Pioneer Secondary Academy

Free schools·Secondary school Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire·SL2 4QB
Composite score
62.2
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#942
National rank
#172
In South East
#17
In Buckinghamshire
Top 30%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
49.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
55%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
75%
% EBacc grade 5+
8%
EBacc average points score
4.17

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
88 first choices, 128 places
First choices per place
0.69
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
207
any preference, for 128 places
Applications from another council area
70%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.23
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a20220.4720230.5220240.9220250.692026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Pioneer Secondary Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
625
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Sikh
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
53.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
5.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
16.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£5,882
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
97%
93 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
94%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Pioneer Secondary Academy

Pioneer Secondary Academy is a secondary school in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a free school with a Sikh religious character. Around 625 pupils aged 11 to 19 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 49.8, above the national average of 46. Results have held broadly steady on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 30% of secondary schools nationally.

55% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 75% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Pioneer Secondary Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 88 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 97% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.1%. There are about 17.5 pupils per teacher. Pioneer Secondary 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.

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