The Cottesloe School is a secondary school located in Leighton Buzzard. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 08/07/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.1%, which is 1.1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Aylesbury Road, Leighton Buzzard

School Information

Address: Aylesbury Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 0NY
Website: http://www.cottesloe.bucks.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01296688264
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Buckinghamshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Simon Jones
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 110533

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 08/07/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1105
Number of Pupils: 1079
Number of Boys: 544
Number of Girls: 535

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 10.2% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.05 Confidence interval -0.25 to 0.14
Of the 175 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 170 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:35%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:96%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:39%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:46
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.96
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Overstone Combined School
Church Street , Wing LU7 0NY 		3out of 4 266 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Cottesloe School
Aylesbury Road , Wing LU7 0NY 		3out of 4 0 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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