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The Mandeville School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Ellen Road, Aylesbury HP21 8ES · mandeville.bucks.sch.uk · 01296 745400
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Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 38.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Buckinghamshire 53.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Buckinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.5
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 966
- 97% of 1,001 places
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 34.1%
- First language not English
- 34.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Buckinghamshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 92 families put the school first and 202 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 202 | 92 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 222 | 110 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 222 | 106 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 208 | 119 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 197 | 134 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.9, and 29.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Buckinghamshire it was 53.4, and across England 46.
In 2022/23 the average A level result was grade D (19.3 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼38.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼29.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼52.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼12.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.24 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 110497)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 31.3 | −1.4 |
| Sixth form college | 0.5 | — |
| Further education | 45.1 | +0.2 |
| Other education | 0.5 | −0.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.5 | −1.1 |
| Employment | 3.6 | −0.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.2 | +0.1 |
| Activity not captured | 10.3 | +3.2 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
Applied general average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 students | Merit+ (28.9) | Average +0.34 |
| Earlier years: Applied general | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 26 | Merit (23.6) | — |
| 2021/22 | 52 | Merit+ (27.1) | — |
| 2018/19 | 22 | Pass+ (19.7) | -0.76 |
| 2017/18 | 28 | Pass+ (19) | -0.39 |
| 2016/17 | 79 | — | -0.69 |
| 2015/16 | 76 | — | -0.17 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| Apprenticeship | 14.3 | +6.5 |
| Employment | 71.4 | +48 |
| Activity not captured | 14.3 | +12.7 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected The Mandeville School on 19 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 19 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Sixth form | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2018
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 110497), which Ofsted links to this one.
Report cards, from November 2025
- Mar 2026Monitoring visitEffective action
September 2019 to November 2025
- Sept 2025Monitoring visitEffective action
- Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
- Apr 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Jan 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110497)
Nov 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110497)
What parents said
62% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (68 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 62%
- Replies
- 68
- 7% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 91% who raised concerns
based on the 63% who had a child bullied
based on 24 parents (35%) with SEND