Aylesbury Grammar School, Aylesbury

In its own words: "When students leave Aylesbury Grammar School, we very much hope they will always consider themselves part of the School, as an Old Aylesburian."

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 19 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Aylesbury Grammar School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 74.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 55 in Buckinghamshire and 47 across England.

97% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 61% in Buckinghamshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 74.5.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.86: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Biology, Statistics and Physics.

Aylesbury Grammar School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 292 families put Aylesbury Grammar School as their first choice and 568 named it as one of their preferences, for 183 places offered. That is 1.6 first choices for every place. 116 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Aylesbury Grammar School admits pupils through an entrance test - in Buckinghamshire, the Secondary Transfer Test. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Aylesbury Grammar School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Buckinghamshire's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Buckinghamshire has 13 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Aylesbury Grammar School are Aylesbury High School (0.1 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 75.5); The Grange School (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.7); Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School (1 mile, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 74.3); and Aylesbury UTC (1.1 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 25.5).

Aylesbury Grammar School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Of the 186 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 96% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 2% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 196 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 68% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 14% into work. 60% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

6.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 25.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (44%), White British (34%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 35 pupils (2.6%) received SEN support and 13 (1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Aylesbury Rail Station, about 930 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Grammar School (adjacent), 110 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Aylesbury Grammar School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 350 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Buckinghamshire (44), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Aylesbury Grammar School issued 32 suspensions, 2.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Aylesbury Grammar School are St Joseph's Catholic Infant School (0.5 miles), Turnfurlong Junior School (0.5 miles), Turnfurlong Infant School (0.5 miles) and St Edward's Catholic Junior School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.