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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 26 February 2025Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
- 9 October 2019Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry701 applications · 182 places offered · 217 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 3.9; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2025 3.6; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2024 4.8; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
- 2023 8.5; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2022 5.6; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
- 2021 3.2; Buckinghamshire median median 4.0
- 2020 4.4; Buckinghamshire median median 3.4
- 2019 2.1; Buckinghamshire median median 3.3
- 2018 4.0; Buckinghamshire median median 3.6
- 2017 10.0; Buckinghamshire median median 3.2
- 2016 4.0; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2015 3.5; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
- 2014 3.5; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
- This school
- Buckinghamshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 182 | 701 | 3.9 | 217 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2025 | 185 | 668 | 3.6 | 213 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2024 | 8 | 38 | 4.8 | 10 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2023 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 7 | 3.50 |
| Sep 2022 | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 3 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2021 | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 7 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2020 | 8 | 35 | 4.4 | 17 | 2.13 |
| Sep 2019 | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 11 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2018 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 2.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 12 | 4.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 3 | 3.00 |
| Sep 2015 | 177 | 621 | 3.5 | 225 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2014 | 185 | 650 | 3.5 | 246 | 1.33 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 203 | 71.9 | 96% | 98% | – |
| 2024/25 | 207 | 73.9 | 98% | 100% | – |
| 2023/24 | 202 | 75.1 | 99% | 100% | +1.13 |
| 2022/23 | 203 | 76.0 | 99% | 100% | +0.96 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Royal Grammar School, High WycombeThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20253.9applications per place 71.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 1.6 km · BuckinghamshireSome aspects not as strong20242.7applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · BuckinghamshireSerious weaknesses Inadequate20220.8applications per place 35.1Attainment 8
- 2.8 km · Buckinghamshire20264.0applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · BuckinghamshireOutstanding20243.8applications per place 74.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.2 km · BuckinghamshireOutstanding20224.7applications per place 73.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.9 km · Buckinghamshire20263.2applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · BuckinghamshireRemains Good20243.1applications per place 44.3Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · Buckinghamshire20263.5applications per place 51.9Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136484 · 825/5404
- Trust
- Royal Grammar School High Wycombe
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 1,371 pupils · 1,451 on roll
- Free school meals
- 5.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 February 2011
- Replaced
- The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe (URN 110530)
- Address
- Amersham Road, High Wycombe, HP13 6QT
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources