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Cottesloe School

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The Cottesloe School, formerly known as Wing County Secondary School, is a co-educational secondary school located on the outskirts of Wing, Buckinghamshire, England. It occupies a large rural site with views of the countryside in one direction and overlooking Wing village and its Saxon church in the other. The school takes children from the age of eleven through to the age of eighteen. The school has 1300 students, of which over 170 are in the Sixth Form. The school serves a large rural catchment in the north of Buckinghamshire, as well as parts of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. Since 2009 the school has been oversubscribed at Year 7. The previous Ofsted report in 2009 stated; “A high proportion of parents responded to the parental questionnaire. The majority are positive about the work of the school, in particular the recent improvements. Parents value the support provided by the school for students.”

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Aylesbury Road
LU7 0NY , Wing
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