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Pioneer Secondary Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 54 54.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
54.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
59.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
24.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.27 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 49.8[6] 55.4%[6]
2023/24 50[4] 55%[4] +0.27[4]
2022/23 45.6[7] 41%[7] +0.27[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2024/25[3]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2022/23 D[8] 7.7%[8]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[9]
School sixth form
62% 2022/23[9]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[9]
Further education college
31% 2022/23[9]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[9]
Employment
1% 2022/23[9]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
68% 2022/23[10]
Education
50% 2022/23[10]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[10]
Employment
18% 2022/23[10]

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
24 Sep 2024[11]
Type
S5 Inspection[11]
Report published
3 Nov 2024[11]
Personal development
Outstanding[11]
Quality of education
Good[11]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[11]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[11]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[11]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[11]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.6 Entry Sept 2026[12]
Applications (any preference)
207 Entry Sept 2026[12]
First preferences
88 Entry Sept 2026[12]
Places offered
128 Entry Sept 2026[12]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[12]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 228[12] 107[12] 117[12] 1.9[12] 0.9[12]
Entry Sept 2024 170[12] 69[12] 134[12] 1.3[12] 0.5[12]
Entry Sept 2023 128[12] 55[12] 116[12] 1.1[12] 0.5[12]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
120 Entry Sept 2027[13]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Sikh[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
840[1]
Trust
SIKH ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Buckinghamshire[1]
Website
www.pioneersecondaryacademy.com[1]
District
Buckinghamshire[14]
Postcode
SL2 4QB[1]
URN
149204[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
625 2024/25[15]
English as an additional language
53% 2024/25[15]
SEN support
5.8% 2024/25[15]
EHC plan
1.9% 2024/25[15]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
15.3% 2024/25[15]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
3.8%[16]
Mixed
12.1%[16]
Asian
82%[16]
Black
0.2%[16]
Any other ethnic group
1.5%[16]
Unclassified
0.5%[16]

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

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. pioneersecondaryacademy.com: pioneersecondaryacademy.com — S1 PSA Admissions Policy 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    Admissions Number The school's pupil admissions number (PAN) is 120 per year. 2 If you wish to apply to any other year group, please apply to the school directly.
  14. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.