Wycombe High School
Academy converter in High Wycombe, HP11 1TB, taking ages 11 to 18, girls, 1,371 on roll.
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In 2026/27, the furthest child offered a place lived 11.25 miles away.
Applying for September 2027? Secondary applications close 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
How this compares: every Buckinghamshire school's distance, tightest first →
The circle is 11.25 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2026/27.
Wycombe High School: 11.25 miles, 2026/27 Marsh School: 0.35 miles, 2026/27, published by Buckinghamshire
How to read this
Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Wycombe High School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.
Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.
Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.
The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.
One published year so far: 2026/27, from Buckinghamshire. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.
Source: Buckinghamshire, published admission distances, 2026/27
Where Wycombe High School and Marsh School are both in reach
Both distances are drawn on the map above. Marsh School admitted from 0.35 miles in 2026/27, published by Buckinghamshire. Its own page has the rest of its figures.
No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 11.25 and 0.35 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.
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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Buckinghamshire, 67 of 496 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (13.5%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.
Other schools nearby with a published distance
The closest schools to Wycombe High School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.
| School | Phase | Admitted from | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Hampden Grammar School Both in reach | Secondary | 1.37 mi 2026/27 | 0.2 mi |
| St Michael's Catholic School Both in reach | Secondary | 1.61 mi 2026/27 | 0.3 mi |
| Chepping View Primary Academy Both in reach | Primary | 0.07 mi 2026/27 | 0.6 mi |
| Cressex Community School Both in reach | Secondary | 0.3 mi 2026/27 | 1.0 mi |
| Marsh School Both in reach | Primary | 0.35 mi 2026/27 | 1.7 mi |
| The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe Both in reach | Secondary | 0.09 mi 2026/27 | 1.8 mi |
The distance as a picture
What kind of school this is
| Admissions | Selective |
| Religious character | No religious character |
| Sixth form | Has a sixth form |
| How full | 1,371 pupils in 1,265 places (108% full, over capacity) |
| Trust | WYCOMBE HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIES TRUST |
| Local authority | Buckinghamshire |
Department for Education register (GIAS).
How the school is doing
| Ofsted | Outstanding, inspected 25 June 2024 |
| Attainment 8 | 73.9 (2024/25) |
| Year | Progress 8 |
|---|---|
| 2024/25 | not published |
| 2023/24 | +0.90 |
| 2022/23 | +0.80 |
Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.
Who goes to Wycombe High School
| Girls and boys | 100.0% girls, 0.0% boys |
| English as an additional language | 20.7% of pupils |
| Free school meals | 9.1% of pupils eligible |
DfE school census, most recent published year.
Where Wycombe High School's Year 11 went next
| Stayed for the sixth form | 91.0% |
| Sixth-form college | 4.3% |
| Further education college | 1.1% |
| Apprenticeship | 0.0% |
| Employment | 0.0% |
| No sustained destination recorded | 1.6% |
DfE destination measures, 2022/23. Broad categories only: the DfE does not publish which named schools or colleges pupils moved to.
What it costs to live within reach of Wycombe High School
Cheapest district inside the 11.25 miles: HP12, median £350,000. Dearest: HP16, £815,000.
| District | Area | From the school | Median sold price |
|---|---|---|---|
| HP12 | Buckinghamshire | 0.9 mi | £350,000 87 sales |
| HP13 | Buckinghamshire | 1.4 mi | £350,000 111 sales |
| HP10 | Buckinghamshire | 2.8 mi | £405,000 97 sales |
| SL6 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 6.7 mi | £460,000 102 sales |
| HP11 | Buckinghamshire | 0.8 mi | £470,000 120 sales |
| SL7 | Buckinghamshire | 3.1 mi | £520,000 78 sales |
| SL8 | Buckinghamshire | 3.6 mi | £540,000 99 sales |
| HP15 | Buckinghamshire | 3.5 mi | £545,000 143 sales |
| HP9 | Buckinghamshire | 5.3 mi | £600,000 68 sales |
| HP7 | Buckinghamshire | 7.2 mi | £680,000 97 sales |
| HP16 | Buckinghamshire | 6.0 mi | £815,000 45 sales |
How to read this
The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 11.25 miles the school admitted from in 2026/27, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.
How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.
Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide
Getting to Wycombe High School by bus
Best-served stop: Marlow Hill Schools, 72 yd away, with 4.3 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 06:42, last 20:52.
Every stop within 600 m
| Stop | From the school | Weekday daytime, an hour | Evening | Sunday | Routes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlow Hill Schools | 72 yd | 4.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 34, 20, 36, 36S, 130M, 604 |
| Marlow Hill Schools | 104 yd | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 36S |
| Marlow Hill Schools | 147 yd | 3.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 34, 20, 331, 643 |
These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.
Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026
The fee-paying alternative
Weighing Wycombe High School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around HP11: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at HP11 1TB, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →
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Common questions
What is the catchment area for Wycombe High School?
Wycombe High School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2026/27 lived 11.25 miles away, per Buckinghamshire.
How close do I need to live to get a place at Wycombe High School?
Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 11.25 miles was enough in 2026/27, and at 108% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.
Does buying a house near Wycombe High School guarantee a place?
No. This is a selective school, so admission turns on the entrance assessment before distance is considered at all. The test's own free familiarisation papers are published by GL Assessment, CSSE (Essex and Southend) and Kent County Council; the school's admissions page says which test it uses and when to register. All grammar schools in England, by council. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.
Every Buckinghamshire school's distance
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