The Grange School, Aylesbury

In 2026, pupils at The Grange School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 55 in Buckinghamshire and 47 across England.

40% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 61% in Buckinghamshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 40.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.07: pupils made about 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 36.2, against 45.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.3 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 183 families put The Grange School as their first choice and 560 named it as one of their preferences, for 230 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 17 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Grange School are Aylesbury High School (0.2 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 75.5); Aylesbury Grammar School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 74.2); The Mandeville School (1 mile, Attainment 8 38.7); and Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School (1.1 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 74.3).

The Grange School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

The Grange School is one of 3 schools run by The Aylesbury Learning Partnership, an academy trust.

Of the 243 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 33% to a further education college, 6% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 84 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 33% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 37% into work.

The nearest railway station is Aylesbury Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Chaucer Drive (opposite), 180 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Grange 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 319 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, The Grange School issued 256 suspensions, 17.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Grange School are Turnfurlong Junior School (0.3 miles), Turnfurlong Infant School (0.3 miles), St Edward's Catholic Junior School (0.4 miles) and St Joseph's Catholic Infant School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.