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Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Free school
Stoke Road, Slough SL2 5AY · lhea.org.uk · 01753 691583
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Slough 53.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 863
- 76% of 1,140 places
- Local authority
- Slough
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 41.3%
- First language not English
- 50.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 104 families put the school first and 151 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 151 | 104 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 159 | 84 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 167 | 65 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 178 | 83 | 0.5 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 173 | 74 | 0.4 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.3, and 31.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Slough it was 53.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼31.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼48.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼7.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.12 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 140156)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 31.4 | −15.9 |
| Sixth form college | 2.9 | −1.2 |
| Further education | 51.2 | +16.1 |
| Other education | 0.6 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 1.2 | +0.5 |
| Employment | 1.2 | −2.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.1 | −1.3 |
| Activity not captured | 7.6 | +4.2 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Lynch Hill Enterprise Academy on 29 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 29 Apr 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Mar 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 140156), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 140156)
What parents said
40% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (20 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 40%
- Replies
- 20
- 2% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 80% who had a child bullied