Cressex Community School
Secondary · Foundation school · Mixed · Buckinghamshire
Holmers Lane, High Wycombe, HP12 4QA
65
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
60%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.5%
21.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
766
Capacity used
Nearly full95%
803 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
60%
1st preference success rate
106 of 178 families who put it first got an offer
144
Places offered
466
Total applications
3.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 178 | 106 | ● 60% |
| 2nd preference | 107 | 21 | ● 20% |
| 3rd preference | 92 | 13 | ● 14% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 89 | 4 | ● 4% |
| Total | 466 | 144 | 31% |
1st preference success by year
Buckinghamshire lets families list 6 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Last distance offered
From Buckinghamshire council's allocation report on offer day. It changes every year, so treat it as a guide.
September 2026 entry
1.92 km
Furthest child offered under "Distance"
All applicants offered under rule 3 (Children of Staff), rule 4 (Catchment Siblings) and some allocated under rule 5 (Catchment) to 1.19 miles.
September 2025 entry
2.10 km
Furthest child offered under "Distance"
All applications offered under rule 3 (exceptional medical or social needs), rule 4 (children of staff), rule 5 {6} (catchment siblings), and some allocated under rule 6 (catchment) to 1.306 miles.
Currently available for Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Enfield schools, from council allocation reports. Distances are straight-line from home to school.
Details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Khaiam Shabbir
- Address
- Holmers Lane, High Wycombe, HP12 4QA
- Phone
- 01494437729
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Ward / constituency
- Booker & Cressex · Wycombe
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 110500
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 33% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 59% | — | — |
| SEN support | 18% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: Cressex Co-operative Learning Partnership
766 pupils · 803 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
28 February 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 786 pupils
Attendance
92.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
21.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 45.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.48 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 47% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 64% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.44 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | — | — | — |
Average grade: NE (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 52.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 69.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 4.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.01 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 147 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 146 | 23% | 56% | 75% | |
| English Language | 146 | 30% | 70% | 82% | |
| English Literature | 144 | 39% | 74% | 83% | |
| Religious Studies | 141 | 49% | 68% | 81% | |
| Combined Science | 90 | 6% | 32% | 56% | |
| Business | 80 | 9% | 49% | 56% | |
| History | 65 | 12% | 55% | 63% | |
| Biology | 56 | 30% | 86% | 96% | |
| Physics | 56 | 27% | 84% | 91% | |
| Chemistry | 56 | 34% | 77% | 96% | |
| Geography | 51 | 14% | 29% | 37% | |
| Social Studies | 46 | 15% | 50% | 65% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1.9 km — based on the last distance offered, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Buckinghamshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.