Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 39 39.2 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 39.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 32.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 7.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.40 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	44.3[5]	44.8%[5]
2023/24	37.6[3]	31%[3]	-0.40[3]
2022/23	37.4[6]	24%[6]	-0.39[6]
2021/22	49.4[7]	49%[7]	+0.14[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 88% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 8% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 22% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 48% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 4% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 2% 2022/23[8]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	95%[9]	14%[9]	47%[9]	23%[9]	2%[9]	7%[9]
2020/21	96%[10]	12%[10]	38%[10]	38%[10]	5%[10]	4%[10]
2019/20	89%[11]	9%[11]	38%[11]	38%[11]	0%[11]	2%[11]
2018/19	93%[12]	19%[12]	41%[12]	24%[12]	4%[12]	5%[12]

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: 10 May 2022[13]
Type: Academy First Section 5[13]
Report published: 3 Jul 2022[13]
Personal development: Good[13]
Quality of education: Good[13]
Overall effectiveness: Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[13]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.5 Entry Sept 2026[14]
Applications (any preference): 200 Entry Sept 2026[14]
First preferences: 16 Entry Sept 2026[14]
Places offered: 79 Entry Sept 2026[14]
First preferences per place: 0.2 Entry Sept 2026[14]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	289[14]	57[14]	101[14]	2.9[14]	0.6[14]
Entry Sept 2024	410[14]	74[14]	125[14]	3.3[14]	0.6[14]
Entry Sept 2023	379[14]	104[14]	147[14]	2.6[14]	0.7[14]
Entry Sept 2022	357[14]	70[14]	164[14]	2.2[14]	0.4[14]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry: 120 Entry Sept 2027[15]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 934[1]
Trust: MAIDEN ERLEGH TRUST[1]
Local authority: Oxfordshire[1]
Website: www.maidenerleghchilternedge.co.uk [1]
District: South Oxfordshire [16]
Postcode: RG4 9LN[1]
URN: 146103[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 421 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language: 9.3% 2024/25[17]
SEN support: 29.5% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan: 6.4% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 24.7% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 79.1%[18]
Mixed: 8.8%[18]
Asian: 5.1%[18]
Black: 5.3%[18]
Any other ethnic group: 0.8%[18]
Unclassified: 0.8%[18]

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

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.
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
maidenerleghchilternedge.co.uk: maidenerleghchilternedge.co.uk document (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
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Published admission number (PAN) The admission number for entry to Year 7 each academic year will be 120. (p. 1)
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.