Best Secondary Schools in Buckinghamshire

We checked all 47 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire and list every one: 36 ranked, then 11 without a rank.

Schools checked: 47
Ranked: 36
Without a rank: 11

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score across Buckinghamshire, and each school's town is shown. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Buckinghamshire also has 198 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Buckinghamshire. Buckinghamshire also has rankings for Amersham, Aylesbury, Buckingham and High Wycombe.

Ranked secondary schools in Buckinghamshire

Rank 1
Dr Challoner's High School
Amersham, Academy, Selective, 1,391 pupils, inspected November 2023
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
79.1
Grade 5+ English and maths
99.5%
Rank 2
Beaconsfield High School
Beaconsfield, Academy, Selective, 1,283 pupils, inspected December 2019
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
75.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
99.4%
Rank 3
Aylesbury High School
Aylesbury, Academy, Selective, 1,368 pupils, inspected December 2023
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
74.3
Grade 5+ English and maths
98.9%
Rank 4
Chesham Grammar School
Chesham, Academy, Selective, 1,331 pupils, inspected March 2025
Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
Attainment 8
74.0
Grade 5+ English and maths
96.7%
Rank 4
John Hampden Grammar School
High Wycombe, Academy, Selective, 1,281 pupils, inspected September 2022
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
72.3
Grade 5+ English and maths
97.8%
Rank 4
Wycombe High School
High Wycombe, Academy, Selective, 1,371 pupils, inspected April 2024
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
73.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
96.8%
Rank 7
Aylesbury Grammar School
Aylesbury, Academy, Selective, 1,346 pupils, inspected November 2022
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
74.5
Grade 5+ English and maths
95.2%
Rank 7
Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Amersham, Academy, Selective, 1,384 pupils, inspected November 2019
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
73.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
96.2%
Rank 7
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School
Aylesbury, Academy, Selective, 1,353 pupils, inspected February 2024
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
73.2
Grade 5+ English and maths
97.2%
Rank 10
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
Marlow, Academy, Selective, 1,222 pupils, inspected May 2024
Ofsted: Outstanding
Attainment 8
72.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
96.7%
Rank 11
The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
High Wycombe, Academy, Selective, 1,451 pupils, inspected October 2019
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
73.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
97.6%
Rank 12
Royal Latin School
Buckingham, Academy, Selective, 1,326 pupils, inspected November 2022
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
73.5
Grade 5+ English and maths
94.8%
Rank 13
Burnham Grammar School
Slough, Academy, Selective, 1,262 pupils, inspected November 2012
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
70.1
Grade 5+ English and maths
94.4%
Rank 14
Pioneer Secondary Academy
Stoke Poges, Free school, 612 pupils, inspected September 2024
Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
Attainment 8
49.8
Grade 5+ English and maths
55.4%
Rank 15
The Misbourne School
Great Missenden, Academy, 1,115 pupils, inspected April 2026
Report card: Expected standard
Attainment 8
50.8
Grade 5+ English and maths
52.7%
Rank 16
Amersham School
Amersham, Academy, 1,050 pupils, inspected December 2025
Report card: Expected standard
Attainment 8
49.7
Grade 5+ English and maths
54.6%
Rank 17
Cressex Community School
High Wycombe, Local authority maintained, 766 pupils, inspected July 2014
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
50.7
Grade 5+ English and maths
52.4%
Rank 18
Waddesdon Church of England School
Aylesbury, Academy, 1,012 pupils, inspected February 2026
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
Attainment 8
51.0
Grade 5+ English and maths
46.2%
Rank 19
Holmer Green Senior School
High Wycombe, Academy, 1,244 pupils, inspected March 2026
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
Attainment 8
47.1
Grade 5+ English and maths
53.2%
Rank 20
St Michael's Catholic School
High Wycombe, Academy, 2,414 pupils, inspected February 2026
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
Attainment 8
49.1
Grade 5+ English and maths
46.4%
Rank 21
Great Marlow School
Marlow, Academy, 1,395 pupils, inspected April 2013
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
47.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
47.6%
Rank 22
John Colet School
Aylesbury, Academy, 1,014 pupils, inspected May 2016
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
47.6
Grade 5+ English and maths
47.1%
Rank 23
The Cottesloe School
Aylesbury, Local authority maintained, 1,190 pupils, inspected March 2026
Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
Attainment 8
45.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
44.1%
Rank 24
The Beaconsfield School
Beaconsfield, Academy, 876 pupils, inspected February 2019
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
43.8
Grade 5+ English and maths
44.9%
Rank 25
The Chalfonts Community College
Gerrards Cross, Academy, 1,058 pupils, inspected November 2022
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
38.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
34.3%
Rank 26
Chiltern Hills Academy
Chesham, Academy, 1,047 pupils, inspected February 2017
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
40.3
Grade 5+ English and maths
30.8%
Rank 27
Buckingham School
Buckingham, Local authority maintained, 1,110 pupils, inspected April 2023
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
38.6
Grade 5+ English and maths
32.8%
Rank 28
The Grange School
Aylesbury, Local authority maintained, 1,418 pupils, inspected April 2024
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
40.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
28.7%
Rank 29
Princes Risborough School
Princes Risborough, Academy, 1,083 pupils, inspected November 2022
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
40.3
Grade 5+ English and maths
28.8%
Rank 30
Sir Thomas Fremantle School
Winslow, Free school, 681 pupils, inspected May 2015
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
40.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
24.2%
Rank 31
The Aylesbury Vale Academy
Aylesbury, Academy, 1,857 pupils, inspected January 2019
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
39.8
Grade 5+ English and maths
25.3%
Rank 32
The Highcrest Academy
High Wycombe, Academy, 1,045 pupils, inspected March 2016
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
38.5
Grade 5+ English and maths
27.8%
Rank 33
E-Act Bourne End Academy
Bourne End, Academy, 707 pupils, inspected September 2022
Ofsted: Good
Attainment 8
38.0
Grade 5+ English and maths
22.1%
Rank 34
The Mandeville School
Aylesbury, Academy, 966 pupils, inspected November 2024
Ofsted judgements: Inadequate to good
Attainment 8
38.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
29.4%
Rank 35
Aylesbury UTC
Aylesbury, Free school, 128 pupils, inspected May 2024
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Attainment 8
23.8
Grade 5+ English and maths
14%
Rank 36
Sir William Ramsay School
High Wycombe, Academy, 984 pupils, inspected June 2022
Ofsted: Inadequate
Attainment 8
35.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
25.8%

Secondary schools in Buckinghamshire without a rank

Akeley Wood Senior School
Akeley, Independent, 380 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
47.3
Grade 5+ English and maths
40.5%
Godstowe Preparatory School
High Wycombe, Independent, 220 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Pipers Corner School
High Wycombe, Independent, 598 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
33.9
Grade 5+ English and maths
0%
St Mary's School
Gerrards Cross, Independent, 391 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
37.6
Grade 5+ English and maths
1.8%
Stowe School
Buckingham, Independent, 876 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
21.6
Grade 5+ English and maths
0%
Teikyo School UK
Wexham, Independent, 43 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
The Chalfonts Independent Grammar School
High Wycombe, Independent, 154 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
The Kingsbrook School
Aylesbury, Free school, 759 pupils, inspected April 2025
Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
Thornton College
Milton Keynes, Independent, 315 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
62.2
Grade 5+ English and maths
63%
Thorpe House School
Gerrards Cross, Independent, 267 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
55.4
Grade 5+ English and maths
66.7%
Wycombe Abbey
High Wycombe, Independent, Selective, 647 pupils
No Ofsted inspection
Attainment 8
13.8
Grade 5+ English and maths
0%