Best Secondary Schools in High Wycombe

We checked all 12 secondary schools in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, and list every one: 8 ranked, then 4 without a rank.

Schools checked
12
Ranked
8
Without a rank
4

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 in High Wycombe. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

High Wycombe also has 41 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 Aylesbury, Amersham, Buckingham and all of Buckinghamshire.

Ranked secondary schools in High Wycombe

  1. 1

    John Hampden Grammar School

    Academy, Selective, 1,281 pupils, inspected September 2022

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    72.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    97.8%

  2. 1

    Wycombe High School

    Academy, Selective, 1,371 pupils, inspected April 2024

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    73.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    96.8%

  3. 3

    The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe

    Academy, Selective, 1,451 pupils, inspected October 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    73.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    97.6%

  4. 4

    Cressex Community School

    Local authority maintained, 766 pupils, inspected July 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    50.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    52.4%

  5. 5

    Holmer Green Senior School

    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%

  6. 6

    St Michael's Catholic School

    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%

  7. 7

    The Highcrest Academy

    Academy, 1,045 pupils, inspected March 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    38.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    27.8%

  8. 8

    Sir William Ramsay School

    Academy, 984 pupils, inspected June 2022

    Ofsted: Inadequate
    Attainment 8
    35.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    25.8%

Secondary schools in High Wycombe without a rank