The Cottesloe School
Church Street, Wing, Aylesbury, LU7 0NY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Jones
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Aylesbury
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,105
- Pupils on roll
- 1,190
- URN
- 110533
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01296688264
About this school
The Cottesloe School is a foundation secondary school in Aylesbury. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,190 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 189 | 187 | 179 |
| Attainment 8 score | 46.5 | 45.6 | 45.4 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.16 -0.05 to +0.36 | +0.11 -0.09 to +0.32 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% | 45.5% | 44.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% | 67.4% | 67.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 52% | 52.9% | 48.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Cottesloe School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Buckinghamshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 46.5 | 47.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 45.6 | 49.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.4 | 46.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,111 |
| 2023/24 | 1,118 |
| 2024/25 | 1,141 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Cottesloe School compares
The Cottesloe School ranked 23rd of 36 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 59% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.4 | 8.8% | 15.3% | 1,190 | — |
| Cedars Upper School | 48.5 | 6.8% | 15.1% | 1,135 | 2.3 miles |
| Vandyke Upper School | 48.2 | 7.8% | 15.1% | 1,517 | 4.1 miles |
| The Kingsbrook School | — | 8.6% | 19.7% | 759 | 5.0 miles |
| Lift Sir Herbert Leon | 33.7 | 12.8% | 55.3% | 589 | 6.1 miles |
| Aylesbury Grammar School | 74.5 | 6.5% | 6.1% | 1,346 | 6.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.25%
- English as an additional language
- 2.3%
- Overall absence
- 8.78%
- Persistent absence
- 21.25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Cedars Upper School2.3 miles
Secondary · Leighton Buzzard
-
Vandyke Upper School4.1 miles
Secondary · Leighton Buzzard
-
The Kingsbrook School5.0 miles
Secondary · Aylesbury
-
Lift Sir Herbert Leon6.1 miles
Secondary · Milton Keynes
-
Aylesbury Grammar School6.4 miles
Secondary · Aylesbury
Other schools in Aylesbury
The Cottesloe School ranks 6th of the 10 ranked secondary schools in Aylesbury.
- Aylesbury Grammar School Secondary
- Aylesbury High School Secondary
- Aylesbury UTC Secondary
- John Colet School Secondary
- Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School Secondary
- The Grange School Secondary
- The Kingsbrook School Secondary
- The Mandeville School Secondary
- Waddesdon Church of England School Secondary
- Ashmead Combined School Primary
- Aston Clinton School Primary
- Bearbrook Combined School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Cottesloe School teach?
- The Cottesloe School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Aylesbury.
- Who is the headteacher of The Cottesloe School?
- The headteacher of The Cottesloe School is Mr Simon Jones, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Cottesloe School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Cottesloe School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Cottesloe School?
- The Cottesloe School has 1,190 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is The Cottesloe School full?
- The Cottesloe School has capacity for 1,105 pupils and 1,190 on roll (108%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Cottesloe School a faith school?
- No. The Cottesloe School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Cottesloe School a selective school?
- No. The Cottesloe School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have The Cottesloe School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 46.5 in 2022/23 and 45.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Cottesloe School rank locally?
- The Cottesloe School ranked 23rd of 36 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 59% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Cottesloe School's absence rate?
- The Cottesloe School's overall absence rate is 8.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Cottesloe School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Cottesloe School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.