The Kingsbrook School
General Information
- Address: Armstrongs Fields, Aylesbury, HP22 7BR – View on map
- Phone: 01296761401
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Nancy Simpson
- Age range: 11-18 years
- Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 162 families put it first for 165 places – 10 for every 10 places. 84% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 11 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: Yes
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 150
- % eligible for free school meals: 19.8%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (similar to the Buckinghamshire average)
- English as an additional language: 18% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 10.7% a year (Buckinghamshire 17%, typical in England 15.5%) Low turnover
- Where they went: about 43% moved to another school, 57% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. "Low turnover" means it's among the quarter of similar schools in England where teachers are most likely to stay.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Buckinghamshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 79 (1.8 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 76 (1.8 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 32 (0.7 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state secondary schools in Buckinghamshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 8.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 20.9%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- SEN unit for Social, emotional and mental health 32 places · 23 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 19.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 10.7%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 36 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 28 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 25 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 17 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 14 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 24 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 21 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 15 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2025 report
An Attainment 8 score for this school hasn't been added yet.
Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,272 (2024-25)
7th of 36 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire for spending per pupil
- #5Chiltern Hills Academy£8,314
- #6Cressex Community School£8,291
- #7The Kingsbrook School£8,272
- #8Buckingham School£8,252
- #9Amersham School£8,194
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