Akeley Wood Senior School
Akeley Wood Senior School, Bycell Road, MK18 5AE
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Vanessa Conlan
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 690
- Pupils on roll
- 380
- URN
- 110536
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01280814110
About this school
Akeley Wood Senior School is an independent school in Buckinghamshire. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 380 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Akeley Wood Senior School under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Akeley Wood Senior School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1935, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 76 | 94 | 84 |
| Attainment 8 score | 49.8 | 55.0 | 47.3 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 42% | 58.5% | 40.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 69.1% | 53.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 20% | 29.8% | 20.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
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 Akeley Wood Senior 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 | 49.8 | 47.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 55 | 49.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 47.3 | 46.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 493 |
| 2023/24 | 477 |
| 2024/25 | 442 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 2
- Pupils on SEN support
- 145
Location
Nearby schools
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Stowe School1.0 miles
Independent schools · Buckingham
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University of Buckingham2.5 miles
Universities · Buckingham
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Akeley Wood Junior School3.3 miles
Independent schools · Northamptonshire
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Thornton College3.8 miles
Independent schools · Milton Keynes
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Beachborough School4.4 miles
Independent schools · Brackley
Common questions
- What year groups does Akeley Wood Senior School teach?
- Akeley Wood Senior School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is an independent school in Buckinghamshire.
- Who is the headteacher of Akeley Wood Senior School?
- The headteacher of Akeley Wood Senior School is Mrs Vanessa Conlan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Akeley Wood Senior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Akeley Wood Senior School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Akeley Wood Senior School?
- Akeley Wood Senior School has 380 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Akeley Wood Senior School full?
- Akeley Wood Senior School has capacity for 690 pupils and 380 on roll (55%), so it has space against 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 Akeley Wood Senior School a faith school?
- No. Akeley Wood Senior School has no designated religious character.
- How have Akeley Wood Senior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 49.8 in 2022/23 and 47.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Akeley Wood Senior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Akeley Wood Senior 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 24 July 2026.