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The Highcrest Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 42 42.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
42 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
42.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
4.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.39 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 38.5[6] 27.8%[6]
2023/24 39.9[4] 38.5%[4] -0.39[4]
2022/23 37.3[7] 28%[7] -0.31[7]
2021/22 42.2[8] 36%[8] -0.30[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13% 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 C-[10] 0%[10]
2022/23 D+[11] 4.8%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 14.3%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 5.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
50% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
9% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
23% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
3% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[15] 46%[15] 7%[15] 30%[15] 2%[15] 6%[15]
2020/21 91%[16] 50%[16] 9%[16] 26%[16] 2%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 90%[17] 57%[17] 7%[17] 25%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 45%[18] 14%[18] 29%[18] 3%[18] 4%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
84% 2022/23[19]
Education
60% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[19]
Employment
23% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 82%[20] 53%[20] 5%[20] 24%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 72%[21] 3%[21] 16%[21]
2019/20 93%[22] 59%[22] 4%[22] 31%[22]
2018/19 94%[23] 54%[23] 12%[23] 28%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
72% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
11% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
8% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 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 81%[26] 17%[26]
2019/20 64%[25] 8%[25] 8%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 60%[27] 10%[27] 8%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 58%[28] 6%[28] 6%[28] 0%[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
10 Dec 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
23 Jan 2025[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Some aspects not as strong[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
11 Feb 2020[30] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[30] No overall grade[30]
Date not published[31] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
463 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
187 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
172 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 458[32] 194[32] 169[32] 2.7[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2024 493[32] 221[32] 168[32] 2.9[32] 1.3[32]
Entry Sept 2023 464[32] 201[32] 173[32] 2.7[32] 1.2[32]
Entry Sept 2022 411[32] 183[32] 168[32] 2.4[32] 1.1[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1069[1]
Trust
THE HIGHCREST ACADEMY[1]
Local authority
Buckinghamshire[1]
Website
www.highcrestacademy.org.uk[1]
District
Buckinghamshire[33]
Postcode
HP13 7NQ[1]
URN
136858[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1072 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
26% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
10.1% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
5% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
35.6% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
41.2%[35]
Mixed
11.1%[35]
Asian
35.6%[35]
Black
9.2%[35]
Any other ethnic group
1.6%[35]
Unclassified
1.2%[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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