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Princes Risborough School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Merton Road, Princes Risborough HP27 0DR · princesrisborough.bucks.sch.uk · 01844 345496
On the mapSearch near HP27 0DR
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 40.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Buckinghamshire 53.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Buckinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,083
- 53 over 1,030 places · 105%
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 19.2%
- First language not English
- 12.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Buckinghamshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 180 families put the school first and 178 places were offered; 86% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 178 | 180 | 1▲ | 86% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 167 | 161 | 1 | 89% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 179 | 194 | 1.1▲ | 76% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 200 | 168 | 0.8 | 96% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 226 | 123 | 0.5 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.3, and 28.8% 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 C- (27.2 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼40.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼28.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼51.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼9.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.26 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 137372)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 41.6 | −6.1 |
| Sixth form college | 2.4 | −1.4 |
| Further education | 36.7 | +2.6 |
| Other education | 0.6 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 3 | −0.8 |
| Employment | 3.6 | +1.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7.8 | +2.5 |
| Activity not captured | 4.2 | +1.2 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 students | C- (27.2) | Below average -0.32 | |
| 81 students | C- (27.6) | Below average -0.30 | |
| 56 students | Merit+ (29.7) | Average -0.03 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 65 | C (28.5) | 0.00 |
| 2022/23 | 26 | C+ (31.9) | — |
| 2021/22 | 56 | C (31.2) | — |
| 2018/19 | 49 | C- (27) | -0.40 |
| 2017/18 | 57 | C (29.9) | -0.07 |
| 2016/17 | 56 | C (28.9) | -0.03 |
| 2015/16 | 47 | C- (26.5) | -0.09 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 63.8 | +23.2 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.5 | −1.8 |
| Employment | 27.5 | −14.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.3 | −3.8 |
Ofsted
Princes Risborough School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 1 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 1 Nov 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Sixth form | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, May 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 137372), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Inadequate 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 137372)
Mar 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 137372)
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (197 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 197
- 21% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied
based on 55 parents (28%) with SEND