The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
Secondary schoolThe Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe is a secondary school in Buckinghamshire, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,451 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Improved significantly, February 2025
Before that: Good (overall), October 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 9 October 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Improved significantly, 26 February 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe was 71.9, against 53.4 in Buckinghamshire and 46.2 in England.
96.1% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Buckinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 71.9 | 53.4 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 96.1% | 59.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 97.5% | 73.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 203 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Godstowe Preparatory SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file820 m
- Highworth Combined School and NurseryPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, February 2024. 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)880 m
- AspirePupil referral and alternative provision. School remains Outstanding, June 2022910 m
- Hannah Ball AcademyPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), November 2021, before the school changed. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Hamilton AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, April 2024. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Kings Wood School and NurseryPrimary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Buckinghamshire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).