Pioneer Secondary Academy is a secondary free school in Stoke Poges, United Kingdom with 612 pupils, part of Sikh Academies Trust. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Teacher of Personal development (closes 11 November). Its academy trust holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas.
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Shilain Keshani
Trust or group
Sikh Academies Trust
Type
Free school, Secondary
Pupils
612 pupils · 47% girls · 11.3% eligible for free school meals · 48.2% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
30 (4.9%) on SEN support · 16 (2.6%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Location
Stoke Poges, SL2 4QB, United Kingdom
Telephone
01753662009
Visa sponsorship
Its academy trust holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas (rated A), as Sikh Academies Trust. Register of licensed sponsors, 5 November 2026. A licence means the employer can sponsor; each advert says whether a post does.
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Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
54.2
59.1%
2024/25
49.8
55.4%
2023/24
50.0
55.0%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
31.7
19.3
–
0
£56,010
2024/25
35.7
17.5
25%
0
£51,880
2023/24
32.2
17.4
38%
0
£51,446
2022/23
37.0
14.1
37%
0
£47,955
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
5.9%
2.1%
18.0%
3.3%
2024/25
5.9%
1.9%
17.1%
1.2%
2023/24
6.3%
2.8%
17.9%
2.2%
2022/23
6.7%
2.4%
19.2%
1.6%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
5 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 5 teaching. Most often advertised: Teacher of Science (2), Exam Officer, Teacher of Art. Last advertised September 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.