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The Aylesbury Vale Academy

  • 3–19Ages
  • 1,857Pupils
  • All-throughPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135879URN

Paradise Orchard, Aylesbury, HP18 0WS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJan 2019
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · May 2024
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.4per place
0.7 below Buckinghamshire median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BuckinghamshireSelective

446 applications for 189 places · 28th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
42.0of 90
27th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJan 2019
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · May 2024

Inspection history

  1. 9 May 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 22 January 2019
    Graded inspection: 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
2.4applications per place, Year 7
0.7 below Buckinghamshire median (3.1) close to England median (2.2)

446 applications · 189 places offered · 145 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.4; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  2. 2025 2.3; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  3. 2024 2.2; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
  4. 2023 2.9; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  5. 2022 2.2; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
  6. 2021 2.3; Buckinghamshire median median 4.0
  7. 2020 1.9; Buckinghamshire median median 3.4
  8. 2019 0.9; Buckinghamshire median median 3.3
  9. 2018 1.0; Buckinghamshire median median 3.6
  10. 2017 1.3; Buckinghamshire median median 3.2
  11. 2016 1.3; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  12. 2015 1.4; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
  13. 2014 1.5; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
More applications per place than the Buckinghamshire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median

Reception entry, September 2026: 3.4 per place (206 applications for 60 places).

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

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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 20261894462.41450.77
Sep 20251934422.31590.82
Sep 20241954292.21480.76
Sep 20231654832.91731.05
Sep 20221884132.21060.56
Sep 20211934382.31020.53
Sep 20201983791.9970.49
Sep 20192722530.9850.31
Sep 20182372401.0780.33
Sep 20172242931.31220.54
Sep 20162042601.3900.44
Sep 20151782571.41010.57
Sep 20141602401.51030.64

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

239 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.027th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths31%30th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths56%
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.07
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)23942.031%56%–
2024/2523739.825%50%–
2023/2423641.331%57%+0.07
2022/2323643.933%58%+0.22

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

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  • 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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
All-through
URN · DfE number
135879 · 825/6905
Trust
The Aylesbury Vale Academy
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
1,440 pupils · 1,857 on roll
Free school meals
26.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2009
Replaced
Quarrendon School (URN 110492)
Address
Paradise Orchard, Aylesbury, HP18 0WS
Local authority
Buckinghamshire

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