The Kingsbrook School
Armstrongs Fields, Aylesbury, HP22 7BR
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- INSIGNIS ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Nancy Simpson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Insignis Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Constituency
- Aylesbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,080
- Pupils on roll
- 759
- URN
- 149102
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01296761401
About this school
The Kingsbrook School is a secondary academy in Aylesbury. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 759 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Kingsbrook School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How The Kingsbrook 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 181 |
| 2023/24 | 393 |
| 2024/25 | 569 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Kingsbrook School compares
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 | — | 8.6% | 19.7% | 759 | — |
| Aylesbury Grammar School | 74.5 | 6.5% | 6.1% | 1,346 | 1.4 miles |
| Aylesbury High School | 74.3 | 5.5% | 6% | 1,368 | 1.6 miles |
| The Grange School | 40.4 | 9.7% | 24.4% | 1,418 | 1.6 miles |
| Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School | 73.2 | 5% | 7.3% | 1,353 | 2.3 miles |
| Aylesbury UTC | 23.8 | 26.6% | 42.5% | 128 | 2.4 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.68%
- English as an additional language
- 14.4%
- Overall absence
- 8.59%
- Persistent absence
- 20.88%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Aylesbury Grammar School1.4 miles
Secondary · Aylesbury
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Aylesbury High School1.6 miles
Secondary · Aylesbury
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The Grange School1.6 miles
Secondary · Aylesbury
-
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School2.3 miles
Secondary · Aylesbury
-
Aylesbury UTC2.4 miles
Secondary · Aylesbury
Other 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 Mandeville School Secondary
- Waddesdon Church of England School Secondary
- Ashmead Combined School Primary
- Aston Clinton School Primary
- Bearbrook Combined School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does The Kingsbrook School teach?
- The Kingsbrook School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Aylesbury.
- Who is the headteacher of The Kingsbrook School?
- The headteacher of The Kingsbrook School is Mrs Nancy Simpson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Kingsbrook School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Kingsbrook 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 many pupils are at The Kingsbrook School?
- The Kingsbrook School has 759 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is The Kingsbrook School full?
- The Kingsbrook School has capacity for 1,080 pupils and 759 on roll (70%), 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 The Kingsbrook School a faith school?
- No. The Kingsbrook School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Kingsbrook School a selective school?
- No. The Kingsbrook School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is The Kingsbrook School part of an academy trust?
- The Kingsbrook 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.
- What SEN provision does The Kingsbrook School have?
- The schools register lists The Kingsbrook School's special educational needs provision as: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is The Kingsbrook School's absence rate?
- The Kingsbrook School's overall absence rate is 8.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does The Kingsbrook School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for The Kingsbrook School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.