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Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Penn Road, Slough SL2 1PH · pennwood.slough.sch.uk · 01753 521811
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 83%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Slough 70%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 684
- 93% of 734 places
- Local authority
- Slough
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 32.8%
- First language not English
- 88.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 77 families put the school first and 89 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 89 | 77 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 89 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 71 | 62 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 86 | 81 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 80 | 77 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% the higher standard. Across Slough it was 70%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲83% | 62% | ||
| ▲17% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School on 15 July 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 15 Jul 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Jan 2024
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2024Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (25 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 25
- 4% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 60% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied