Aylesbury High School, Aylesbury

In its own words: "At AHS, the only girls' grammar in North Buckinghamshire, we are incredibly proud of our community; our students, staff and parents and carers. In this unique environment, our girls take centre stage, and our meticulously crafted curriculum ensures that students build new knowledge and skills at an impressive rate."

On phones, the school says: "Mobile Phones Mobile phones are not allowed during the school day and if seen may be confiscated."

In 2026, pupils at Aylesbury High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 75.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 55 in Buckinghamshire and 47 across England.

96% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 61% in Buckinghamshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 74.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.81: 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.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 70, against 76.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Biology, Physics and Chemistry.

Aylesbury High 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, 268 families put Aylesbury High School as their first choice and 554 named it as one of their preferences, for 191 places offered. That is 1.4 first choices for every place. 88 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Aylesbury High 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 High 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 High School are Aylesbury Grammar School (0.1 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 74.2); The Grange School (0.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.7); Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 74.3); and The Mandeville School (1 mile, Attainment 8 38.7).

Aylesbury High School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Of the 183 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 98% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 4% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 190 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 67% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 16% into work. 48% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

5.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 28.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (45%), White British (32%) and Black (7%).

In 2026, 52 pupils (3.8%) received SEN support and 4 (0.3%) 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 autism.

The nearest railway station is Aylesbury Rail Station, about 900 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Grammar School (adjacent), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Aylesbury High 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 351 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 High School issued 2 suspensions, 0.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Aylesbury High School are Turnfurlong Infant School (0.5 miles), Turnfurlong Junior School (0.5 miles), St Joseph's Catholic 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.