The Aylesbury Vale Academy

The Aylesbury Vale Academy at a glance

Located in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, The Aylesbury Vale Academy is an all-through school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 1,831 pupils aged 3 to 19. 73% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 1.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 39.8, below the national average of 46. On our composite score, The Aylesbury Vale Academy ranks in the top 33% of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 25% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. The Aylesbury Vale Academy is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 72 first choices for 60 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.31 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 8.1%. There are about 17.7 pupils per teacher. The Aylesbury Vale Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.