School Summary

Herschel Grammar School


Boys: 606
Girls: 474
Total Pupils: 1080
Opened: 01-02-2012
Ofsted: Outstanding
Headteacher: Joanne Rockall
Herschel Grammar School
Northampton Avenue
Slough
Berkshire
SL1 3BW
Telephone: 01753520950
Website: https://www.herschel.slough.sch.uk

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DistrictAdministrative (name): Slough
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LastChangedDate: 18-11-2022
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OfstedLastInsp: 19-09-2012
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PercentageFSM: 6.20
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StatutoryHighAge: 18
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Street: Northampton Avenue
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Some teachers are good however there are more teachers who cannot teach. One of them teachers Maths to A Level students, she is very bad at her job and simply reads information off the board. For students lower down in years, the teachers are better. However, the standard of teaching has dramatically decreased from when my son first started 8 years ago.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Some teachers are good however there are more teachers who cannot teach. One of them teachers Maths to A Level students, she is very bad at her job and simply reads information off the board. For students lower down in years, the teachers are better. However, the standard of teaching has dramatically decreased from when my son first started 8 years ago.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"amy smith","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/114467369013201871211\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocIVgqVVyGfBe1LQ0yB6Jb6Xd5kIpzK7VZg5a7Guis1m=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2020-09-03T21:17:11Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"2 years ago","rating":2,"text":{"text":"Poorly organised school. Dropped my son off for the 11+ exams today, scheduled from 9 to 12.\nGot there at 11:50 to pick him up. Received an email from the school at 11:56 (!) that they will be delayed by a whole hour. It is now 13:24 and I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m still standing outside the school, almost 1 1\/2 hours past the original time and with no idea how much longer this endeavour will take.\nThanks for respecting the parents time and schedules!","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Poorly organised school. Dropped my son off for the 11+ exams today, scheduled from 9 to 12.\nGot there at 11:50 to pick him up. Received an email from the school at 11:56 (!) that they will be delayed by a whole hour. It is now 13:24 and I\u00e2\u0080\u0099m still standing outside the school, almost 1 1\/2 hours past the original time and with no idea how much longer this endeavour will take.\nThanks for respecting the parents time and schedules!","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Alex Mayer","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/102774479899121165897\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocK-tR9R9e01b2Au977YtisPH4pq-GVKH4Gjz6Go_LLm=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba3"},"publishTime":"2021-09-13T12:24:30Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":4,"text":{"text":"This is a great grammar school.thanks to all teachers my son is doing his A levels. Overall the performance is acceptable. However there are a lot of fighting so teachers can improve the school on that","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"This is a great grammar school.thanks to all teachers my son is doing his A levels. Overall the performance is acceptable. However there are a lot of fighting so teachers can improve the school on that","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Shazeeba Kausar","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/104968077596246759862\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocJ76OLFOxVctADNqqKLJxzy5yJn7N6kxZT9wMM_Or-J=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba2"},"publishTime":"2018-08-26T15:31:24Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":5,"text":{"text":"Absolutely amazing headmistress, Mrs Rockall. Almost all teachers are very passionate and supportive. They helped both of my boys reach their potential, am very pleased.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Absolutely amazing headmistress, Mrs Rockall. Almost all teachers are very passionate and supportive. They helped both of my boys reach their potential, am very pleased.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Farah Saba","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/105349207984617602655\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocIssvCmgFGl7gNGyshysNrEYy1tS2kNcT9exJpoD8vj=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2017-11-30T22:26:33Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a year ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"I had gone to my 11+ exams and all of the time was delayed by 1.5hours when I got into the examination room there was chewing gum everywhere.All the students were very loud and insensible.The teachers were terrible at getting the test ready and the seating was so terrible because there was chewing gum on the desk","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"I had gone to my 11+ exams and all of the time was delayed by 1.5hours when I got into the examination room there was chewing gum everywhere.All the students were very loud and insensible.The teachers were terrible at getting the test ready and the seating was so terrible because there was chewing gum on the desk","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Anvit Tengse","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/109198908073752339898\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjX20omt25GDjB6EwqMrS3HGwcNKd6z4VJSIAPsfHkgOPQw=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2021-10-02T09:41:02Z"}]