The Misbourne School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 52 51.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 51.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 56.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 14% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.30 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	Progress 8
2024/25	50.8[6]	52.7%[6]
2023/24	48.4[4]	53.4%[4]	+0.30[4]
2022/23	49.1[7]	53%[7]	+0.26[7]
2021/22	49.8[8]	50%[8]	+0.08[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 12% 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]	2.6%[10]
2022/23	C[11]	4.7%[11]
2021/22	C+[12]	11.3%[12]
2018/19	C-[13]	6.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 52% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 10% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 27% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 1% 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	94%[15]	50%[15]	6%[15]	31%[15]	2%[15]	5%[15]
2020/21	95%[16]	57%[16]	6%[16]	25%[16]	3%[16]	3%[16]
2019/20	98%[17]	59%[17]	2%[17]	28%[17]	4%[17]	2%[17]
2018/19	97%[18]	52%[18]	6%[18]	29%[18]	3%[18]	5%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 90% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education: 44% 2022/23[19]
Education: 47% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 5% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 39% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	89%[20]	52%[20]	53%[20]	6%[20]	30%[20]
2020/21	86%[21]	48%[21]	49%[21]	7%[21]	30%[21]
2019/20	81%[22]	50%[22]	52%[22]	8%[22]	21%[22]
2018/19	88%[23]	39%[23]	43%[23]	6%[23]	39%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 73% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 27% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 11% 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	68%[26]	28%[26]
2019/20	62%[25]	15%[25]	11%[25]	0%[25]
2018/19	57%[27]	5%[27]	5%[27]	0%[27]
2017/18	44%[28]	7%[28]	7%[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: 28 Apr 2026[29]
Type: S5 Inspection[29]
Report published: 15 Jun 2026[29]
Inclusion: Expected standard[29]
Achievement: Expected standard[29]
Safeguarding standards: Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard[29]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable): Expected standard[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
24 May 2022[30]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30]	No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 3.5 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 596 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 191 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 171 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 1.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	626[31]	195[31]	170[31]	3.7[31]	1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2024	618[31]	208[31]	167[31]	3.7[31]	1.2[31]
Entry Sept 2023	657[31]	205[31]	204[31]	3.2[31]	1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2022	593[31]	181[31]	168[31]	3.5[31]	1.1[31]

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: 1096[1]
Trust: THE MISBOURNE[1]
Local authority: Buckinghamshire[1]
Website: www.themisbourne.co.uk [1]
District: Buckinghamshire [32]
Postcode: HP16 0BN[1]
URN: 145322[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1126 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 5.7% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 17.1% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 4% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 12.7% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 84.3%[34]
Mixed: 7%[34]
Asian: 6.5%[34]
Black: 0.7%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 0.7%[34]
Unclassified: 0.7%[34]

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.

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