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Aylesbury Grammar School

URN
136884
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Aylesbury Grammar School
URN
136884
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Boys
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Exceptional

94 / 100

Exceptional

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

100

Inspection

100

Admissions Value

81

Destinations

73

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 5% of secondary schools in England

Top 5% nationally

#2 of 32 schools in Buckinghamshire

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Below Average
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
14 December 2022
Inspection date
2 November 2022
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Outstanding

    Graded 14 December 2022

  • Quality of education

    Outstanding

    Graded 14 December 2022

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

176

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

571

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

176

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3.24×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Buckinghamshire)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.ags.bucks.sch.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Buckinghamshire to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

74.5

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

95.2%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

99.5%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

75.8%

EBacc achievement

Location

HP21 7RP - Walton Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

Contact details

Address
Walton Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Postcode
HP21 7RP
Phone
1296484545
Website
http://www.ags.bucks.sch.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Buckinghamshire
Local authority code
825

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 481 schools in Buckinghamshire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

481

Open schools

275

Closed schools

205

Primary schools

287

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Outstanding

    Graded 14 December 2022

  • Personal development

    Outstanding

    Graded 14 December 2022

  • Leadership and management

    Outstanding

    Graded 14 December 2022

  • Sixth form

    Outstanding

    Graded 14 December 2022

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    14 December 20222 November 2022S5 InspectionOutstandingView report for inspection published 14 December 2022
    • Outstanding

      Published
      14 December 2022
      Inspected
      2 November 2022
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    30.8%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 165

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    63.4%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    41.4

    Value added

    Value added

    +0.06

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    35.7%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    99.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    0.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    79

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary287 (60.2%)
    • Secondary79 (16.6%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other111 (23.3%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Aylesbury Grammar School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Aylesbury High School216 mSecondaryClosed
    Aylesbury High School216 mSecondaryOpen
    The Grange School559 mSecondaryOpen
    Stocklake Park Community School657 mNot applicableOpen
    St Joseph's Catholic Infant School783 mPrimaryClosed
    St Joseph's Catholic Infant School783 mPrimaryOpen
    Turnfurlong Junior School839 mPrimaryOpen
    Turnfurlong Infant School839 mPrimaryOpen
    St Edward's Catholic Junior School850 mPrimaryOpen
    • Aylesbury Grammar School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Aylesbury High School
      Distance
      216 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Aylesbury High School
      Distance
      216 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • The Grange School
      Distance
      559 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Buckinghamshire)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Amersham SchoolSecondaryHP7 9HHClosed
    Amersham SchoolSecondaryHP7 9HHOpen
    Aylesbury Grammar SchoolSecondaryHP21 7RPClosed
    Aylesbury High SchoolSecondaryHP21 7SXClosed
    Aylesbury High SchoolSecondaryHP21 7SXOpen
    • Amersham School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      HP7 9HH
      Status
      Closed
    • Amersham School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      HP7 9HH
      Status
      Open
    • Aylesbury Grammar School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      HP21 7RP
      Status
      Closed
    • Aylesbury High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      HP21 7SX
      Status
      Closed
    • Aylesbury High School
    Stocklake Park Community School
    Distance
    657 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • St Joseph's Catholic Infant School
    Distance
    783 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Joseph's Catholic Infant School
    Distance
    783 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Turnfurlong Junior School
    Distance
    839 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Turnfurlong Infant School
    Distance
    839 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • St Edward's Catholic Junior School
    Distance
    850 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    HP21 7SX
    Status
    Open