John Colet School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Buckinghamshire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Buckinghamshire's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 169 families put this school as their first choice, and 174 places were offered. 140 of the families who put it first got a place (83%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Before and after school

These clubs are registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:

• John Hampden Holiday Club, holiday club. Ofsted report
• Wendover Junior Holiday Camp, holiday club. Ofsted report
• Wendover Play Active Club. Ofsted report

Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.

Ofsted inspection

Short (ungraded) inspection, 9 October 2024: Standards maintained.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1014 (capacity 998)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

JOHN COLET SCHOOL

Phone

01296623348

Address

Wharf Road, Wendover, Aylesbury, HP22 6HF

Website

johncolet.co.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports