Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College

What Ofsted said

From the inspection on 25 March 2025

Slough and Eton Church of England Business and Enterprise College is an inclusive school at the heart of the community. Pupils are encouraged to follow the school's mantra of 'work hard, be nice, no excuses' in all that they do. The school has high expectations for all pupils' academic achievement. While these were not reflected in published outcomes in 2024, the work that pupils produce in lessons shows that they are now achieving better than this recent published data suggests. Pupils know that leaders and staff want them to achieve the highest levels of success. Staff support pupils well with their next steps by reducing barriers and raising aspirations. Most pupils are attentive in lessons, follow teachers' instructions and do not behave in a way that disrupts others' learning. They know that they can talk to an adult if they have any worries. Pupils say that bullying can sometimes happen but when they report it staff deal with it quickly. This helps pupils to feel safe and cared for at school. Pupils enjoy a broad range of opportunities to foster new interests and talents, including table tennis, basketball, cricket, and volleyball. The school ensures these activities are available to all pupils. This helps them experience a variety of opportunities beyond the classroom. Pupils are taught how to keep safe in the community.

What the school should improve

• At times, teachers do not check what pupils know and remember well enough. Subsequent learning does not take into account pupils' prior knowledge and, as a result, some pupils do not build their knowledge over time as well as they could. The school should ensure that teachers check what pupils know and remember and use this to inform future learning.
• Some learning activities are not matched well to the intent of the curriculum. When this is the case, the work given to pupils does not provide them with opportunities to develop deeper thinking, such as reasoning and justifying. The school should ensure the work given to pupils provides them with the opportunity to practise and apply what has been learned as well as to think deeply and critically across the curriculum.

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