Aylesbury High School A GSG 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: 1,362; sixth formers: 431
- Religion: Does not apply
- Open days: Please see school website for details.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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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 Good Schools Guide says..
‘There’s no teaching to the middle like at primary school, because all these girls were top of their classes.’ The largest Duke of Edinburgh school in the south-east, in terms of participation; World Challenge on offer, too. Equestrian team competed at national finals in 2023. Footballers are going on tour to Valencia this year. Lots of students play for local clubs at the weekends. Progress 8 score of 0.91 shows that pupils here make ‘well above average’ progress from the end of primary school to their GCSEs; unsurprisingly...
What the school says...
At AHS, we are incredibly proud of our independent, strong and confident, uniquely talented students. We are unashamedly ambitious for all in our community. We have outstandingly high expectations, evidenced by our students excelling academically and flourishing into well-rounded individuals. Students are encouraged to embrace the wide-ranging dynamic personal development opportunities, including the over 700 leadership roles, and engage with our meticulously crafted curriculum which ensures that they build knowledge and skills at an impressive rate. In our calm and joyful school, our students evidence our AHS values and are our greatest ambassadors. Ultimately, we are a very happy school. ...Read more
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School associations
State grammar school
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since March 2023, Marieke Forster (acting head from September 2022). Studied biology at Imperial before spending three years on the Marks & Spencer graduate programme. Decided to change tack, completing her PGCE at Kingston and then 14 years at Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe. Joined AHS as deputy head in 2021.
An Ofsted inspector herself, it’s no wonder she’s flying high after AHS’s recent inspection: ‘Outstanding’ in all areas. ‘It’s really heartening to have Ofsted come in and recognise our hard work,’ she says smiling.
Developing provision for wellbeing and holistic support with current focus particularly on young carers and sensory needs. ‘The school is calm and joyful,’ she says, describing her pride at how ‘polite and thorough’ the girls were when their local MP visited. ‘Teenagers...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
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:
regularly
most years
quite often
infrequently
sometimes, but not in this year
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Berkhamsted Pre-Prep and Prep School | 2024 | 1 |
| Heatherton School | 2024 | 1 |
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