St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School, Slough

In its own words: "St. Ethelbert’s Catholic Primary School and Nursery is a Roman Catholic Voluntary aided school, part of the St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust. We are situated about one and a half miles from the centre of Slough close to the Berkshire/Buckinghamshire boundary on the edge of the green belt."

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are a caring faith school that aspires to providing the very highest quality teaching for your child within our nurturing Catholic community."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, rugby, cricket, gymnastics and dance.

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils at St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 56% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 81% in Slough and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 79% in reading and 74% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 40 families put St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 69 named it as one of their preferences, for 42 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School are Khalsa Primary School (0.2 miles, 94% reading, 94% maths); Iqra Slough Islamic Primary School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 94% reading, 91% maths); Willow Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 85% reading, 88% maths); and Wexham Court Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 87% reading, 81% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School.

St Ethelbert's 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.

43 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School (as of September 2025): 98% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 67% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (67%).

47.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (32%), White British (14%) and Mixed (13%).

In 2026, 40 pupils (9.6%) received SEN support and 12 (2.9%) 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 a moderate learning difficulty.

St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 10 places, 6 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Slough Rail Station, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Borderside (opposite), 140 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 438 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Slough (290), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Ethelbert's Catholic Primary School are St Joseph's Catholic High School (0.2 miles), Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy (0.3 miles), Wexham School (0.5 miles) and St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School (1.1 miles).