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John Colet School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 48 47.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
47.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
49.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
8.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.01 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 47.6[6] 47.1%[6]
2023/24 46.9[4] 46.1%[4] +0.01[4]
2022/23 46.5[7] 39%[7] +0.14[7]
2021/22 50.5[8] 55%[8] +0.12[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C-[10] 8.6%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 10.5%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 3.7%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 2.9%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
51% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
37% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 98%[15] 53%[15] 0%[15] 37%[15] 5%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 49%[16] 41%[16] 2%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 51%[17] 0%[17] 44%[17] 3%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 57%[18] 0%[18] 34%[18] 3%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
40% 2022/23[19]
Education
46% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
43% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[20] 52%[20] 52%[20] 7%[20] 35%[20]
2020/21 85%[21] 52%[21] 56%[21] 5%[21] 25%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 54%[22] 54%[22] 6%[22] 29%[22]
2018/19 93%[23] 29%[23] 34%[23] 9%[23] 50%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
62% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
12% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
6% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 59%[26] 16%[26]
2019/20 63%[25] 13%[25] 6%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 47%[27] 4%[27] 2%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 59%[28] 5%[28] 0%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
8 Oct 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
20 Nov 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
25 Feb 2020[30] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.6 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
447 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
169 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
174 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 415[32] 140[32] 166[32] 2.5[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2024 464[32] 171[32] 168[32] 2.8[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2023 544[32] 175[32] 176[32] 3.1[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2022 519[32] 175[32] 176[32] 2.9[32] 1.0[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
998[1]
Trust
JOHN COLET SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Buckinghamshire[1]
Website
www.johncolet.co.uk[1]
District
Buckinghamshire[33]
Postcode
HP22 6HF[1]
URN
137261[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1067 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
8.2% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
15.6% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
5.3% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
15.6% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
83.3%[35]
Mixed
5.8%[35]
Asian
6.8%[35]
Black
2.3%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.9%[35]
Unclassified
0.9%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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