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Furze Down School

Special schoolAges 4–19CommunitySixth form

Winslow, MK18 3BL · Buckinghamshire local authority

Winslow’s School Grade C− better than 24% of towns in England

How full
223 pupils
101% of its 220 places
Free school meals
32%
32 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Furze Down School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, February 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (MK18 3) sold for a median £410,000; Winslow’s is £403,750

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 24 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools Furze Down beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 0.8

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Buckinghamshire avg 55.8

20304050607080England avg 47.3Furze Down 0.8

Grade 5+ in English and maths 0%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Buckinghamshire avg 63%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%Furze Down 0%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24
1.8
2024/25
1.9
2025/26
0.8

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-1.50: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025/26

Attainment 8 for the 11 pupils DfE counts as disadvantaged (free school meals in the last 6 years, or looked after) and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
1.1England 38.6
Not disadvantaged
0.6England 50.6
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%
England’s schools 66% · Buckinghamshire 77% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

219 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
3.7%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
34.2%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 29%Boys 71%
Its letter

No letter for Furze Down School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding, February 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Furze Down School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in MK18 3, the school’s postcode sector

Winslow property prices →
£410,000
median sale, 344 sales in 36 months · Winslow £403,750

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K2010201520202025MK18 3Winslow
MK18 3Winslow

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£536K
Semi-detached
£380K
Terraced
£295K
Flat
£198K
MK18 3Winslow

Homes in MK18 3 sell for about the same as Winslow’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

2 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC−CFurze Down School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Winslow, MK18 3BL

Furze Down School: common questions

What is Furze Down School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (February 2024).

How much do houses cost near Furze Down School?

Homes in its postcode sector, MK18 3, sold for a median £410,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (344 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Winslow’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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