Pioneer Secondary Academy[1]
Secondary · ages 11–19
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 54 54.2 2025/26[2]
- A-level average grade
- AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 54.2 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 59.1% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 24.5% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- +0.27 2023/24[4]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[5]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[5]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 49.8[6] | 55.4%[6] | ||
| 2023/24 | 50[4] | 55%[4] | +0.27[4] | |
| 2022/23 | 45.6[7] | 41%[7] | +0.27[7] |
A level (16–18)
- A-level average grade
- D+ 2024/25[3]
- AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
- 0% 2024/25[3]
| Year | A-level average grade | AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | D[8] | 7.7%[8] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 97% 2022/23[9]
- School sixth form
- 62% 2022/23[9]
- Sixth-form college
- 0% 2022/23[9]
- Further education college
- 31% 2022/23[9]
- Apprenticeship
- 2% 2022/23[9]
- Employment
- 1% 2022/23[9]
Destinations after 16–18 study
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 68% 2022/23[10]
- UK higher education
- 42% 2022/23[10]
- Education
- 50% 2022/23[10]
- Apprenticeship
- 0% 2022/23[10]
- Employment
- 18% 2022/23[10]
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 Sep 2024[11]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[11]
- Report published
- 3 Nov 2024[11]
- Personal development
- Outstanding[11]
- Quality of education
- Good[11]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding[11]
- Safeguarding is effective?
- Yes[11]
- Sixth form provision (where applicable)
- Good[11]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good[11]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 1.6 Entry Sept 2026[12]
- Applications (any preference)
- 207 Entry Sept 2026[12]
- First preferences
- 88 Entry Sept 2026[12]
- Places offered
- 128 Entry Sept 2026[12]
- First preferences per place
- 0.7 Entry Sept 2026[12]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 228[12] | 107[12] | 117[12] | 1.9[12] | 0.9[12] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 170[12] | 69[12] | 134[12] | 1.3[12] | 0.5[12] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 128[12] | 55[12] | 116[12] | 1.1[12] | 0.5[12] |
Admissions
- Places (published admission number)
- 120 Entry Sept 2027[13]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Free schools[1]
- Ages
- 11–19[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Faith
- Sikh[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 840[1]
- Trust
- SIKH ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire[1]
- Website
- www.pioneersecondaryacademy.com[1]
- District
- Buckinghamshire[14]
- Postcode
- SL2 4QB[1]
- URN
- 149204[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 625 2024/25[15]
- English as an additional language
- 53% 2024/25[15]
- SEN support
- 5.8% 2024/25[15]
- EHC plan
- 1.9% 2024/25[15]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 15.3% 2024/25[15]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 3.8%[16]
- Mixed
- 12.1%[16]
- Asian
- 82%[16]
- Black
- 0.2%[16]
- Any other ethnic group
- 1.5%[16]
- Unclassified
- 0.5%[16]
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: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. 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.
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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.
- 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: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, 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: 16-18 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. 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.
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pioneersecondaryacademy.com: pioneersecondaryacademy.com — S1 PSA Admissions Policy 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16.
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Admissions Number The school's pupil admissions number (PAN) is 120 per year. 2 If you wish to apply to any other year group, please apply to the school directly.
- 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.