SCHOOL PROFILE

St Joseph's Catholic High School: data, trends and context

St Joseph's Catholic High School is a secondary school in Slough. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
143803
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Slough
Region
South East
Trust
ST THOMAS CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST
Postcode
SL2 5HW
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
988
FSM eligible
11.7%
EAL / First language other than English
30.0%
SEND (total)
14.9%
SEN Support
12.0%
EHCP
2.8%
White British
14.9%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
95.2%
Overall absence
4.8%
Persistent absence
10.5%
Severe absence
0.76%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
SloughLocal authority92.5%7.5%2.1%
South EastRegion91.5%8.5%2.8%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
12.4%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
8.6%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.20%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
50.1
English & maths grade 5+
43.4%
English & maths grade 4+
70.6%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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St Joseph's Catholic High School is a secondary school in Slough. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.