The Mandeville School
Ellen Road, Aylesbury, HP21 8ES
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- INSIGNIS ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sara Durose
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Insignis Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Aylesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,001
- Pupils on roll
- 966
- URN
- 148851
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01296745400
About this school
The Mandeville School is a secondary academy in Aylesbury. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 966 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: serious weaknesses.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 198 | 195 | 170 |
| Attainment 8 score | 34.3 | 36.4 | 38.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.93 -1.13 to -0.73 | -0.78 -0.98 to -0.58 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% | 31.3% | 29.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% | 52.3% | 52.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 12% | 9.2% | 12.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
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 Mandeville 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 | 34.3 | 47.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 36.4 | 49.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 38.9 | 46.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 15.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 989 |
| 2023/24 | 949 |
| 2024/25 | 1,001 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Mandeville School compares
The Mandeville School ranked 31st of 36 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 35% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.9 | 12% | 27.7% | 966 | — |
| The Grange School | 40.4 | 9.7% | 24.4% | 1,418 | 1.0 miles |
| Aylesbury High School | 74.3 | 5.5% | 6% | 1,368 | 1.0 miles |
| Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School | 73.2 | 5% | 7.3% | 1,353 | 1.1 miles |
| Aylesbury UTC | 23.8 | 26.6% | 42.5% | 128 | 1.1 miles |
| Aylesbury Grammar School | 74.5 | 6.5% | 6.1% | 1,346 | 1.2 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.66%
- English as an additional language
- 33.5%
- Overall absence
- 11.97%
- Persistent absence
- 33.82%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Grange School1.0 miles
Secondary · Aylesbury
-
Aylesbury High School1.0 miles
Secondary · Aylesbury
-
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School1.1 miles
Secondary · Aylesbury
-
Aylesbury UTC1.1 miles
Secondary · Aylesbury
-
Aylesbury Grammar School1.2 miles
Secondary · Aylesbury
Other schools in Aylesbury
The Mandeville School ranks 9th 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 Cottesloe School Secondary
- The Grange School Secondary
- The Kingsbrook 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 Mandeville School teach?
- The Mandeville School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Aylesbury.
- Who is the headteacher of The Mandeville School?
- The headteacher of The Mandeville School is Mrs Sara Durose, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Mandeville School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Mandeville 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 Mandeville School?
- The Mandeville School has 966 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is The Mandeville School full?
- The Mandeville School has capacity for 1,001 pupils and 966 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Mandeville School a faith school?
- No. The Mandeville School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Mandeville School a selective school?
- No. The Mandeville School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Mandeville School?
- The Mandeville School is part of INSIGNIS ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Mandeville School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 34.3 in 2022/23 and 38.9 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 Mandeville School rank locally?
- The Mandeville School ranked 31st of 36 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 35% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% 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 Mandeville School's absence rate?
- The Mandeville School's overall absence rate is 12% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Mandeville School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Mandeville 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 10 July 2026.