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The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 72 71.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL A- A- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
71.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
96.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
58.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+1.13 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 73.9[6] 97.6%[6]
2023/24 75.1[4] 98.5%[4] +1.13[4]
2022/23 76[7] 99%[7] +0.96[7]
2021/22 76.5[8] 98%[8] +0.74[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
A- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
47.7% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B+[10] 39.6%[10]
2022/23 B+[11] 50.5%[11]
2021/22 A-[12] 52.5%[12]
2018/19 B+[13] 42%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
99% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
91% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
2% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
2% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 2021/22[15]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 100%[15] 95%[15] 1%[15] 2%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 100%[16] 97%[16] 2%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 100%[17] 96%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 100%[18] 96%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[19]
Education
75% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
9% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 87%[20] 75%[20] 2%[20] 10%[20]
2020/21 96%[21] 81%[21] 3%[21] 12%[21]
2019/20 84%[22] 73%[22] 2%[22] 10%[22]
2018/19 91%[23] 81%[23] 1%[23] 9%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
86% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
68% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
57% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
11% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 88%[26] 71%[26]
2019/20 87%[25] 67%[25] 57%[25] 11%[25]
2018/19 93%[27] 59%[27] 50%[27] 7%[27]
2017/18 92%[28] 54%[28] 46%[28] 7%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
25 Feb 2025[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
26 Mar 2025[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Improved significantly[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
9 Oct 2019[30] Exempt School Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7 (site 8255404)

Applications per place
3.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
701 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
217 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
182 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 668[31] 213[31] 185[31] 3.6[31] 1.2[31]
Entry Sept 2024 616[31] 207[31] 182[31] 3.4[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2023 727[31] 267[31] 183[31] 4.0[31] 1.5[31]
Entry Sept 2022 631[31] 224[31] 184[31] 3.4[31] 1.2[31]

Applications and offers, Year 7 (site 8254444)

Applications per place
4.8 Entry Sept 2024[31]
Applications (any preference)
38 Entry Sept 2024[31]
First preferences
10 Entry Sept 2024[31]
Places offered
8 Entry Sept 2024[31]
First preferences per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2024[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2023 17[31] 7[31] 2[31] 8.5[31] 3.5[31]
Entry Sept 2022 28[31] 3[31] 5[31] 5.6[31] 0.6[31]

Priority areas

Priority Area A
A mapped area Entry Sept 2027[32]
Priority Area B
A mapped area Entry Sept 2027[32]

Admissions

Entrance test, 11+ entry
Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test (STT) Entry Sept 2027[32]
Sibling priority
Siblings of day students who are on the roll of the school at the time an application is made, and who are expected to be on the roll of the school at the time of the proposed admission. Entry Sept 2027[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Boys[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
Boarding school[1]
Capacity
1371[1]
Trust
ROYAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL HIGH WYCOMBE[1]
Local authority
Buckinghamshire[1]
Website
www.rgshw.com[1]
District
Buckinghamshire[33]
Postcode
HP13 6QT[1]
URN
136484[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1409 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
29.5% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
6.6% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
0.5% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
5.7% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
42%[35]
Mixed
8.8%[35]
Asian
42.9%[35]
Black
2.2%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1.4%[35]
Unclassified
2.8%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    Quotes (6)
    Applicants living in the catchment area of the school from 1 September of the year preceding entry to Year 7 in September until they join the school the following September. (p. 4)
    School=Royal Grammar School (Boys) | Catchment=Priority Area A
    If the School is oversubscribed within this rule, then priority will be given to applicants in Priority Area A, then Priority Area B in each case using distance order to prioritise. (p. 4)
    School=Royal Grammar School (Boys) | Catchment=Priority Area B
    Applicants are eligible to be considered for admission to the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, in Year 7 if they meet the required qualifying score of 121 in the Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test (STT) (p. 2)
    Siblings of day students who are on the roll of the school at the time an application is made, and who are expected to be on the roll of the school at the time of the proposed admission. (p. 4)
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