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Aylesbury Grammar School vs Royal Latin School

Both are grammar schools in Buckinghamshire, 14.7 miles apart. Side-by-side on official DfE, Ofsted and council admissions data.

Side by side

Aylesbury Grammar School Royal Latin School
Phase Secondary Secondary
Gender Boys Mixed
Pupils on roll 1,346 1,326
Free school meals 6.9% 4.7%
Ofsted rating Outstanding Good
Attainment 8 — 2025/26 74.2 75
11+ test board GL Assessment Not published
Admission system pass/fail then criteria order Non-selective — indicative Buckinghamshire catchment_based oversubscription template (academies may set their own order)
Places offered — 202627 183 179
First preferences per place — higher means more competition for a first-preference place 1.6 1.7

Qualifying scores

Aylesbury Grammar School

121 (2026 entry)

Standardised score ≥ 121 qualifies for grammar school consideration. Qualifying does not guarantee a place; schools apply own oversubscription criteria after qualification.

Council source ↗

Royal Latin School

121 (2026 entry)

Standardised score ≥ 121 qualifies for grammar school consideration. Qualifying does not guarantee a place; schools apply own oversubscription criteria after qualification.

Council source ↗

Who gets priority

Where a school is oversubscribed, these are the first criteria applied, in order. This is usually what decides an application.

Aylesbury Grammar School

  1. Looked after children and previously looked after children (adopted, special guardianship, child arrangements order)
  2. Up to 6 places: Pupil Premium children in catchment (or LAC anywhere) with STT score 115–120 (just below qualifying threshold)
  3. Catchment area children eligible for Pupil Premium
  4. Siblings of children currently on roll at the school (Years 7–10)
  5. Siblings of children on roll at the school's partner school (e.g. Aylesbury High School for Aylesbury Grammar)
  6. Siblings of children who have previously been on roll at the school

Source: school admissions policy.

Royal Latin School

  1. Children looked after by a local authority and previously looked after children (including those who appear to the admission authority to have been in state car
  2. Children with an exceptional medical or social need to attend this particular school, supported by written professional evidence (where the LA or school include
  3. Children living in the school's catchment / priority admission / designated / normal / geographical priority area (terminology varies by LA). Living in the area
  4. Children who will have a sibling on the roll of the school (or a linked infant/junior school, where the published arrangements say so) at the time of admission.
  5. Children living nearest to the school, measured by the method in the published admission arrangements (commonly straight-line or shortest safe walking route fro

Source: la_default admissions policy.

Choosing between them

Aylesbury Grammar School is a boys school and Royal Latin School is a mixed school, so for many families the starting point is which one can admit their child. The figures on this page are the published ones — they describe intakes and results, not what either school would be like for your child. The right choice depends on your family's own priorities and circumstances.

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