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Langley Grammar School

School type
Grammar
Also known as
Address
Reddington Drive
,
Langley
,
Berkshire
,
England
,
SL3 7QS
Langley Grammar School is a mixed grammar school in Slough. It uses the GL exam board for its 11+ entrance exam, with a suggested pass mark of 80%+ in practice tests. There is no interview stage for admission.

If you have a bright boy or girl who thrives when a school expects a lot of them, Langley Grammar School is worth a close look. It is a co-educational grammar in Langley, just outside Slough in Berkshire, taking boys and girls from age 11 right through to the sixth form. Pupils come from a wide area, with plenty travelling in from neighbouring boroughs to take up a place, so your child would be among others who have chosen this kind of school on purpose.

The school has grown up gradually since it became an academy in 2011, adding a sports hall, a sixth form centre and newer teaching blocks along the way, but the feel of the place is steady rather than showy. Staff set out to build children's confidence while teaching them to work independently, the habit that matters most once they leave. Pupils and sixth formers, by the school's own account and that of those who visit, "love coming to Langley Grammar School and they thrive here", going on to become highly effective, independent learners, with behaviour around the school that is calm and purposeful. That mix of high expectations and a settled, friendly atmosphere is what tends to strike parents who visit.

Langley suits a motivated child who will respond to being stretched while still feeling looked after, and it will appeal to Slough-area families happy to travel for a co-ed grammar with a genuinely inclusive feel. The school is led by headteacher David Harding, who took up the post in 2025 after a decade working there, so he knows the children and the place inside out. For the right child, it is a school where being clever is simply normal.

Key facts

Gender
Mixed
Year 7 places
180
Annual fees
None
Pass mark
Selectivity ratio

Admissions

Open day
July
Registration opens
May
Registration closes
June
CAF deadline
Oct
Admissions contact
school@lgs.slough.sch.uk
Admissions phone
01753 598300

Registration form

Sibling policy

No

What this school tests

11+ Examination

English

  • Punctuation
  • Reading Comprehension - Comparison
  • Reading Comprehension - Evaluation
  • Reading Comprehension - Grammar and punctuation
  • Reading Comprehension - Inference and Deduction
  • Reading Comprehension - Information Retrieval
  • Reading Comprehension - Language Techniques and Imagery
  • Reading Comprehension - Sentence-level Comprehension
  • Reading Comprehension - Sequencing
  • Reading Comprehension - Structure, Form, Voice and Tone
  • Reading Comprehension - Summarising
  • Reading Comprehension - Text Classification and Purpose
  • Reading Comprehension - Types of Words and Phrases
  • Reading Comprehension - Word Meaning / Choice
  • Sentence Completion
  • Spelling

Maths

  • Algebra
  • Angles and Degrees
  • BIDMAS
  • Coordinate Grids
  • Estimation and Rounding
  • Factors and Multiples
  • Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
  • Magic squares
  • Measurement
  • Money
  • Number and Place Value
  • Number Walls
  • Operations
  • Perimeter, Area and Volume
  • Position and Direction
  • Properties of Shapes
  • Ratio and Proportion
  • Reflection, Rotation and Symmetry
  • Sequences
  • Special Numbers
  • Speed, Distance and Time
  • Statistics
  • Time

Non-verbal Reasoning

  • Extended Figure Series
  • Figure Analogies
  • Figure Matrices
  • Figure Operations
  • Figure Series
  • Grid Matrices
  • Horizontal Codes
  • Most Like Three Figures
  • Most Like Two Figures
  • Odd Figure Out
  • Star Matrices
  • Triangle Matrices
  • Triangle Series
  • Vertical Codes

Verbal Reasoning

  • Anagrams
  • Compound Words
  • Embedded Words
  • Form a Word
  • Insert a Letter
  • Letter Analogies
  • Letter Calculations
  • Letter Codes
  • Letter Grids
  • Letter Sequences
  • Move 1 / 2 Letters
  • Number Analogies
  • Number Calculations
  • Number Sequences
  • Related Words
  • Rhyming Synonyms
  • Shuffled Sentences
  • Synonyms
  • Word / Logic Puzzles
  • Word Analogies
  • Word Completion
  • Word Match
  • Word Opposites
  • Word Pairs
  • Word Relationships
  • Words and Codes

Spatial Reasoning

  • 2D Rotations
  • Block Counting
  • Combining Shapes
  • Fold and Punch
  • Folding Cubes
  • Hidden Shapes
  • Missing Face of Cube
  • Shape Completion

Catchment area

Langley Grammar School has a priority area based on location and distance from the school. It is defined using postcodes as follows:

➢ Inner area: SL3 7, SL3 8, SL3 9, SL3 0 ➢ Outer area: SL0, SL1, SL2, SL3 (outside Inner area), SL4, TW18, TW19, TW20, UB3, UB4, UB7, UB8, UB10.

Selection review and safety net

Previous exam results

GCSE results

In 2025 students achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 77.6 across their GCSEs. 98.3% gained a grade 5 or better in both English and Maths. 56.5% achieved the English Baccalaureate at grade 5 or above. Reference: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/

A-level results

In 2025 students achieved an A- average grade per A-Level entry. 54.1% gained AAB or better including two facilitating subjects. Reference: https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/

Frequently asked questions

What exam board does Langley Grammar School use for the 11+?

Langley Grammar School uses the GL exam board for its 11+ entrance exam.

Does Langley Grammar School interview as part of the 11+ process?

No, there is no interview stage for admission to Langley Grammar School's 11+.

Is Langley Grammar School a co-educational or single-sex school?

Langley Grammar School is a mixed grammar school, accepting both boys and girls for Year 7 entry.

What is the catchment area for Langley Grammar School?

Langley Grammar School has a priority area including inner (SL3 7, SL3 8, SL3 9, SL3 0) and outer (SL0, SL1, SL2, SL3 outside inner, SL4, TW18, TW19, TW20, UB3, UB4, UB7, UB8, UB10) postcodes.

What is Langley Grammar School's official website?

The official website for Langley Grammar School is https://www.lgs.slough.sch.uk/.

How do you get a place at Langley Grammar School?

Your child first needs to reach the required standard in the entrance test, which is set and run by the Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools. Places are then offered in priority order: looked-after and previously looked-after children first, then eligible children by where they live across the school's three priority areas, with children who attract Pupil Premium funding given priority within each area, and children of long-serving staff also considered. A child with an EHCP naming the school is admitted first. If applicants are still tied for the final place, the one living nearest the school is offered it. There's no fixed pass mark; it depends on demand each year.

What happens if my child is ill on 11+ test day at Langley Grammar School?

The 11+ test is set and run by the Slough Consortium of Grammar Schools, not by Langley itself, and the school's own admissions policy doesn't set out a reserve or alternative test for a child who falls ill on the day. If that happens, contact the school's admissions office, or the Slough Consortium that administers the test, as early as you can to ask what can be done. The policy also doesn't publish separate reasonable-adjustment arrangements, so raise any disability or specific need with them at the same time.

Location

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