Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School
Penn Road, Slough, SL2 1PH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Fletcher
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Slough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 734
- Pupils on roll
- 684
- URN
- 130372
- Local authority
- Slough
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01753521811
About this school
Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School is a community primary school in Slough. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 684 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 86 | 88 | 90 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 74% | 83% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 14% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 78% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 83% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 82% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.70 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Slough average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 67% | 59.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 74% | 64.8% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 83% | 65.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 694 |
| 2023/24 | 692 |
| 2024/25 | 697 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School compares
Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School ranked 5th of 28 primary schools in Slough for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 91% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 83% | 6.3% | 33.3% | 684 | — |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary School | 55% | 5.7% | 17% | 470 | 0.3 miles |
| St Mary's Farnham Royal CofE Primary School | 21% | 6.9% | 32.3% | 256 | 0.4 miles |
| Phoenix Infant Academy | — | 5% | 31.1% | 262 | 0.5 miles |
| The Godolphin Junior Academy | 83% | 4.4% | 40.9% | 413 | 0.5 miles |
| Claycots School | 63% | 6% | 33.3% | 1,605 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.28%
- English as an additional language
- 87.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.33%
- Persistent absence
- 16.73%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Slough
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St Mary's Farnham Royal CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Farnham Royal
-
Phoenix Infant Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Slough
-
The Godolphin Junior Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Slough
-
Claycots School0.7 miles
Primary · Slough
Other schools in Slough
Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School ranks 5th of the 28 ranked primary schools in Slough.
- Castleview Primary School Primary
- Cippenham School Primary
- Claycots School Primary
- Datchet St Mary's CofE Primary School Primary
- Farnham Common Infant School Primary
- Foxborough Primary School Primary
- Fulmer Infant School Primary
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primary
- Iqra Slough Islamic Primary School Primary
- James Elliman Academy Primary
- Khalsa Primary School Primary
- Lent Rise School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School teach?
- Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Slough.
- Who is the headteacher of Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School is Mrs Claire Fletcher, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School?
- Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School has 684 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School full?
- Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School has capacity for 734 pupils and 684 on roll (93%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- How have Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 83% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School rank locally?
- Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School ranked 5th of 28 primary schools in Slough for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 91% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School's absence rate?
- Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Penn Wood Primary and Nursery School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.