The Misbourne School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 25 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Unique reference
145322
Address
Misbourne Drive, HP16 0BN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1095 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
5.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
10%
Persistent absence
23.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.8%
Mixed 6.8%
Other White 5.1%
Pakistani 4.7%
Unclassified 1.1%
Other Asian 1%
Indian 0.7%
Irish 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
African 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Other 0.5%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 60%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.1
Local authority average 54.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.14
Local authority average 4.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award18
Art & DesignGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE62
Business Studies:SingleGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE62
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE28
English LanguageGCSE178
English LiteratureGCSE178
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Misbourne School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
167
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
208
2nd preference
173
3rd preference
116
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
144
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
13
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
210
92
118
Year 8
180
102
78
Year 9
177
95
82
Year 10
170
87
83
Year 11
178
87
91
Year 12
101
54
47
Year 13
79
50
29
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
92.4%
86.5%
Further education
25.0%
20.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
57.0%
66.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
1.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
2.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
62.0%
76.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
15.0%
39.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
35.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
2.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020