Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in BuckinghamshireSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry447 applications · 178 places offered · 180 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2025 2.7; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2024 3.0; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
- 2023 2.2; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
- 2022 1.7; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
- 2021 1.9; Buckinghamshire median median 4.0
- 2020 1.7; Buckinghamshire median median 3.4
- 2019 1.6; Buckinghamshire median median 3.3
- 2018 1.6; Buckinghamshire median median 3.6; as the previous school
- 2017 1.8; Buckinghamshire median median 3.2; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2015 2.1; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2014 2.2; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
- This school
- Buckinghamshire median
Dashed bars: as Princes Risborough School (URN 137372), Princes Risborough (URN 110489), the previous school.
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 | 178 | 447 | 2.5 | 180 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2025 | 167 | 447 | 2.7 | 161 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2024 | 179 | 540 | 3.0 | 194 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2023 | 200 | 443 | 2.2 | 168 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2022 | 226 | 386 | 1.7 | 123 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2021 | 207 | 382 | 1.9 | 77 | 0.37 |
| Sep 2020 | 188 | 321 | 1.7 | 103 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2019 | 206 | 331 | 1.6 | 87 | 0.42 |
| Sep 2018 * | 203 | 323 | 1.6 | 90 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2017 * | 196 | 357 | 1.8 | 108 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2016 * | 188 | 368 | 2.0 | 114 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2015 * | 193 | 411 | 2.1 | 132 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2014 * | 178 | 392 | 2.2 | 118 | 0.66 |
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.) | 167 | 43.8 | 44% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 156 | 40.3 | 29% | 52% | – |
| 2023/24 | 166 | 40.1 | 34% | 56% | −0.08 |
| 2022/23 | 165 | 42.6 | 40% | 58% | −0.07 |
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
- Princes Risborough SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20222.5applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 8.1 km · BuckinghamshireStandards maintained20242.6applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 8.9 km · Buckinghamshire20263.5applications per place 51.9Attainment 8
- 8.9 km · BuckinghamshireSerious weaknesses Graded · no overall grade20241.1applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 10.2 km · BuckinghamshireGood20242.4applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 10.4 km · BuckinghamshireOutstanding20245.2applications per place 74.3Attainment 8 Selective
- 10.4 km · BuckinghamshireRequires improvement202425.5Attainment 8
- 10.4 km · BuckinghamshireOutstanding20232.9applications per place 75.5Attainment 8 Selective
- 10.7 km · BuckinghamshireOutstanding20223.1applications per place 74.2Attainment 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
- 146377 · 825/4012
- Capacity
- 1,030 pupils · 1,083 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 September 2018
- Replaced
- Princes Risborough School (URN 137372); Princes Risborough (URN 110489)
- Address
- Merton Road, Princes Risborough, HP27 0DR
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources