John Hampden Grammar School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B84
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- High Wycombe, HP11 1SZ
- Distance
- 1.4km away
Cressex Community School
Holmers Lane, High Wycombe, HP12 4QA
Local ranking17th of 37 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
803
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 28 February 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 44.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 41.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 61.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 146
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2023-24
A-Level Results
2023-24*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- 16-18 Cohort
- 6
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 762
- Boys
- 372 (49%)
- Girls
- 394 (51%)
- Capacity
- 803 (95% full)
- SEND
- 20.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 29.3%
- EAL
- 57.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.9%
- SEN Support
- 15.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 42.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,291/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Pakistani: 59.1%
- White British: 16.6%
- White Other: 5.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.2%
- Mixed Other: 2.5%
- Black African: 2.4%
- Asian Other: 2.2%
- Other: 2.1%
59.1%
Asian Pakistani
16.6%
White British
5.4%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 110500
- UKPRN
- 10001754
- Establishment No.
- 4072
- Trust
- Cressex Co-operative Learning Partnership
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