Secondary school

Buckingham School

  • Community School
  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Buckinghamshire
  • MK18 1AT
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Apr 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,774 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 85%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 60%60%2016/17: top 78%2017/18: top 70%2018/19: top 64%2021/22: top 66%2022/23: top 82%2023/24: top 77%2024/25: top 85%No exams

A-level results

#312 of 394 South East sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against South East

Attainment 838.6 · South East 462/10 Well below South East−16.7 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths32.8% · South East 44.8%3/10 Below
EBacc point score3.36 · South East 4.033/10 Below−17 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.30 · South East +0.013/10 Below+7.9 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry28.66 · South East 33.473/10 Below
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 48.8 · 175 pupils · South East 50.92016/17: 41 · 164 pupils · South East 46.72017/18: 42.3 · 156 pupils · South East 46.72018/19: 43.6 · 153 pupils · South East 47.12021/22: 45.4 · 175 pupils · South East 49.12022/23: 39.4 · 214 pupils · South East 46.52023/24: 40.1 · 207 pupils · South East 46.22024/25: 38.6 · 180 pupils · South East 4648.838.6No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 30% · 164 pupils · South East 43%2017/18: 24% · 156 pupils · South East 43.5%2018/19: 29% · 153 pupils · South East 43%2021/22: 36% · 175 pupils · South East 51%2022/23: 29% · 214 pupils · South East 45%2023/24: 29% · 207 pupils · South East 45.9%2024/25: 32.8% · 180 pupils · South East 44.8%36%24%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 25.05 · 69 pupils · South East 28.942016/17: 23.24 · 57 pupils · South East 29.962017/18: 27.61 · 52 pupils · South East 30.252018/19: 25.59 · 49 pupils · South East 31.762021/22: 31.55 · 39 pupils · South East 36.42022/23: 23.04 · 34 pupils · South East 32.822023/24: 24.3 · 69 pupils · South East 32.832024/25: 28.66 · 56 pupils · South East 33.4731.5523.04No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
179 of 179 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st179179
2nd9030
3rd573

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Inadequate
  2. 2008Inadequate
  3. 2009Satisfactory
  4. 2011Satisfactory
  5. 2013Requires improvement
  6. 2016Good
  7. 2020Remains Good
  8. 2023Good

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

1 weak areas

  • Behaviour and attitudes

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,110
Free school meals (past 6 years)21.8%
First language not English7.5%
SEN support23.2%
EHC plan3.8%
Absence (sessions missed)11.8%
Persistently absent pupils29.1%

Girls 47.7%Boys 52.3%

98.2% full · 1,130 places · 116 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher16.9
Pupils per adult11.2
  • Classroom teachers 58.6
  • Leadership 7
  • Teaching assistants 22.1
  • Other support 27.3

Teachers 65.6 FTE · Whole workforce 115 · 122 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£7,840
Spend per pupil£8,260
Staff spend per pupil£6,452
Reserve per pupil−£20
  • −£22,728revenue reserve
  • −£466,313in-year balance

Grants £7,632 · self-generated £209 · premises £446 per pupil

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

207 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained87.4%
  • Education79.2%
  • Apprenticeship3.9%
  • Employment4.3%
  • Not sustained8.2%
  • Unknown4.3%

After sixth form (16–18)

77 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained90.9%
  • Education44.2%
  • Higher education44.2%
  • Apprenticeship11.7%
  • Employment35.1%
  • Not sustained9.1%
  • Unknown0%