The Cottesloe School
Church Street, Aylesbury, LU7 0NY
1,190 pupils · 108% of 1,105 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 17.2%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Post-16 | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 17 March 2026, published 11 May 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 45.4 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 44.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 67.6% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 48.6% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.07 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 203 | 217 | 431 | 203 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 231 | 209 | 423 | 231 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 213 | 193 | 413 | 213 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 190 | 194 | 414 | 190 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 198 | 203 | 414 | 198 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 183 | 141 | 461 | 183 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 172 | 150 | 456 | 172 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 178 | 183 | 480 | 178 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Cedars Upper School 3.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Vandyke Upper School 6.5 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- The Kingsbrook School 8.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Lift Sir Herbert Leon 9.8 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Aylesbury Grammar School 10.3 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
- Aylesbury High School 10.5 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.