History

1912

Slough Secondary School was the first major co-educational selective school established in Slough (originally Buckinghamshire, now Berkshire), and occupied a building in William Street in the Town Centre. The William Street building was replaced by the tower block which is now the Slough Campus of Thames Valley University.

Headteachers

1912 – 1925 Mr W Francis-Smith
1923 – 1925 Mr B Llewellyn (Acting)
1925 – 1936 Mr E Rudland Clarke (continued as head of Slough Grammar School for Boys until 1952)

1936

Having outgrown its premises, the School split into two and became Slough Grammar School for Boys and Slough High School for Girls. The boys moved immediately to Lascelles Road, but the girls remained at William Street for two more years until their new building in Twinches Lane was completed.

Headteachers

Boys

1936 – 1952 Mr E Rudland Clarke
1952 – 1966 Dr W R V Long
1966 – 1982 Mr G Painter (continued as head of Upton Grammar School until 1988)

Girls

1936 – 1962 Miss J M Crawford
1962 – 1978 Miss G Owen
1978 – 1982 Miss P Reakes

1982

The girls and boys school merged in 1982, and became known as Upton Grammar School, after the Upton ward of Slough where Lascelles Road is located.

Headteachers

1982 – 1988 Mr G Painter
1988 – 1993 Mrs M Lenton (continued as head of Slough Grammar School until 2010)

1993

The school reverted to its original name, Slough Grammar School as a Grant Maintained School, and later converted to Foundation School (2002), Trust School (2006), and Academy (2011).

Headteachers

1988 – 2010 Mrs M Lenton
2010 – 2013 Mrs M Hernández Estrada (continued as Head of Upton Court Grammar School in 2013).

2013

Having celebrated a hundred years of providing outstanding education to youngsters in Slough, the school re-launched itself building upon its past successes while looking forward into the 21^st century. Supported by significant improvement to its facilities through a multi-million pound government investment, the school re-named itself to Upton Court Grammar School. It also became the parent school to the Pioneer Educational Trust, incorporating a local primary school (2013) and a Windsor Middle School (2016).

Headteachers

2013 – 2017 Mrs M Hernández Estrada (continued as CEO of Pioneer Educational Trust)
2017 – Mr M Pritchard

Pioneer Educational Trust

In 2013, Upton Court Grammar School became the parent school to Upton Court Educational Trust, later re-named to Pioneer Educational Trust (2017). This incorporated Foxborough Primary School (2013) and Trevelyan Middle School (2016). The overall leadership of the Trust was held by:

2013 – 2017 - Mrs M Hernández Estrada, Executive Principal of Upton Court Educational Trust
2017 – 2018 - Mrs M Hernández Estrada, CEO of Pioneer Educational Trust
2018 – Present - Mrs A Spinks and Mr E Neighbour, Co-CEO's of Pioneer Educational Trust

Upton Court Grammar School