Education
Aylesbury is home to one College of General Further Education (Aylesbury College on Oxford Road), three grammar schools, two community upper schools, an academy and a host of primary schools. The secondary schools are:
- Aylesbury Grammar School (boys only)
- Aylesbury High School (girls only)
- The Aylesbury Vale Academy
- The Grange School
- Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School
- Mandeville Upper School
There are also the following special schools, that teach secondary school age children with learning disabilities:
- Pebble Brook School
- Stocklake Park Community School, formerly Park School
The Aylesbury Vale Secondary Support Centre is a Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), which caters for permanently excluded students.
Another large educational establishment in Aylesbury is the Aylesbury Music Centre, which has its own premises adjoining Aylesbury High School.
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