Slough Grammar School (Language College) is a fully selective
Foundation schoolIn England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in community schools....
in Lascelles Road,
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(originally
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but now
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), and since September 2002 formally named
Slough Grammar School (Language College).
The school is a
Language CollegeLanguage Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, modern foreign languages...
, a Leading Edge School, an ICT-Focus School, a
Training SchoolA training school is an official designation, awarded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, to schools in England that provide exceptional facilities for in-service and work experience training of teachers...
, an
International SchoolAn International school is loosely defined as a school that promotes international education, either by adopting an international curriculum such as that of the International Baccalaureate, or by following a national curriculum different from that of the country the school is located in...
(under the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO)) and a participant in the Primary Language Initiative.
Slough Grammar School (Language College) is a fully selective
Foundation schoolIn England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in community schools....
in Lascelles Road,
SloughSlough , situated west of Charing Cross, is a borough and unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the population of Slough was 119,070 Slough , situated west of Charing Cross, is a borough and unitary authority...
(originally
BuckinghamshireBuckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury and the largest town in ceremonial Buckinghamshire is Milton Keynes....
but now
BerkshireBerkshire is a county in the South East of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1958, and Letters...
), and since September 2002 formally named
Slough Grammar School (Language College).
The school is a
Language CollegeLanguage Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, modern foreign languages...
, a Leading Edge School, an ICT-Focus School, a
Training SchoolA training school is an official designation, awarded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families, to schools in England that provide exceptional facilities for in-service and work experience training of teachers...
, an
International SchoolAn International school is loosely defined as a school that promotes international education, either by adopting an international curriculum such as that of the International Baccalaureate, or by following a national curriculum different from that of the country the school is located in...
(under the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO)) and a participant in the Primary Language Initiative. It has been awarded the additional status of Science College in December 2006. From September 2004 it has offered some International Baccalaureate courses alongside its conventional secondary and sixth form courses. The school's motto,
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, has been used since its inception.
The current principal is Mrs Margaret Lenton, who joined as head of a predecessor school (Upton Grammar) in 1988.
Slough Secondary School (1912 – 1936)
Slough Secondary School was the name of the first major selective secondary school in
SloughSlough , situated west of Charing Cross, is a borough and unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the population of Slough was 119,070 Slough , situated west of Charing Cross, is a borough and unitary authority...
(originally
BuckinghamshireBuckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury and the largest town in ceremonial Buckinghamshire is Milton Keynes....
but now
BerkshireBerkshire is a county in the South East of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1958, and Letters...
). It was founded in 1912 in William Street, in the town centre. By 1936, the School had outgrown its premises and was split into
Slough Grammar School for boys (1936–1982) in Lascelles Road and
Slough High School for girls (1936–1982) in Twinches Lane, although the girls stayed on in the William Street buildings until 1939 when their new buildings were ready.
The original Slough Secondary School buildings in William Street were replaced in the 1960s by the tower blocks of Slough College. This site is now the Slough Campus of
Thames Valley UniversityThames Valley University is a British university based on campuses in Slough and Reading in Berkshire, and Ealing and Brentford in west London...
.
Headmasters
- Mr W. Francis Smith, BA (1912 – 1925)
- Mr Ben Llewellyn (Acting) (1923 – 1925)
- Mr Edward Rudland Clarke, MC, MA (Cantab), FRGS (1925 – 1936) and continued with Slough Grammar School for Boys until 1952
Slough Grammar School for Boys (1936 – 1982)
Slough Grammar School for Boys was a boys selective grammar school in Slough, It was created when the predecessor school,
Slough Secondary School, split into separate Boys and Girls schools in 1936. It moved into purpose-built premises at Lascelles Road, which are still used by the current school.
Headmasters
- Mr Edward Rudland Clarke, MC, MA (Cantab), FRGS (1936–1952) having started with Slough Secondary School in 1925
- Mr Tom Anderson (Acting) (-1952)
- Dr Wilfred Robert Victor Long, BA, PhD (1952–1966)
- Mr Gerald H Painter, MSc (1966–1982) and continued with Upton Grammar School until 1988
Slough High School (1936 – 1982)
Slough High School was a girls selective secondary school in Slough, Buckinghamshire, now Berkshire. It was formed in 1936 from the split of
Slough Secondary School (1912–1936) into
Slough Grammar School for boys (1936–1982) and
Slough High School for girls.
For the first three years of its existence, it occupied the former Slough Secondary School buildings in William Street, but, in 1939, it moved to new buildings in Twinches Lane,
CippenhamCippenham is a suburb of the unitary authority of Slough in the county of Berkshire, England. It was transferred to Berkshire from Buckinghamshire in 1974.The name, Cippenham derives from the old English Cippan-ham, meaning Cippa's homestead....
.
In 1982, when the Twinches Lane site was sold for redevelopment, Slough Grammar School and Slough High School merged to form
Upton Grammar School (1982 – 1993), which became today's
Slough Grammar School (Language College).
Headmistresses
- Miss JM Crawford, MA (1936 – 1962)
- Miss Gwynneth Owen (1962 – 1978)
- Miss Pamela A. Reakes (1978 – 1982)
Upton Grammar School (1982 – 1993)
Upton Grammar School in Lascelles Road,
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, was formed in 1982 by the remerger of
Slough Grammar School for boys (1936 – 1982) and
Slough High School for girls (1936 – 1982), when the High School's Twinches Lane site was sold for redevelopment. The combined school was renamed
Upton Grammar School to underline the merger of two equals. Slough Grammar and Slough High had both been formed in 1936 from the split of
Slough Secondary School (1912–1936).
In 1993, Upton Grammar School was renamed back to
Slough Grammar School, and, in 2003, was formally named
Slough Grammar School (Language College).
Head teachers
- Mr Gerald H Painter, MSc, (1982 – 1988) having started as Headmaster of Slough Grammar School for Boys in 1966
- Mrs MA Lenton, BA, FRSA (1988 – 1993) and continues as Principal of Slough Grammar School (Language College)
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Reputation
Slough Grammar is known as a multicultural school that has achieved a remarkably happy coexistence of students from diverse ethnic backgrounds (Good School Guide 2006/Ofsted). The school is committed to its international school status, and to the understanding of other cultures as well as other languages. The recent OFSTED inspection report (2004) describes Slough Grammar as "overall a very good school"
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=259130&providerCategoryID=32&fileName=\\school\\110\\s10_110104_20040506.pdf, and the school was placed on the Ofsted list of "Particularly Successful Schools" - 2005
http://live.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/index.cfm?fuseaction=exceptionalResults&action=bylea&bylea=871. It was placed second in the Slough area based on results from the 2006 GCSE exams. The IB courses offered put it into a different category for the 6th form and one should be aware of this when viewing league tables. The IB results were strong in 2006 and this has had a slight knock on effect in reducing the overall grade spread at A level.
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