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Waddesdon Church of England School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,012Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137355URN

Baker Street, Waddesdon, Aylesbury, HP18 0LQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.9per place
0.8 above Buckinghamshire median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BuckinghamshireSelective

522 applications for 133 places · 9th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
53.7of 90
15th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 February 2026Published 17 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionStrong 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. 10 February 2026
    Report card · 4 Strong standard, 3 Expected standard
  2. 7 December 2021
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

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
3.9applications per place, Year 7
0.8 above Buckinghamshire median (3.1) 1.7 above England median (2.2)

522 applications · 133 places offered · 185 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.9; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  2. 2025 3.8; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  3. 2024 4.2; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
  4. 2023 4.1; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  5. 2022 4.4; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
  6. 2021 4.5; Buckinghamshire median median 4.0
  7. 2020 4.3; Buckinghamshire median median 3.4
  8. 2019 4.8; Buckinghamshire median median 3.3
  9. 2018 4.8; Buckinghamshire median median 3.6
  10. 2017 4.1; Buckinghamshire median median 3.2
  11. 2016 3.5; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  12. 2015 3.5; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
  13. 2014 3.1; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
More applications per place than the Buckinghamshire median in 13 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 20261335223.91851.39
Sep 20251445413.81731.20
Sep 20241325504.21901.44
Sep 20231355514.11551.15
Sep 20221355924.42161.60
Sep 20211305794.51481.14
Sep 20201305604.31711.32
Sep 20191256004.82011.61
Sep 20181296204.82031.57
Sep 20171245124.12291.85
Sep 20161344733.51801.34
Sep 20151354723.52201.63
Sep 20141273973.11811.43

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

142 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)53.715th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths57%16th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths79%
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.51
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14253.757%79%–
2024/2514551.046%81%–
2023/2414050.955%79%+0.51
2022/2313653.856%84%+0.78

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

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137355 · 825/5408
Trust
Waddesdon Church of England School
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
1,022 pupils · 1,012 on roll
Free school meals
12.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2011
Replaced
Waddesdon Church of England School (URN 110534)
Address
Baker Street, Waddesdon, Aylesbury, HP18 0LQ
Local authority
Buckinghamshire

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