Glance

41.3%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

20 responses
Would recommend40%
Child is happy65%
Well taught50%
Good progress50%
Feels safe60%
Well behaved60%
Bullying dealt with35%
Kept informed50%
Handles concerns35%
Wider development45%

Source: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree

Class Sizes

28.0

Avg class size

30

Total classes

3 classes with more than 30 pupils

2024/25 academic year

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Getting There

Train Stations

Slough Rail Station (rear entrance)
962m · 16 min walk

Bus Stops

Lismore Park (opp)
93m · 2 min walk
Shaggy Calf Lane (nr)
276m · 4 min walk
Myrtle Crescent (opp)
365m · 6 min walk
Shackleton Road (E-bound)
488m · 8 min walk
Muddy Lane (Opp)
508m · 8 min walk
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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

76%

Available places

863 pupils

1,140 capacity

277 spare places available

Area Demand Pressure - Slough

High pressure
New homes approved:1,648
Projected new pupils:297

Based on MHCLG housing supply data for Slough

Admissions Demand - Slough

Low demand0.90x oversubscription

Places available

2,587

Applications

2,318

Got 1st preference

68.9%

Got preferred school

93.1%

Secondary admissions across Slough (2025/26)

Inspection History(3)

29 April 2025
Quality of EducationRequires Improvement
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementGood
21 March 2023
Requires ImprovementReport
Quality of EducationRequires Improvement
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementGood
20 June 2017
Inadequate
Leadership & ManagementInadequate

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Pupil Demographics

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Pupil Absence
2024/25

7.8259%

Overall absence

22.06674%

Persistent absence

929

Enrolments

Authorised5.02727%
Unauthorised2.79863%
Persistent (10%+)22.06674%
Severe (50%+)2.04521%

Absence trend

5.80599%
18/19
7.07239%
20/21
9.57022%
21/22
10.59022%
22/23
8.32999%
23/24
7.8259%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

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