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Desborough College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 45 44.6 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
44.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
39.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
7.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.17 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 45.7[6] 53.5%[6]
2023/24 44.9[4] 52.3%[4] -0.17[4]
2022/23 49[7] 54%[7] +0.06[7]
2021/22 52.3[8] 62%[8] +0.11[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
8.7% 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] 7.5%[10]
2022/23 D[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 5.7%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 7.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
42% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
18% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
31% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 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] 52%[15] 17%[15] 25%[15] 1%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 56%[16] 9%[16] 27%[16] 3%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 54%[17] 4%[17] 33%[17] 1%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 50%[18] 6%[18] 34%[18] 5%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
81% 2022/23[19]
Education
33% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
11% 2022/23[19]
Employment
37% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[20] 70%[20] 7%[20] 13%[20]
2020/21 94%[21] 69%[21] 9%[21] 17%[21]
2019/20 94%[22] 74%[22] 6%[22] 15%[22]
2018/19 95%[23] 69%[23] 9%[23] 17%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
78% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
2% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
16% 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 71%[26] 31%[26]
2019/20 81%[25] 19%[25] 16%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 73%[27] 14%[27] 13%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 62%[28] 9%[28] 9%[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
16 May 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
1 Jul 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
12 Feb 2019[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
6.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
493 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
48 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
75 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 281[31] 65[31] 103[31] 2.7[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2024 296[31] 54[31] 94[31] 3.1[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2023 292[31] 77[31] 144[31] 2.0[31] 0.5[31]
Entry Sept 2022 312[31] 101[31] 136[31] 2.3[31] 0.7[31]

Admissions

Application deadline, 11+ entry
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[32]
Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
180 Entry Sept 2027[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1140[1]
Trust
PIONEER EDUCATIONAL TRUST[1]
Local authority
Windsor and Maidenhead[1]
Website
http://www.desborough.org.uk/[1]
District
Windsor and Maidenhead[33]
Postcode
SL6 2QB[1]
URN
138879[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
578 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
21.1% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
7.6% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
2.9% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
18% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
49%[35]
Mixed
12.6%[35]
Asian
30.6%[35]
Black
2.8%[35]
Any other ethnic group
4.1%[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

  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.
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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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  32. desborough.org.uk: desborough.org.uk — Dc admissions arrangements 2027-28 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    The closing date for receipt of applications by the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead for admission into Year 7 in September 2027 will be 31st October 2026. (p. 1)
    The school's Published Admissions Number (PAN) for Year 7 Entry in September 2027 is 180. (p. 1)
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