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The Cottesloe School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,190Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 110533URN

Church Street, Wing, Aylesbury, LU7 0NY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
1.0 below Buckinghamshire median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BuckinghamshireSelective

431 applications for 203 places · 29th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
46.9of 90
23rd of 36 in Buckinghamshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 17 March 2026Published 11 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 17 March 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
  2. 10 November 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.1applications per place, Year 7
1.0 below Buckinghamshire median (3.1) close to England median (2.2)

431 applications · 203 places offered · 217 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  2. 2025 1.8; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  3. 2024 1.9; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
  4. 2023 2.2; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  5. 2022 2.1; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
  6. 2021 2.5; Buckinghamshire median median 4.0
  7. 2020 2.7; Buckinghamshire median median 3.4
  8. 2019 2.7; Buckinghamshire median median 3.3
  9. 2018 3.2; Buckinghamshire median median 3.6
  10. 2017 2.8; Buckinghamshire median median 3.2
  11. 2016 2.9; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  12. 2015 2.3; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
  13. 2014 2.0; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
More applications per place than the Buckinghamshire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262034312.12171.07
Sep 20252314231.82090.90
Sep 20242134131.91930.91
Sep 20231904142.21941.02
Sep 20221984142.12031.03
Sep 20211834612.51410.77
Sep 20201724562.71500.87
Sep 20191784802.71831.03
Sep 20181825733.22081.14
Sep 20171784972.81670.94
Sep 20161815222.92081.15
Sep 20151994472.31640.82
Sep 20141923752.01340.70

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

182 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.923rd of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths45%23rd of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths72%
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.11
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18246.945%72%–
2024/2517945.444%68%–
2023/2418745.646%67%+0.11
2022/2318946.542%70%+0.16

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
110533 · 825/5407
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,105 pupils · 1,190 on roll
Free school meals
17.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Church Street, Wing, Aylesbury, LU7 0NY
Local authority
Buckinghamshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources