St Bernard's Preparatory School
St Bernard's Preparatory School is an independent school in Slough for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. It has 229 pupils and room for 316.
Hawtrey Close, Slough, SL1 1TB01753 521821stbernardsprep.orgMrs Asha Verma headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test. As a Roman Catholic school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Slough council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 229 | 201 | 223 | 222 | 238 | 229 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 9% | 9% | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School | Roman Catholic (grammar) | 260 m | 1,178 | Outstanding 2023 | 99 | Compare |
| Upton Court Grammar School | Academy (grammar) | 450 m | 1,155 | Outstanding 2022 | 99 | Compare |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School | Church of England | 730 m | 675 | Not inspected | 55 | Compare |
| Lea Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 890 m | 100 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Long Close School | Independent (grammar) | 930 m | 183 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Willow Primary School | Academy | 0.6 miles | 454 | Report card 2026 | 72 | Compare |
| Iqra Slough Islamic Primary School | Muslim | 0.7 miles | 624 | Outstanding 2023 | 98 | Compare |
| Hillingdon Grange School | Independent | 0.7 miles | 159 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is St Bernard's Preparatory School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score St Bernard's Preparatory School yet.
How many pupils does St Bernard's Preparatory School have?
229 pupils aged 2 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 316 places, so it is 72% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Hawtrey Close, Slough, SL1 1TB
- Telephone
- 01753 521821
- Website
- www.stbernardsprep.org
- Headteacher
- Mrs Asha Verma
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 2-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Local authority
- Slough
- Ward
- Langley St Mary's
- Constituency
- Slough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1919
- URN
- 110160 · LAESTAB 8716000 · UKPRN 10078227
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.