Aylesbury High School

About Aylesbury High School

Aylesbury High School’s headline Progress 8 score of 0.81 sits well above the Buckinghamshire local authority average of 0.25, placing it firmly among the highest-achieving state secondaries in the county. That score ranks it 9th out of 34 schools in the LA, and 183rd nationally out of 3,141 — putting it in the top 6% of schools across England. The school’s Progress 8 banding is officially rated ‘Well above average’, and its Attainment 8 score of 76.3 reflects strong academic outcomes across the board. In English, the Progress 8 measure is 0.76, while in maths it’s even higher at 0.87, and the EBacc element comes in at 0.86. The school also achieves a very high EBacc entry rate of 67.2%, with 65.6% of pupils achieving the EBacc at a grade 5 or above in English and maths. Nearly all pupils — 99.5% — achieved a grade 4 or above in English and maths, and 98.4% did so at grade 5 or above.

At A-level, the picture is more mixed. The school’s value-added score is -0.1, which falls into the ‘Below average’ banding, though the confidence interval ranges from -0.18 to -0.01, meaning the true figure could be closer to zero. The average points per entry is 41.23, equivalent to a B grade, and the best three A-levels average out at a B grade as well. Just over 30% of entries achieved grades AAB or higher. With 190 pupils in the sixth form, it’s a sizeable cohort, and the school has an official sixth form centre. The most recent Ofsted inspection in December 2023 rated the school Outstanding across all five categories — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and sixth-form provision — a clean sweep that matches its previous Outstanding rating from 2012.

The school is heavily oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 558 applications for 187 places, with 274 first-preference applications and 172 first-preference offers — an oversubscription ratio of nearly 3:1. This is a selective girls’ grammar school in Buckinghamshire, so entry is by academic selection, and competition is fierce. Facilities include a theatre, music rooms, tennis courts, astro turf, playing fields, a gymnasium, and a chapel. Sports on offer range from swimming and netball to martial arts and cross country, while clubs include Science Club, Chess, Drama, Model UN, and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. The school supports pupils with a range of SEND needs, including dyslexia, autistic spectrum disorder, hearing impairment, and physical disability. With 5.6% of pupils eligible for free school meals — well below the national average — the intake is broadly affluent, but the school’s strong academic record and Outstanding Ofsted rating make it a compelling choice for academically able girls in Buckinghamshire.

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