Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 28 April 2026Report card · 7 Expected standard
- 25 May 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry596 applications · 171 places offered · 191 named it first
- 2026 3.5; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2025 3.7; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2024 3.7; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
- 2023 3.2; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2022 3.5; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
- 2021 4.3; Buckinghamshire median median 4.0
- 2020 3.4; Buckinghamshire median median 3.4
- 2019 3.8; Buckinghamshire median median 3.3
- 2018 4.0; Buckinghamshire median median 3.6
- 2017 3.5; Buckinghamshire median median 3.2; as the previous school
- 2016 3.6; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2015 3.5; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.4; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Buckinghamshire median
Dashed bars: as The Misbourne School (URN 110490), the previous school.
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 | 171 | 596 | 3.5 | 191 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2025 | 170 | 626 | 3.7 | 195 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2024 | 167 | 618 | 3.7 | 208 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2023 | 204 | 657 | 3.2 | 205 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 168 | 593 | 3.5 | 181 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2021 | 178 | 768 | 4.3 | 92 | 0.52 |
| Sep 2020 | 179 | 605 | 3.4 | 157 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 | 176 | 661 | 3.8 | 179 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2018 | 173 | 697 | 4.0 | 187 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2017 * | 179 | 630 | 3.5 | 181 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2016 * | 171 | 613 | 3.6 | 193 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2015 * | 182 | 628 | 3.5 | 191 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2014 * | 179 | 431 | 2.4 | 154 | 0.86 |
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.) | 178 | 51.9 | 56% | 78% | – |
| 2024/25 | 169 | 50.8 | 53% | 76% | – |
| 2023/24 | 178 | 48.4 | 53% | 77% | +0.30 |
| 2022/23 | 178 | 49.1 | 53% | 77% | +0.26 |
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
- The Misbourne SchoolThis schoolThis school20263.5applications per place 51.9Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Buckinghamshire20263.2applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · BuckinghamshireSerious weaknesses Inadequate20220.8applications per place 35.1Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · BuckinghamshireRemains Good20221.0applications per place 40.9Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · BuckinghamshireImproved significantly20253.9applications per place 71.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 7.0 km · BuckinghamshireStandards maintained20243.6applications per place 76.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 7.3 km · BuckinghamshireGraded · no overall grade20255.9applications per place 75.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 7.8 km · BuckinghamshireSome aspects not as strong20242.7applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 7.9 km · BuckinghamshireStandards maintained20242.6applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145322 · 825/4042
- Trust
- The Misbourne
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,096 pupils · 1,115 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 January 2018
- Replaced
- The Misbourne School (URN 110490)
- Address
- Misbourne Drive, Great Missenden, HP16 0BN
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources