Secondary
The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
Amersham Road, High Wycombe, HP13 6QT
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 1451 of 1371 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.0
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- Yes
- Trust
- ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL HIGH WYCOMBE
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 78.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 107.5
- Pupils per adult
- 13.2
- Pupils
- 1,418
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2025
Improved significantly
Still graded as at
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formOutstanding
SafeguardingMet
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
98%
34 points above the High Wycombe average (64% across 7 schools)
73.9
17.9 above the High Wycombe average (56.0 across 7 schools)
3rd of 7 by our score, among the secondary schools in High Wycombe we can score - 11 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 73.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 7.18 |
| Entered the EBacc | 95% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 98% |
| A level average points per entry | 46.22 |
| A level students | 203 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 98% |
| 22/23 | 99% |
| 23/24 | 99% |
| 24/25 | 98% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.2 |
| 22/23 | 44.2 |
| 23/24 | 42.7 |
| 24/25 | 46.2 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.74 |
| 22/23 | +0.96 |
| 23/24 | +1.13 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 76.5 |
| 22/23 | 76.0 |
| 23/24 | 75.1 |
| 24/25 | 73.9 |
Amersham Road, High Wycombe, HP13 6QT
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Buckinghamshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headmaster
- Philip Wayne
- Address
- Amersham Road, High Wycombe, HP13 6QT
- Telephone
- 01494524955