Eton Dorney Independent Therapeutic School

Other independent special school · Mixed · ages 8–18Buckinghamshire SL4school website

A special school in Buckinghamshire for ages 8–18: the Department for Education has not published destination figures for it, so this page relies on the school’s own results and subjects.

Ofsted
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Places
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Pupils
39

Ofsted: Not covered by Ofsted school inspections. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Buckinghamshire’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 50 places.

GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

12.2Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school12.2
Buckinghamshire53.4
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 6 pupils in Year 11

17% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Buckinghamshire 59%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureThis schoolBuckinghamshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)12.253.446.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths17%59%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths33%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%43%41%
EBacc average point score0.674.794.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort—16%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils—34.534.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils—56.950.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language—19%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

30.49%of the Key Stage 3 and GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Language & Communication19%
Mathematics & Statistics19%
Social & Cultural Skills3%
Arts & Humanities3%
Natural Sciences0%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects3

Entries as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics583%88%—22%—
English Language467%89%—20%—
Religious Studies350%31%—32%—
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Language & Communication37%
Mathematics & Statistics28%
Natural Sciences19%
Green & Sustainability18%
Health & Safety18%
Transversal Skills15%
Digital & ICT Skills15%
Arts & Humanities12%
Engineering & Manufacturing8%
Social & Cultural Skills8%
Law & Public Administration7%
Business & Administration3%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

fraction 14.3percentage 9.0vocabulary 7.0ratio 7.0power 6.3translation 6.3equation 6.2root 6.0gradient 6.0formulae 5.5grammar 5.0particle model 5.0audience 4.7linear functions 4.5reflection 4.5area 4.5congruence 4.5pythagoras' theorem 4.5direct proportion 4.3inverse proportion 4.3volume 4.3photosynthesis 4.0change of state 4.0standard english 3.7

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses data collection, pythagoras' theorem, ratio from Mathematics, Computing, Design and Technology and 2 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses graph, pressure, solution from Mathematics, Design and Technology, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses graph, pressure, unit conversion from Mathematics, Mathematics, Science · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
More apprenticeships9
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses data collection, conduct field work, climate change from Computing, Geography, Science · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses integer, mean, data structure from English Language, Mathematics, Computing and 1 more · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Production assistant - screen and audioLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses punctuation, spelling, grammar from English, Modern Foreign Language · jobs: factory hand, supply chain assistant, management assistant
Battery manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses area, volume, unit conversion from Mathematics, Mathematics, Science · jobs: battery test technician
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses sampling technique, statistical technique, experimental design from Mathematics, Science · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
Junior visual effects - VFX artist or assistant technical director - ATDLevel 4 (higher) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses data collection, scale, computer systems from Computing, Design and Technology, Geography and 1 more · jobs: 3D modeller, technical director, animation layout artist
Water industry network technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses standard form, volume, unit conversion from Mathematics, Mathematics, Science · jobs: sewerage network operative, product quality inspector, sewerage maintenance technician
Manufacturing engineer (degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses force, component selection, electrical system from Design and Technology, Science · jobs: maintenance and repair engineer, industrial engineer, production engineer
Peer workerLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · health and science · uses power, modelling, online safety from Mathematics, Computing, Mathematics and 1 more · jobs: social work assistant
Admissions

How do you get a place?

Places at special schools are allocated through an Education, Health and Care plan with Buckinghamshire, not by distance.

  1. Any timeAsk Buckinghamshire’s SEND team to name the school in the child’s EHC plan; the school is consulted before a place is offered
Buckinghamshire

Compare with nearby schools

Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.