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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 9 October 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 10 May 2016Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry447 applications · 174 places offered · 169 named it first
- 2026 2.6; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2025 2.5; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2024 2.8; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
- 2023 3.1; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2022 3.0; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
- 2021 2.8; Buckinghamshire median median 4.0
- 2020 2.9; Buckinghamshire median median 3.4
- 2019 3.4; Buckinghamshire median median 3.3
- 2018 3.6; Buckinghamshire median median 3.6
- 2017 2.8; Buckinghamshire median median 3.2
- 2016 2.5; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2015 2.4; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
- 2014 2.7; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 174 | 447 | 2.6 | 169 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 166 | 415 | 2.5 | 140 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2024 | 168 | 464 | 2.8 | 171 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2023 | 176 | 544 | 3.1 | 175 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2022 | 176 | 519 | 3.0 | 175 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 | 202 | 557 | 2.8 | 105 | 0.52 |
| Sep 2020 | 200 | 573 | 2.9 | 178 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2019 | 181 | 608 | 3.4 | 187 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2018 | 182 | 647 | 3.6 | 222 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2017 | 218 | 608 | 2.8 | 225 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2016 | 218 | 551 | 2.5 | 175 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2015 | 187 | 453 | 2.4 | 125 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2014 | 175 | 478 | 2.7 | 173 | 0.99 |
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.) | 203 | 47.5 | 49% | 68% | – |
| 2024/25 | 204 | 47.6 | 47% | 75% | – |
| 2023/24 | 165 | 46.9 | 46% | 73% | +0.01 |
| 2022/23 | 176 | 46.5 | 39% | 68% | +0.14 |
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
- John Colet SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20242.6applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · BuckinghamshireGood20242.4applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · BuckinghamshireSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20241.1applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · BuckinghamshireOutstanding20232.9applications per place 75.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.8 km · BuckinghamshireOutstanding20223.1applications per place 74.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.8 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20232.2applications per place 51.4Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · BuckinghamshireGraded · no overall grade20253.5applications per place
- 7.8 km · BuckinghamshireOutstanding20245.2applications per place 74.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 7.9 km · Buckinghamshire20263.5applications per place 51.9Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137261 · 825/4044
- Trust
- John Colet School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 998 pupils · 1,014 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- John Colet School (URN 110491)
- Address
- Wharf Road, Wendover, Aylesbury, HP22 6HF
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources