The Mandeville School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 39 38.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 38.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 28.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 4.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.78 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	38.9[5]	29.4%[5]
2023/24	36.4[3]	31.3%[3]	-0.78[3]
2022/23	34.3[6]	25%[6]	-0.93[6]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: D 2022/23[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 88% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 22% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 59% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 4% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 3% 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	88%[9]	33%[9]	0%[9]	45%[9]	3%[9]	6%[9]
2020/21	95%[10]	42%[10]	0%[10]	44%[10]	6%[10]	3%[10]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 88% 2022/23[11]
Education: 60% 2022/23[11]
Apprenticeship: 4% 2022/23[11]
Employment: 23% 2022/23[11]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	88%[12]	56%[12]	8%[12]	23%[12]
2020/21	81%[13]	40%[13]	4%[13]	37%[13]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 53% 2021/22[14]
Top third of most selective universities: 2% 2021/22[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities
2020/21	45%[15]	6%[15]

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 Mar 2026[16]
Type: Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 2[16]
Report published: 17 May 2026[16]
Outcomes for legacy monitoring inspections: Leaders and governors/trustees are taking effective action to improve the school but continued work is needed to remove the serious weaknesses designation[16]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
19 Nov 2024[17]	S5 Inspection[17]	No overall grade[17]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 1.1 Entry Sept 2026[18]
Applications (any preference): 226 Entry Sept 2026[18]
First preferences: 92 Entry Sept 2026[18]
Places offered: 202 Entry Sept 2026[18]
First preferences per place: 0.5 Entry Sept 2026[18]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	251[18]	110[18]	222[18]	1.1[18]	0.5[18]
Entry Sept 2024	258[18]	106[18]	222[18]	1.2[18]	0.5[18]
Entry Sept 2023	277[18]	119[18]	208[18]	1.3[18]	0.6[18]
Entry Sept 2022	299[18]	134[18]	197[18]	1.5[18]	0.7[18]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1001[1]
Trust: INSIGNIS ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority: Buckinghamshire[1]
Website: www.mandeville.bucks.sch.uk [1]
District: Buckinghamshire [19]
Postcode: HP21 8ES[1]
URN: 148851[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1001 2024/25[20]
English as an additional language: 33.5% 2024/25[20]
SEN support: 18.4% 2024/25[20]
EHC plan: 3.3% 2024/25[20]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 27.7% 2024/25[20]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 48.4%[21]
Mixed: 9.6%[21]
Asian: 30.2%[21]
Black: 8.9%[21]
Any other ethnic group: 2.5%[21]
Unclassified: 0.3%[21]

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.
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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.
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