Baylis Court School

Infobox UK school
name = Baylis Court School


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latitude = 51.52534
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motto = "Advancing the art of learning"
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type = Secondary modern foundation school
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head_label = Headteacher
head = Mrs Maureen Ball
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specialist = Arts College
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street = Gloucester Avenue
city = Slough
county = Berkshire
country = England
postcode = SL1 3AH
LEA = Slough
ofsted = 110074
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enrollment = 770
gender = Girls
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
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website = http://www.bayliscourt.slough.sch.uk/
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Baylis Court School is a girls' secondary modern foundation school [ [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/school_06.pl?Mode=Z&No=8714082&Type=LA&Num=871&Phase=k&Year=06&Base=b dfes] Accessed 17 August 2007] in Slough, Berkshire, England, for students aged 11-18. It is the only single-sex non-selective school in Slough, and has a sixth form which is part of the Herschel Consortium.

Ofsted in their report of a 2004 inspection described the school as 'a good and effective school; it provides a good quality of education for its pupils.' [ [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=259400&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\school\110\s10_110074_20040520.pdf "Ofsted Inspection Report - Baylis Court School, Slough"] Accessed 4 June 2007] . In the report of a section 5 inspection held on 15th October 2007 , the school was rated as 'Outstanding' and, indeed, received this rating in all but two of the 26 criteria that are measured against this standard (i.e. the 1-4 Ofsted criteria). [ [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/pdf/?inspectionNumber=310196&providerCategoryID=8192&fileName=\school\110\s5rti_110074_20071105.pdf "Ofsted Inspection Report - Baylis Court School, Slough"] Accessed 2nd August 2008 ]

Ofsted's 2004 report also notes that

"The school population is made up of a very rich cultural mix and comprises:"
* "Asian or Asian British – Pakistani (57.7 per cent)"
* "White – British (13.7 per cent)"
* "Asian or Asian British – Indian (12 per cent)"
* "Black or Black British – Caribbean (3.7 per cent)"
* "Mixed – White and Asian (2.3 per cent)"
* "Asian or Asian British – other (2 per cent)"
* "Black or Black British – African (1.6 per cent)"
* "Mixed – any other (1.5 per cent)"
* "Mixed – White and Black Caribbean (1.5 per cent)"

The school was awarded specialist Art College status in February 2007.

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