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Aylesbury Grammar School vs Wycombe High School

Both are grammar schools in Buckinghamshire, 13.6 miles apart. Side-by-side on official DfE, Ofsted and council admissions data.

Side by side

Aylesbury Grammar School Wycombe High School
Phase Secondary Secondary
Gender Boys Girls
Pupils on roll 1,346 1,371
Free school meals 6.9% 9.3%
Ofsted rating Outstanding Outstanding
Attainment 8 — 2025/26 74.2 74.2
11+ test board GL Assessment GL Assessment
Admission system pass/fail then criteria order pass/fail + catchment (passing the test is a gate; living in the catchment area determines priority over score)
Places offered — 202627 183 190
First preferences per place — higher means more competition for a first-preference place 1.6 1.38

Qualifying scores

Aylesbury Grammar School

121 (2026 entry)

Standardised score ≥ 121 qualifies for grammar school consideration. Qualifying does not guarantee a place; schools apply own oversubscription criteria after qualification.

Council source ↗

Wycombe High School

121 (2026 entry)

Standardised score ≥ 121 qualifies for grammar school consideration. Qualifying does not guarantee a place; schools apply own oversubscription criteria after qualification.

Council source ↗

Who gets priority

Where a school is oversubscribed, these are the first criteria applied, in order. This is usually what decides an application.

Aylesbury Grammar School

  1. Looked after children and previously looked after children (adopted, special guardianship, child arrangements order)
  2. Up to 6 places: Pupil Premium children in catchment (or LAC anywhere) with STT score 115–120 (just below qualifying threshold)
  3. Catchment area children eligible for Pupil Premium
  4. Siblings of children currently on roll at the school (Years 7–10)
  5. Siblings of children on roll at the school's partner school (e.g. Aylesbury High School for Aylesbury Grammar)
  6. Siblings of children who have previously been on roll at the school

Source: school admissions policy.

Wycombe High School

  1. Looked after, previously looked after and internationally adopted girls
  2. Qualified girls on the Pupil Premium living in the catchment area
  3. Up to 12 places for disadvantaged girls in the catchment area scoring 113–120
  4. Girls in the catchment area with a sister at the school
  5. Girls in the catchment area with a brother at John Hampden Grammar School
  6. Daughters of staff employed for two years or more (or in a skill-shortage post)

Source: school admissions policy.

Choosing between them

Aylesbury Grammar School is a boys school and Wycombe High School is a girls school, so for many families the starting point is which one can admit their child. The figures on this page are the published ones — they describe intakes and results, not what either school would be like for your child. The right choice depends on your family's own priorities and circumstances.

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