Wexham Court Primary School has served as a place of education for the children of Slough families since 1950s. Pupils, parents and the community, value the school as a centre that promotes cross-cultural learning. Recently modernised and extended, the school is situated in extensive grounds on the site of a farm estate that dates back to the 13th Century.
The school’s name is based on the manor house, home farm and church that were all part of a moated complex, known as Wexham Court Estate. The Parish Church of St Mary’s in Wexham, built in the 12th Century, remains largely unchanged on land near the school. Today, Wexham Court Primary School still retains its grass areas for sports and play, a wooded nature trail that grows on the site of the medieval moat, oak trees that were planted in the 18th Century, as well as a barn from the 19th Century.
These historic features provide a valuable natural learning environment for the pupils and make it a school that is unique in the area. The school badge also reflects its history, featuring an acorn, wheat-sheaf and moat.