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Wycombe High School

Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Marlow Road, High Wycombe HP11 1TB · whs.bucks.sch.uk · 01494 523961

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Overview

Ofsted
Outstanding
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
73.9
average Attainment 8 score. Buckinghamshire 53.4, England 46
Last distance offered
8.05 mi
12.96 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Priority Area B · Buckinghamshire Council
Demand for places
1.4
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,371
106 over 1,265 places · 108%
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Selective
Free school meals
9.3%
First language not English
20.7%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Wycombe High School Academies Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered under “Priority Area B” went to a home 8.05 mi (12.96 km) from the school. Source: Buckinghamshire Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 263 families put the school first and 190 places were offered; 60% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 219 (Places 190)219September 2023: 219 (Places 193)219September 2024: 244 (Places 191)244September 2025: 227 (Places 191)227September 2026: 263 (Places 190)263Places 190
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261902631.4▲60%
September 2025Sept 20251912271.2▲67%
September 2024Sept 20241912441.3▲70%
September 2023Sept 20231932191.1▲70%
September 2022Sept 20221902191.2▲71%

Last distance offered

Year 7 – Priority Area BDistance
September 20268.05 mi12.96 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 73.9, and 96.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Buckinghamshire it was 53.4, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B+ (42.2 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 72.6 (England 46.3)72.62017/18: 72.7 (England 46.5)72.72018/19: 76.3 (England 46.7)76.32021/22: 79.4 (England 48.8)79.42022/23: 74.6 (England 46.3)74.62023/24: 75.5 (England 45.9)75.52024/25: 73.9 (England 46.0)73.9England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲73.946.0
▲96.8%45.4%
▲99.5%64.8%
▲96.3%40.5%
▲7.164.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form96.7+8.1
Sixth form college1.7−2.6
Other education0.6−2.1
Not in a lasting destination0.6—
Activity not captured0.6+0.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 40.3 (England 30.5)B2016/17: 41.0 (England 31.1)B2017/18: 37.9 (England 32.1)B-2018/19: 41.6 (England 32.9)B2021/22: 47.2 (England 37.9)A-2022/23: 43.6 (England 34.2)B+2023/24: 42.0 (England 34.4)B+2024/25: 42.2 (England 35.0)B+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
195 studentsB+ (42.2)Average -0.01
195 studentsB+ (42.4)Average 0.00
27.7%AAB or better
99.5%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24183B+ (42)-0.15
2022/23194B+ (43.6)—
2021/22172A- (47.2)—
2018/19183B (41.6)-0.09
2017/18186B- (37.9)-0.33
2016/17216B (41)-0.19
2015/16195B (40.3)-0.16

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University76.1−2.4
Other education1.1−2.4
Apprenticeship4.9+3.7
Employment12−0.2
Not in a lasting destination2.7−0.2
Activity not captured3.3+1.6

Ofsted

Wycombe High School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 30 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Outstanding
Inspected
30 Apr 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2012

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Jun 2012Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Apr 2007Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

What parents said

92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (314 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
92%
Replies
314
24% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school▲93% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲98% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲96% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲97% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲95% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼69% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲90% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●91% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲100% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▲91% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲85% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 61% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼44% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 25% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲81% agreeEngland 68%

based on 38 parents (12%) with SEND

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