John Hampden Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Sept 14 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Unique reference
136771
Address
Marlow Hill, HP11 1SZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1258 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
20%
Free school meals (FSM)
3.7%
Persistent absence
9.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
0.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 46.3%
Indian 18%
Pakistani 12.1%
Mixed 8%
Other White 5.2%
Other Asian 4.1%
Unclassified 1.8%
African 1.3%
Chinese 1%
Other 1%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Irish 0.5%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.83
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 85%
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 72.9
Local authority average 54.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.93
Local authority average 4.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
BiologyGCSE180
Business Studies:SingleGCSE96
ChemistryGCSE180
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE47
Design & TechnologyGCSE62
EconomicsGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE183
English LiteratureGCSE183
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

John Hampden Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
181
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
247
2nd preference
274
3rd preference
125
From another Local Authority
232
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
159
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
56
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 classes23.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
186
186
0
Year 8
184
184
0
Year 9
187
187
0
Year 10
180
180
0
Year 11
182
182
0
Year 12
179
179
0
Year 13
160
160
0
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
4.0%
20.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
89.0%
66.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
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
2.0%
2.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
87.0%
76.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
50.0%
39.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
44.0%
35.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
2.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020