Mandeville Upper School
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| Mandeville Upper School | |
| Established | 1960s |
|---|---|
| School type | Co-Educational Secondary School |
| Headteacher | Mr Peter Patchett |
| Location | Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
| Students | 850 |
| office@mandeville.bucks.sch.uk | |
| Website | www.mandeville.bucks.sch.uk |
Mandeville Upper School is a secondary school in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, built in the 1960s. There are approximately 850 students currently attending Mandeville, aged between 11 and 18 years.
As recently as 2000 the school had a reputation as a failing school. It failed OFSTED inpections and was forced to close to students for one day each week because of a lack of available teachers. However this was rectified very quickly only resulting in a single 4-day week.
However in 1996 a new headteacher with a reputation for turning failing schools around took over and the school saw significant changes. The level of students being excluded (either temporarily or permanently) from the school dropped and exam passes increased. In the GCSE exam results in 2004 the school achieved higher results than the two other secondary modern schools in Aylesbury.
In July 2004 the school was awarded specialist school status as a Sports College, an accolation reserved for the more successful schools in England. However because of its recent history the school still retains some of its old reputation, particularly in the local and national media.
