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Best secondary schools in Buckinghamshire

33 of 39 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Buckinghamshire schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 31 of them.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Dr Challoner's Grammar School Amersham grammar 1.18 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.29 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
2 The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe High Wycombe grammar 1.13 Good oversubscribed 1.19 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
3 Dr Challoner's High School Amersham grammar 1.11 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.6 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
4 Beaconsfield High School Beaconsfield grammar 0.95 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.35 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
5 Wycombe High School High Wycombe grammar 0.9 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.38 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
6 Aylesbury Grammar School Aylesbury grammar 0.86 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.6 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
7 Chesham Grammar School Chesham grammar 0.84 Not judged oversubscribed 1.69 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
8 John Hampden Grammar School High Wycombe grammar 0.84 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.41 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
9 Aylesbury High School Aylesbury grammar 0.81 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.4 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
10 Burnham Grammar School Slough grammar 0.7 Good oversubscribed 1.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
11 Royal Latin School Buckingham grammar 0.59 Good oversubscribed 1.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
12 Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Marlow grammar 0.56 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
13 Waddesdon Church of England School Aylesbury 0.51 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.39 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
14 Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School Aylesbury grammar 0.49 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.39 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
15 Cressex Community School High Wycombe 0.48 Good improving oversubscribed 1.16 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
16 Holmer Green Senior School High Wycombe hidden gem 0.4 Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
17 Amersham School Amersham 0.34 Good about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
18 The Misbourne School Great Missenden 0.3 Good about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
19 Pioneer Secondary Academy Stoke Poges 0.27 Not judged undersubscribed 0.69 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 The Cottesloe School Aylesbury 0.11 Good about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
21 The Grange School Aylesbury hidden gem 0.07 Good undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
22 Sir Thomas Fremantle School Winslow hidden gem 0.03 Good about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 John Colet School Aylesbury hidden gem 0.01 Good improving about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
24 The Beaconsfield School Beaconsfield 0.0 Good improving oversubscribed 1.26 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
25 Great Marlow School Marlow -0.02 Good about even 1.08 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
26 Princes Risborough School Princes Risborough -0.08 Good about even 1.01 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
27 E-Act Bourne End Academy Bourne End hidden gem -0.18 Good undersubscribed 0.36 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
28 Buckingham School Buckingham hidden gem -0.3 Good improving undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
29 The Highcrest Academy High Wycombe -0.39 Good improving about even 1.09 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 Chiltern Hills Academy Chesham hidden gem -0.45 Good undersubscribed 0.45 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
31 The Chalfonts Community College Gerrards Cross hidden gem -0.54 Good undersubscribed 0.31 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
32 The Mandeville School Aylesbury -0.78 Not judged undersubscribed 0.46 first prefs per place, 2026/27 mapped
33 Aylesbury UTC Aylesbury -1.38 Requires improvement — approximate

Also in Buckinghamshire

6 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Buckinghamshire, not a fairer one.

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