Which school had the best GCSE results in Buckinghamshire in 2023?

On 2023 Attainment 8, Dr Challoner's High School topped the table in Buckinghamshire with 78.5, against an England average of 46.3. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

Where are the latest Buckinghamshire GCSE results?

This page is the 2023 archive (the 2022/23 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Buckinghamshire are on the main Buckinghamshire GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Buckinghamshire show no 2023 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2023 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Buckinghamshire GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

46 state secondary schools in Buckinghamshire ranked on their 2023 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2022/23 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 5 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 7 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2023 archive of the table. See the latest Buckinghamshire GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

County 51 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Buckinghamshire ranked on Attainment 8

46 of 51 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in Buckinghamshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2023 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.3	0.00	45%	65%	4.05	–
1	Dr Challoner's High School Amersham · Academy converter	78.5	+1.08 (0.85 to 1.31)	99%	100%	7.66	183
2 , up 7 places since 2022	Aylesbury High School Aylesbury · Academy converter	77.6	+0.91 (0.70 to 1.12)	98%	99%	7.29	182
3 , up 3 places since 2022	Dr Challoner's Grammar School Amersham · Academy converter	77.5	+1.19 (0.95 to 1.44)	99%	99%	7.40	184
4 , down 2 places since 2022	Beaconsfield High School Beaconsfield · Academy converter	76.9	+1.04 (0.80 to 1.28)	98%	99%	6.87	181
5 , up 3 places since 2022	Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Marlow · Academy converter	76.4	+0.71 (0.46 to 0.96)	100%	100%	7.32	140
6= , down 1 place since 2022	Chesham Grammar School Chesham · Academy converter	76.0	+0.88 (0.66 to 1.10)	98%	99%	7.36	179
6= , up 4 places since 2022	The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe High Wycombe · Academy converter	76.0	+0.96 (0.75 to 1.17)	99%	100%	7.39	203
8 , down 1 place since 2022	Aylesbury Grammar School Aylesbury · Academy converter	75.0	+0.72 (0.51 to 0.93)	94%	98%	7.00	185
9 , down 6 places since 2022	Wycombe High School High Wycombe · Academy converter	74.6	+0.80 (0.59 to 1.00)	97%	99%	7.16	188
10 , down 6 places since 2022	Royal Latin School Buckingham · Academy converter	73.8	+0.61 (0.39 to 0.83)	98%	99%	6.82	178
11 , up 2 places since 2022	Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School Aylesbury · Academy converter	73.3	+0.51 (0.30 to 0.72)	97%	99%	5.58	184
12 , down 1 place since 2022	John Hampden Grammar School High Wycombe · Academy converter	72.9	+0.83 (0.62 to 1.04)	99%	100%	6.93	183
13 , down 1 place since 2022	Burnham Grammar School Slough · Academy converter	70.0	+0.63 (0.42 to 0.84)	96%	98%	6.32	182
14	Oakgrove School Milton Keynes · Academy converter	56.1	+0.39 (0.22 to 0.56)	66%	88%	4.74	296
15 , up 1 place since 2022	Denbigh School Milton Keynes · Academy converter	54.0	+0.12 (-0.05 to 0.30)	63%	82%	5.04	260
16 , down 1 place since 2022	Waddesdon Church of England School Aylesbury · Academy converter	53.8	+0.78 (0.54 to 1.02)	56%	84%	4.63	136
17 , up 8 places since 2022	Amersham School Amersham · Academy converter	51.4	+0.44 (0.22 to 0.66)	56%	74%	4.11	164
18 , up 1 place since 2022	Holmer Green Senior School High Wycombe · Academy converter	49.5	+0.42 (0.19 to 0.65)	58%	77%	4.10	148
19 , down 1 place since 2022	E-Act Ousedale School Newport Pagnell · Academy converter	49.2	+0.19 (0.04 to 0.34)	49%	73%	4.23	359
20 , up 4 places since 2022	The Misbourne School Great Missenden · Academy converter	49.1	+0.26 (0.05 to 0.48)	53%	77%	4.14	178
21 , up 1 place since 2022	Shenley Brook End School Milton Keynes · Academy converter	48.9	-0.13 (-0.30 to 0.03)	49%	76%	4.24	300
22 , up 6 places since 2022	Cressex Community School High Wycombe · Foundation school	48.0	+0.40 (0.17 to 0.64)	48%	68%	3.74	148
23 , down 3 places since 2022	The Hazeley Academy Milton Keynes · Academy converter	47.8	+0.06 (-0.12 to 0.25)	50%	74%	4.36	241
24= , down 3 places since 2022	John Colet School Aylesbury · Academy converter	46.5	+0.14 (-0.07 to 0.35)	39%	68%	4.13	176
24= , up 2 places since 2022	The Cottesloe School Aylesbury · Foundation school	46.5	+0.16 (-0.05 to 0.36)	42%	70%	4.06	189
26	Pioneer Secondary Academy Stoke Poges · Free schools	45.6	+0.27 (-0.04 to 0.58)	41%	67%	4.27	93
27= , down 4 places since 2022	Great Marlow School Marlow · Academy converter	45.3	+0.08 (-0.11 to 0.27)	37%	68%	3.76	231
27=	Walton High Milton Keynes · Academy converter	45.3	+0.18 (0.04 to 0.31)	45%	65%	4.02	436
29 , up 3 places since 2022	St Paul's Catholic School Milton Keynes · Voluntary aided school	44.9	-0.04 (-0.21 to 0.13)	34%	58%	4.09	282
30= , up 5 places since 2022	E-Act Bourne End Academy Bourne End · Academy sponsor led	43.9	+0.11 (-0.13 to 0.35)	48%	66%	3.53	142
30= , up 7 places since 2022	The Aylesbury Vale Academy Aylesbury · Academy sponsor led	43.9	+0.22 (0.03 to 0.41)	33%	58%	3.39	236
32 , up 2 places since 2022	The Grange School Aylesbury · Foundation school	43.5	-0.07 (-0.25 to 0.12)	36%	62%	3.74	235
33 , up 5 places since 2022	Chiltern Hills Academy Chesham · Academy sponsor led	43.4	-0.26 (-0.47 to -0.05)	39%	62%	3.70	186
34 , down 4 places since 2022	Princes Risborough School Princes Risborough · Academy converter	42.6	-0.07 (-0.30 to 0.15)	40%	58%	3.57	165
35 , down 4 places since 2022	The Beaconsfield School Beaconsfield · Academy converter	42.2	+0.01 (-0.24 to 0.25)	30%	57%	3.78	140
36 , down 7 places since 2022	The Radcliffe School Milton Keynes · Foundation school	42.1	-0.57 (-0.77 to -0.37)	33%	62%	3.64	206
37= , down 20 places since 2022	Sir Thomas Fremantle School Winslow · Free schools	41.1	-0.16 (-0.46 to 0.15)	42%	64%	3.87	89
37= , down 2 places since 2022	The Chalfonts Community College Gerrards Cross · Academy converter	41.1	-0.34 (-0.53 to -0.15)	32%	57%	3.32	234
39 , down 6 places since 2022	Buckingham School Buckingham · Community school	39.4	-0.43 (-0.62 to -0.23)	29%	57%	3.30	214
40= , down 1 place since 2022	Lord Grey Academy Milton Keynes · Academy sponsor led	39.0	-0.34 (-0.51 to -0.16)	35%	56%	3.30	252
40= , up 2 places since 2022	The Milton Keynes Academy Milton Keynes · Academy sponsor led	39.0	-0.28 (-0.48 to -0.07)	29%	49%	3.37	231
42 , down 2 places since 2022	The Highcrest Academy High Wycombe · Academy converter	37.3	-0.31 (-0.52 to -0.10)	28%	53%	3.15	175
43	Stantonbury School Milton Keynes · Academy sponsor led	35.0	-1.18 (-1.36 to -1.01)	26%	47%	2.97	274
44	The Mandeville School Aylesbury · Academy converter	34.3	-0.93 (-1.13 to -0.73)	25%	45%	2.83	198
45 , down 4 places since 2022	Lift Sir Herbert Leon Milton Keynes · Academy sponsor led	33.4	-0.72 (-1.04 to -0.40)	24%	36%	2.69	86
46 , down 2 places since 2022	Aylesbury UTC Aylesbury · University technical college	23.6	-1.56 (-2.01 to -1.11)	17%	34%	2.11	41
–	Brooklands Academy Milton Keynes · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Glebe Farm School Milton Keynes · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Sir William Ramsay School High Wycombe · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	St Michael's Catholic School High Wycombe · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	The Kingsbrook School Aylesbury · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2023	–	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2022 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2022 result.

Independent schools in Buckinghamshire with published 2023 GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Akeley Wood Senior School Other independent school	49.8	42%	76
Pipers Corner School High Wycombe · Other independent school	35.8	0%	79
St Mary's School Gerrards Cross · Other independent school	49.3	0%	52
Stowe School Buckingham · Other independent school	27.2	0%	158
Thornton College Milton Keynes · Other independent school	57.4	72%	50
Thorpe House School Gerrards Cross · Other independent school	56.3	69%	36
Wycombe Abbey High Wycombe · Other independent school	24.6	0%	95

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2023 was 46.3.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

This is the 2023 archive of the table: each school's 2023 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2023 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Buckinghamshire GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Buckinghamshire on our composite score

Buckinghamshire GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Buckinghamshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Buckinghamshire with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire GCSE results: common questions