Wycombe High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 1 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
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
136723
Address
Marlow Road, HP11 1TB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1322 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
16.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
4.8%
Persistent absence
6.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
1.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 37.1%
Pakistani 18.9%
Indian 18.4%
Mixed 7.1%
Other Asian 5.3%
Other White 4.5%
Unclassified 2.2%
Chinese 1.7%
African 1.6%
Other 1.4%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Caribbean 0.5%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.8
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 98%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 97%
Local authority average 60%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 74.6
Local authority average 54.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.16
Local authority average 4.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Ancient HistoryGCSE29
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE48
BiologyGCSE188
ChemistryGCSE188
Design & TechnologyGCSE68
English LanguageGCSE188
English LiteratureGCSE188
FrenchGCSE80
GeographyGCSE93
GermanGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Wycombe High School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
191
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
244
2nd preference
183
3rd preference
131
From another Local Authority
176
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
172
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
47
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 classes24
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
189
0
189
Year 8
192
0
192
Year 9
193
0
193
Year 10
186
0
186
Year 11
180
0
180
Year 12
198
0
198
Year 13
184
0
184
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
92.4%
86.5%
Further education
1.0%
20.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
90.0%
66.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
2.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
91.0%
76.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
52.0%
39.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
46.0%
35.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
2.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020