The school was established in town centre buildings formerly occupied by
Slough Secondary School in William Street (a site later occupied by the Slough
campus of
Thames Valley University) in about 1952. In 1958, the school moved to a purpose-built site on Northampton Avenue, occupying land that had (before the
Second World War) been used as 'Timbertown', an area of temporary houses. The school has remained at Northampton Avenue, although for the 1988/89 academic year it temporarily moved to the site of the former Orchard
Secondary Modern School while the permanent buildings were refurbished after damage to the roof in the storms of 1987. Within its present buildings, the school has had a number of names and forms, including: :
Slough Technical School :
Slough Technical High School (to 1972) :
Herschel High School (1972 to 1984) :
Sir William Herschel Grammar School (from 1984) :
Herschel Grammar School In 2004, the school completed a sports centre, which now serves as
Herschel Sports to the public when out of school hours. The sports complex includes a full-size astro-turf football, hockey pitch, four full-size tennis courts, six full-size indoor badminton courts, one full-size indoor basketball court, a dance studio and changing facilities with lockers. ==Sixth form==