Wycombe High School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
A85
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- High Wycombe, HP11 1TB
- Distance
- 0.3km away
John Hampden Grammar School
Marlow Hill, High Wycombe, HP11 1SZ
Local ranking7th of 37 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1150
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Boys
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 14 September 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 73.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 96.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 99.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 186
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 96.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 62.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 24.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B+
Avg A-Level Grade
42.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
42.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
175
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 31.4% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 349
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1271
- Boys
- 1281 (100%)
- Capacity
- 1150 (111% full)
- SEND
- 2.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 4.7%
- EAL
- 20.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.7%
- SEN Support
- 2.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,769/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
- 5.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 44.1%
- Asian Indian: 19.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 12.7%
- White Other: 5.4%
- Asian Other: 4.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.5%
- Black African: 1.4%
44.1%
White British
19.4%
Asian Indian
12.7%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Marlow Hill
High Wycombe, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 136771
- UKPRN
- 10033770
- Establishment No.
- 4009
- Trust
- JOHN HAMPDEN GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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