Western House Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · Slough
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.745 miles
Published by Slough Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Western House Academy is a primary school in Slough for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 November 2022. Slough has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2022 to 2026 entry.
Western House Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.745 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 1.745 miles away, the 10th shortest of 27 Slough primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That Reception distance was further than in 2025 and 2022, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 78 first-choice applications for 80 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 85% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 23% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Slough schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Richards Way, Cippenham, Slough, SL1 5TJ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Slough
- Pupils on roll
- 679 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils say that their school is friendly and that the teachers are helpful and kind.”
- “Leaders achieve this by providing pupils with an impressive range of experiences.”
- “Leaders have high ambitions and they want all pupils to reach their full potential.”
To improve
- “However, in some other subjects, teachers have not yet had subject-specific training.”
- “However, these processes are not as strong in a small number of subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 85% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 78 first-preference applications, 80 offers in total, 78 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Slough.
- Cippenham School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Montem Academy 1.0 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Priory School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Our Lady of Peace Catholic Primary and Nursery School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Phoenix Infant Academy 1.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Lynch Hill School Primary Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- The Godolphin Junior Academy 1.6 mi Improved significantly
- Claycots School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published