Ofsted report card
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Area judgements
Other Ofsted reports
This history covers the current school only. Reports for predecessor schools are not included.
Admissions
Can I get my child into this school?
Last published allocation was 5,987 m (straight line).
Offer day 2 Mar 2026 · Sep 2026 entry · Last criterion: Last-offer (miles) for the final distance-limited category: 3.72 in rule 7 (Distance). Also offered: rule 2 Catchment & Pupil Premium; rules 3-6 siblings/staff/catchment/exceptional. 2 places allocated over PAN to in-catchment free-school-meals children scoring 110-120 — those scores are not metres. Stored figure is the published last-offer for the final distance-limited category only — not a blended figure across categories or score bands. Straight-line from the child's normal home address point (OS Address-Base) to the nearest open school gate (Buckinghamshire Council). National Offer Day 2 March 2026 secondary snapshot only. Grammar 11+ / Pupil Premium score bands in the allocation prose are admission-rule text — not metres.
This does not guarantee you will get a place.
Buckinghamshire allocation tableAdmissions policy · Selective
This school is in Buckinghamshire. You apply through the education LA where you live, even if that is a different council.
Results vs local authority and England
This school's latest published figures, once. Local authority and England averages when we have them.
- LA
- 75%
- England
- 66%
- LA
- 59%
- England
- 46%
- LA
- 54.1
- England
- 46.8
- LA
- 44%
- England
- 41%
- LA
- 8.7
- England
- 7.7
Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Progress 8 compared with other schools
Sixth form
Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
- LA
- 33.2
- England
- 32.4
- LA
- -0.07
- LA
- 21%
- England
- 14%
Value added compared with other schools
Destinations
Pupils staying in education or entering apprenticeships or employment
After Key Stage 4 · 2024/25
99%
staying in education or employment
1% did not stay in education or employment
After 16 to 18 study · 2024/25
92%
staying in education or employment
3% did not stay in education or employment
5% no destination recorded
Pupils & context
2024/25
- LA
- 9%
- England
- 9%
- LA
- 24%
- England
- 24%
Overview
Nearby schools
Other open schools of the same phase near HP5 1BA. This is not last-offer distance or a catchment.
Find schools near this placeEstablishment history
Earlier establishment on this site or under a previous URN.
History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Became an academy 1 Aug 2011 (was URN 110504)
Secondary — Key Stage 4
GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.
| Year | GCSE 9–4 | GCSE 5+ | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | EBacc entry | EBacc APS | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 99% | 97% | 74.0 | Not applicable | 94% | 13.1 | 180 |
| 2023/24 | 100% | 100% | 76.7 | +0.84 | 91% | 13.6 | 181 |
| 2022/23 | 99% | 98% | 76.0 | +0.88 | 89% | 13.2 | 179 |
| 2021/22 | 98% | 97% | 78.1 | +0.75 | 85% | 13.3 | 177 |
| 2018/19 | 99% | 96% | 73.6 | +0.62 | 88% | 12.8 | 181 |
| 2017/18 | 100% | 99% | 74.3 | +0.94 | 86% | 11.1 | 155 |
| 2016/17 | 99% | 97% | 70.5 | +0.66 | 87% | — | 175 |
More fields
| Year | EBacc lang entry |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 97% |
| 2023/24 | 93% |
| 2022/23 | 96% |
| 2021/22 | 95% |
| 2018/19 | 91% |
| 2017/18 | 90% |
| 2016/17 | 90% |
Sixth form — Key Stage 5
| Year | A-level APS | Avg grade | VA progress | AAB+ | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 46.3 | A- | +0.34 | 43% | 214 |
| 2023/24 | 45.6 | A- | +0.19 | 44% | 191 |
| 2022/23 | 43.8 | B+ | — | 36% | 209 |
| 2021/22 | 45.5 | A- | — | 42% | 208 |
| 2018/19 | 41.3 | B | +0.06 | 20% | 194 |
| 2017/18 | 40.5 | B | -0.03 | 26% | 183 |
| 2016/17 | 39.0 | B | -0.10 | 22% | 208 |
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 1,326 | 18.6 | 4% | 12% | 2% | 6% | 13% |
| 2023/24 | 1,317 | 17.8 | 3% | 11% | 2% | 5% | 12% |
| 2022/23 | 1,313 | 18.6 | 3% | 11% | 2% | 6% | 13% |
| 2021/22 | 1,322 | 19.0 | 3% | 11% | 1% | 6% | 18% |
| 2020/21 | 1,316 | 18.3 | 8% | 10% | 1% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 1,277 | 17.6 | 10% | 9% | 2% | 4% | 6% |
| 2017/18 | 1,242 | 18.9 | 9% | 8% | 2% | 4% | 10% |
| 2016/17 | 1,256 | 18.9 | 8% | 8% | 4% | 4% | 9% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.