The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe

The Royal Grammar School in High Wycombe demonstrates a good level of overall effectiveness, with notable strengths in behaviour, attitudes, and personal development, where it has achieved outstanding ratings. Pupils engage fully with their education due to the high expectations set by leaders and the enthusiasm of their teachers. While the sixth form is particularly strong, the school has room for improvement in some curricular areas to ensure consistency across all subjects.

Strengths

• Outstanding behaviour and attitudes of pupils.
• High levels of respect among pupils and staff.
• Strong personal development programme supporting pupil well-being.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Wide range of co-curricular activities enhancing student engagement.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistency in curriculum development across subjects.
• Some subjects lack depth in teaching that limits pupil understanding.
• Need for more focused training on curriculum development.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 25.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.1% of pupils at The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe had 17.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 8.1% of pupils at The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe received £8,375 and spent £8,495 for each of its 1,409 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £378,000 (£268 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe last inspected by Ofsted?

The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe have?

The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe has 1,451 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe cover?

The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 71.9, and 96% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe?

The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe is at Amersham Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP13 6QT.