The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe - weekly boarding place

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 10 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Unique reference
136484
Address
Amersham Road, HP13 6QT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1418 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
31.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
4.2%
Persistent absence
10.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
3.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 40.3%
Indian 17%
Pakistani 12.8%
Mixed 8.3%
Other Asian 8.3%
Other White 4.2%
Unclassified 2.5%
African 2.4%
Chinese 1.8%
Other 1%
Irish 0.6%
Other Black 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.96
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 89%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 99%
Local authority average 60%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 76
Local authority average 54.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.39
Local authority average 4.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE24
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE19
AstronomyGCSE1
BiologyGCSE202
ChemistryGCSE200
Classical CivilisationGCSE12
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE81
Design & TechnologyGCSE52
English LanguageGCSE202
English LiteratureGCSE201
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
182
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
207
2nd preference
171
3rd preference
124
From another Local Authority
100
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
159
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)

The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe - weekly boarding place

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
8
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
10
2nd preference
6
3rd preference
6
From another Local Authority
30
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
7
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
194
194
0
Year 8
198
198
0
Year 9
204
204
0
Year 10
208
208
0
Year 11
201
201
0
Year 12
204
204
0
Year 13
209
209
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
100.0%
92.4%
86.5%
Further education
2.0%
20.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
97.0%
66.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
2.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
87.0%
76.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
67.0%
39.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
57.0%
35.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
11.0%
2.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020