Motto |
Ad Astra "To the stars" |
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Established | January 1912 |
Type | Grammar academy |
Principal | Mrs Mercedes Hernández Estrada |
Location |
Lascelles Road Slough Berkshire SL3 7PR England 51°30′14″N 0°34′37″W / 51.504°N 0.577°WCoordinates: 51°30′14″N 0°34′37″W / 51.504°N 0.577°W |
DfE URN | 136420 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
Students | 1,106 |
Gender | Co-educational |
Ages | 11–18 |
Website | Upton Court Grammar School |
Upton Court Grammar School is a fully selective academy school in Lascelles Road, Slough, Berkshire).
The school has specialisms in languages and science. It is also a Leading Edge School, an ICT-Focus School, a Training School, an International School under the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) and a participant in the Primary Language Initiative. From September 2004 it offered some International Baccalaureate courses alongside its conventional secondary and sixth form courses, but these are now discontinued.
Slough Secondary School was the name of the first major selective secondary school in Slough (originally Buckinghamshire but now Berkshire). It was founded in 1912 just to the west of William Street, in the town centre. By 1936, the School had outgrown its premises and was split into Slough Grammar School for boys (1936–82) in Lascelles Road and Slough High School for girls (1936–82) in Twinches Lane, although the girls stayed on in the William Street buildings until 1939 when their new buildings were ready.
The original Slough Secondary School buildings in William Street were re-used during the Second World War and afterwards as temporary school accommodation. They were redeveloped in the 1960s as the tower blocks of Slough College, which became the Slough Campus of Thames Valley University. The area is being redeveloped again, under the Heart of Slough project.
Slough Grammar School for Boys was a boys selective grammar school in Slough, It was created when the predecessor school, Slough Secondary School, split into separate Boys and Girls schools in 1936. It moved into purpose-built premises at Lascelles Road, which are still used by the current school.