Secondary
The Cottesloe School
Church Street, Wing, Aylesbury, LU7 0NY
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1190 of 1105 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 94.8
- Pupils per adult
- 11.8
- Pupils
- 1,118
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2021
Ungraded inspection
Good
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GCSE results
44%
12 points below the Aylesbury average (56% across 9 schools)
45.4
6.7 below the Aylesbury average (52.1 across 9 schools)
6th of 9 by our score, among the secondary schools in Aylesbury we can score - 12 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 45.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.03 |
| Entered the EBacc | 49% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% |
| A level average points per entry | 29.86 |
| A level students | 70 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 49% |
| 22/23 | 42% |
| 23/24 | 46% |
| 24/25 | 44% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.1 |
| 22/23 | 31.8 |
| 23/24 | 32.5 |
| 24/25 | 29.9 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.04 |
| 22/23 | +0.16 |
| 23/24 | +0.11 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 48.9 |
| 22/23 | 46.5 |
| 23/24 | 45.6 |
| 24/25 | 45.4 |
Church Street, Wing, Aylesbury, LU7 0NY
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Buckinghamshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Simon Jones
- Address
- Church Street, Wing, Aylesbury, LU7 0NY
- Telephone
- 01296688264