Ditton Park Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Mixed · Slough
Kings Reach, Slough, SL3 7UX
70
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
69%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.4%
20.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,131
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
1,131 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
69%
1st preference success rate
115 of 166 families who put it first got an offer
173
Places offered
768
Total applications
4.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 166 | 115 | ● 69% |
| 2nd preference | 206 | 23 | ● 11% |
| 3rd preference | 137 | 15 | ● 11% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 259 | 20 | ● 8% |
| Total | 768 | 173 | 23% |
1st preference success by year
Slough lets families list 6 preferences. 42 applications came from outside the council area (4 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Headteacher
- Karl Fenn
- Address
- Kings Reach, Slough, SL3 7UX
- Phone
- 01753537594
- Local authority
- Slough
- Ward / constituency
- Upton · Slough
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 141009
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 28% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 48% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: SASH EDUCATION TRUST
1,131 pupils · 1,131 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
30 March 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 928 pupils
Attendance
92.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 49.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.06 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 50% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 76% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.59 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 26.44 | — | — |
Average grade: C- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 51.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 69.7% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 83.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.32 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 178 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 26.49 | 35 |
| Average grade | C- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 5.7% | 17% |
| A-level students | 102 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 177 | 18% | 56% | 76% | |
| English Language | 177 | 16% | 60% | 73% | |
| English Literature | 177 | 17% | 58% | 73% | |
| Geography | 117 | 12% | 45% | 61% | |
| Combined Science | 116 | 8% | 46% | 57% | |
| Business | 96 | 8% | 44% | 68% | |
| Art and Design | 84 | 21% | 64% | 83% | |
| Spanish | 80 | 9% | 25% | 38% | |
| History | 79 | 11% | 37% | 57% | |
| French | 71 | 1% | 11% | 23% | |
| Biology | 61 | 25% | 77% | 95% | |
| Physics | 60 | 32% | 83% | 93% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 46 | 0% | 15% | 26% | |
| Mathematics | 26 | 0% | 15% | 23% | |
| Biology | 25 | 0% | 4% | 20% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 25 | 0% | 12% | 52% | |
| History | 20 | 0% | 5% | 15% | |
| Economics | 20 | 0% | 5% | 35% | |
| Chemistry | 17 | 0% | 6% | 6% | |
| Business Studies | 17 | 0% | 6% | 24% | |
| Geography | 14 | 14% | 14% | 29% | |
| English Literature | 13 | 0% | 8% | 23% | |
| Physics | 9 | 0% | 11% | 22% | |
| Drama and Theatre Studies | 7 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 20275: Ditton Park Academy
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 74% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 2% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 75% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Slough council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.