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St Michael's Catholic School

  • 3–19Ages
  • 2,414Pupils
  • All-throughPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 149612URN

Daws Hill Lane, High Wycombe, HP11 1PW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.0per place
0.9 above Buckinghamshire median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BuckinghamshireSelective

463 applications for 115 places · 8th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
48.7of 90
19th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 February 2026Published 19 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected 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.

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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 entry
4.0applications per place, Year 7
0.9 above Buckinghamshire median (3.1) 1.8 above England median (2.2)

463 applications · 115 places offered · 106 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 4.0; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  2. 2025 3.1; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  3. 2024 2.9; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
  4. 2023 3.5; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1; as the previous school
  5. 2022 3.9; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0; as the previous school
  6. 2021 3.6; Buckinghamshire median median 4.0; as the previous school
  7. 2020 3.8; Buckinghamshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
  8. 2019 3.5; Buckinghamshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
  9. 2018 3.4; Buckinghamshire median median 3.6; as the previous school
  10. 2017 3.3; Buckinghamshire median median 3.2; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.7; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median

Dashed bars: as St Michael's Catholic School (URN 110516), St Augustine's Catholic Primary School (URN 110474), the previous school.

Reception entry, September 2026: 2.3 per place (105 applications for 46 places).

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261154634.01060.92
Sep 20252698343.12330.87
Sep 20242888242.92400.83
Sep 2023 *1134003.5900.80
Sep 2022 *993863.9940.95
Sep 2021 *1073903.6640.60
Sep 2020 *1084053.8970.90
Sep 2019 *2528703.52911.15
Sep 2018 *1133883.41000.88
Sep 2017 *1073483.3930.87
Sep 2016 *1193252.7880.74
Sep 2015 *1093042.8860.79
Sep 2014 *722763.8650.90

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

366 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)48.719th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths46%22nd of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths71%
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.33
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)36648.746%71%–
2024/2533249.146%68%–
2023/2429448.349%70%+0.33
2022/23 *25850.550%72%+0.57

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

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
All-through
URN · DfE number
149612 · 825/4701
Trust
St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
2,220 pupils · 2,414 on roll
Free school meals
20.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 April 2023
Replaced
St Michael's Catholic School (URN 110516); St Augustine's Catholic Primary School (URN 110474)
Address
Daws Hill Lane, High Wycombe, HP11 1PW
Local authority
Buckinghamshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources