Report card · inspected Mar 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Strong standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 17 March 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 1 December 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry671 applications · 209 places offered · 186 named it first
- 2026 3.2; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2025 3.0; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2024 3.0; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
- 2023 3.1; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2022 3.0; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
- 2021 4.0; Buckinghamshire median median 4.0
- 2020 3.4; Buckinghamshire median median 3.4
- 2019 3.1; Buckinghamshire median median 3.3
- 2018 4.5; Buckinghamshire median median 3.6
- 2017 4.3; Buckinghamshire median median 3.2
- 2016 3.4; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2015 3.1; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
- 2014 3.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
- This school
- Buckinghamshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
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 | 209 | 671 | 3.2 | 186 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 209 | 621 | 3.0 | 184 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2024 | 212 | 641 | 3.0 | 201 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 209 | 643 | 3.1 | 203 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2022 | 209 | 635 | 3.0 | 223 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 | 200 | 802 | 4.0 | 158 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2020 | 195 | 668 | 3.4 | 201 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2019 | 202 | 619 | 3.1 | 190 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2018 | 140 | 631 | 4.5 | 166 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2017 | 146 | 624 | 4.3 | 181 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2016 | 154 | 520 | 3.4 | 127 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2015 | 147 | 455 | 3.1 | 67 | 0.46 |
| Sep 2014 | 139 | 531 | 3.8 | 120 | 0.86 |
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.) | 207 | 47.6 | 56% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | 203 | 47.1 | 53% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 207 | 49.6 | 56% | 78% | +0.40 |
| 2022/23 | 148 | 49.5 | 58% | 77% | +0.42 |
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
- Holmer Green Senior SchoolThis schoolThis school20263.2applications per place 47.6Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · BuckinghamshireSerious weaknesses Inadequate20220.8applications per place 35.1Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Buckinghamshire20263.5applications per place 51.9Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · BuckinghamshireImproved significantly20253.9applications per place 71.9Attainment 8 Selective
- 4.5 km · BuckinghamshireSome aspects not as strong20242.7applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 6.2 km · BuckinghamshireStandards maintained20243.6applications per place 76.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 6.6 km · Buckinghamshire20264.0applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · BuckinghamshireOutstanding20243.8applications per place 74.2Attainment 8 Selective
- 7.1 km · BuckinghamshireOutstanding20224.7applications per place 73.1Attainment 8 Selective
- 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
- 138058 · 825/4070
- Trust
- Holmer Green Senior School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 878 pupils · 1,244 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 April 2012
- Replaced
- Holmer Green Senior School (URN 110499)
- Address
- Parish Piece, Holmer Green, High Wycombe, HP15 6SP
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources