Secondary
The Highcrest Academy
Hatters Lane, High Wycombe, HP13 7NQ
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1045 of 1069 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE HIGHCREST ACADEMY
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 98.6
- Pupils per adult
- 10.8
- Pupils
- 1,068
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 December 2024
Some aspects not as strong
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
28%
36 points below the High Wycombe average (64% across 7 schools)
38.5
17.5 below the High Wycombe average (56.0 across 7 schools)
6th 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 | 38.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.32 |
| Entered the EBacc | 25% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 53% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% |
| A level average points per entry | 27.71 |
| A level students | 56 |
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 | 36% |
| 22/23 | 28% |
| 23/24 | 39% |
| 24/25 | 28% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31.4 |
| 22/23 | 24.0 |
| 23/24 | 25.9 |
| 24/25 | 27.7 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.30 |
| 22/23 | -0.31 |
| 23/24 | -0.39 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.2 |
| 22/23 | 37.3 |
| 23/24 | 39.9 |
| 24/25 | 38.5 |
Hatters Lane, High Wycombe, HP13 7NQ
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
- Principal
- Glen Burke
- Address
- Hatters Lane, High Wycombe, HP13 7NQ
- Telephone
- 01494529866