Akeley Wood Senior School
Other independent school · Mixed · Buckinghamshire
Akeley Wood Senior School, MK18 5AE
79
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
380
Capacity used
Has space55%
690 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Jonathan Stevens
- Address
- Akeley Wood Senior School, Bycell Road, MK18 5AE
- Phone
- 01280814110
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Ward / constituency
- Buckingham · Buckingham and Bletchley
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 110536
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 28% | — | — |
380 pupils · 690 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 55.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 59% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 69% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.90 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 30.96 | — | — |
Average grade: C (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 40.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 53.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 20.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.08 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 84 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 30.87 | 35 |
| Average grade | C | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 4.3% | 17% |
| A-level students | 25 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 83 | 20% | 66% | 93% | |
| Combined Science | 66 | 11% | 48% | 77% | |
| English Language | 48 | 21% | 75% | 94% | |
| English Literature | 48 | 17% | 79% | 92% | |
| Physical Education | 40 | 3% | 25% | 55% | |
| Business | 34 | 9% | 62% | 79% | |
| History | 31 | 29% | 68% | 81% | |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 29 | 3% | 59% | 76% | |
| Geography | 24 | 33% | 75% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 24 | 42% | 79% | 96% | |
| Design & Technology | 24 | 21% | 54% | 79% | |
| Computer Science | 22 | 32% | 64% | 91% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 9 | 11% | 22% | 33% | |
| History | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33% | |
| Business Studies | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% | |
| Economics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Government and Politics | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Fine Art | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Psychology | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Computer Science | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Literature | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 12266: Akeley Wood Senior School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.