Aylesbury High School
- Aylesbury High School
Walton Road
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP21 7SX - Head: Mrs Marieke Forster
- T 01296 388222
- F 01296 388200
- E admissions@ahs.bucks.sch.uk
- W www.ahs.bucks.sch.uk
- A state school for girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Read about the best schools in Buckinghamshire
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Buckinghamshire
- Pupils: 1308
- Religion: Does not apply
- Open days: for 2021-22 Open Evening Thursday 7 July; Open Morning Thursday 14 July. For more information go to https://www.ahs.bucks.sch.uk/open-events/
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Outstanding 1
- 16-19 study programmes Outstanding 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Outstanding 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1
- 1 Full inspection 5th December 2023
- Previous Ofsted grade: Outstanding on 21st June 2012
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What the school says...
We are the only girls’ Grammar School in North Buckinghamshire. Our aim is to INSPIRE every student to seek CHALLENGE, realise their potential and PREPARE for life in a demanding and fast changing world, which they will have a key role in shaping.
We do this through long-established academic success (exam results place us amongst the best schools nationwide) and by offering a wealth of opportunities - curricular and extra-curricular. The wide range of subjects (over 25 subjects at GCSE and A level) gives every student an incredible choice and allows them to thrive.
Our students amaze with sporting successes, achievements in the performing arts, technology and more. They regularly participate in trips on five continents.
Ofsted highlighted the rich and stimulating curriculum, the friendly, purposeful and caring atmosphere, and the students’ outstanding personal development and impressive attitude to learning.
Our values of Confidence, Respect, Engagement, Aspiration, Teamwork and Enjoyment are embodied in ‘CREATE’ with our students being our greatest ambassadors.
We are a high-achieving, busy, inclusive girls’ school where students can take risks without a fear of failure. Above all, we are a happy school with a terrific future ahead of us. ...Read more
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Results by exam and subject
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Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
At Aylesbury High School we strive to support all students to enable them to achieve their potential at school. Quality teaching is vital: however for some students there are occasions during their school life when additional support may be needed to help them to achieve their targets. We follow the Assess, Plan, Do and Review cycle. For more information go here: https://www.ahs.bucks.sch.uk/school-life/student-support/send/
Interpreting catchment maps
The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.
Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained
Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
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sometimes, but not in this year
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Berkhamsted Pre-Prep and Prep School | 2023 | 3 |
| Chesham Preparatory School | 2023 | 1 |
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