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Arbour Vale School

Mixed · ages 2–19 · with sixth formSlough, South East · Slough SL2 3AETrust: Orchard Hill College Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
384of 375 places
Free school meals
43.1%
Year 11 cohort 2025
23
Ofsted
Good, 10 January 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Arbour Vale School (URN 110185, until 31 March 2018).

What the data says

Of the 35 pupils who finished Year 11 at Arbour Vale School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Arbour Vale School’s own sixth form (Slough average 57%), 3% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Slough and England.

Arbour Vale School
Slough
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureArbour Vale SchoolSloughEngland
Pupils in the cohort352,372607,348
Any sustained destination94%92%92%
Stayed in education94%90%86%
— school sixth form0%57%34%
— sixth form college0%2%13%
— further education college3%29%37%
— other education91%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%1%3%
Employment0%1%3%
No sustained destination0%4%6%
Destination unknown6%4%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Slough

Baylis Court School

Academy converter · sixth form · 921 pupils

91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.7

Beechwood School

Academy converter · sixth form · 838 pupils

74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.0

Ditton Park Academy

Free schools · sixth form · 1,131 pupils

91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.4

Herschel Grammar School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,062 pupils

100% stayed in education · Attainment 8 75.8

Langley Grammar School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,284 pupils

98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 77.6

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.