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The Cottesloe School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 47 46.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
46.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
45.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
9.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.11 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 45.4[6] 44.1%[6]
2023/24 45.6[4] 45.5%[4] +0.11[4]
2022/23 46.5[7] 42%[7] +0.16[7]
2021/22 48.9[8] 49%[8] +0.04[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
5% 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] 6.3%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 5.6%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 28.6%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
43% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
40% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
4% 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 96%[15] 45%[15] 0%[15] 44%[15] 5%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 53%[16] 0%[16] 38%[16] 2%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 51%[17] 0%[17] 43%[17] 1%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 46%[18] 0%[18] 41%[18] 4%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[19]
Education
63% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
30% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 86%[20] 53%[20] 7%[20] 26%[20]
2020/21 91%[21] 56%[21] 11%[21] 25%[21]
2019/20 87%[22] 56%[22] 6%[22] 26%[22]
2018/19 88%[23] 60%[23] 5%[23] 22%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
65% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
18% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
14% 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 69%[26] 24%[26]
2019/20 77%[25] 20%[25] 14%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 73%[27] 11%[27] 9%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 67%[28] 9%[28] 6%[28] 1%[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
17 Mar 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
11 May 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
Strong standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
9 Nov 2021[30] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
431 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
217 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
203 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 423[32] 209[32] 231[32] 1.8[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2024 413[32] 193[32] 213[32] 1.9[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2023 414[32] 194[32] 190[32] 2.2[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2022 414[32] 203[32] 198[32] 2.1[32] 1.0[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Foundation school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1105[1]
Local authority
Buckinghamshire[1]
Website
http://www.cottesloe.bucks.sch.uk/[1]
District
Buckinghamshire[33]
Postcode
LU7 0NY[1]
URN
110533[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1141 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
2.3% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
13.9% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
5.3% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
15.3% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
93.7%[35]
Mixed
3.1%[35]
Asian
1.3%[35]
Black
1.3%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.2%[35]
Unclassified
0.5%[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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    Quote
    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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