Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in BuckinghamshireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry568 applications · 183 places offered · 292 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 3.1; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2025 3.2; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2024 3.3; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
- 2023 2.9; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2022 3.2; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
- 2021 4.2; Buckinghamshire median median 4.0
- 2020 3.4; Buckinghamshire median median 3.4
- 2019 3.3; Buckinghamshire median median 3.3
- 2018 3.3; Buckinghamshire median median 3.6
- 2017 2.9; Buckinghamshire median median 3.2
- 2016 3.1; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2015 2.6; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
- 2014 2.3; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
- This school
- Buckinghamshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 183 | 568 | 3.1 | 292 | 1.60 |
| Sep 2025 | 176 | 571 | 3.2 | 278 | 1.58 |
| Sep 2024 | 177 | 577 | 3.3 | 277 | 1.56 |
| Sep 2023 | 179 | 512 | 2.9 | 234 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2022 | 175 | 563 | 3.2 | 254 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2021 | 179 | 746 | 4.2 | 359 | 2.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 172 | 582 | 3.4 | 252 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2019 | 172 | 569 | 3.3 | 255 | 1.48 |
| Sep 2018 | 174 | 576 | 3.3 | 276 | 1.59 |
| Sep 2017 | 168 | 481 | 2.9 | 211 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2016 | 173 | 534 | 3.1 | 297 | 1.72 |
| Sep 2015 | 174 | 458 | 2.6 | 230 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2014 | 172 | 400 | 2.3 | 216 | 1.26 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 185 | 74.2 | 97% | 98% | – |
| 2024/25 | 186 | 74.5 | 95% | 100% | – |
| 2023/24 | 186 | 75.7 | 98% | 100% | +0.86 |
| 2022/23 | 185 | 75.0 | 94% | 98% | +0.72 |
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
- Aylesbury Grammar SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20223.1applications per place 74.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.2 km · BuckinghamshireOutstanding20232.9applications per place 75.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.6 km · BuckinghamshireGood20242.4applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · BuckinghamshireOutstanding20245.2applications per place 74.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.7 km · BuckinghamshireRequires improvement202425.5Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · BuckinghamshireSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20241.1applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · BuckinghamshireGraded · no overall grade20253.5applications per place
- 4.2 km · BuckinghamshireRemains Good20242.4applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · BuckinghamshireStandards maintained20242.6applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136884 · 825/4500
- Trust
- Aylesbury Grammar School
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,336 pupils · 1,346 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2011
- Replaced
- Aylesbury Grammar School (URN 110511)
- Address
- Walton Road, Aylesbury, HP21 7RP
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources