St Michael's Catholic School

All-through · Academy converter · Mixed · Buckinghamshire

Daws Hill Lane, High Wycombe, HP11 1PW

Website 01494535196

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

—

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

93.2%

18.4% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

2,414

Capacity used

Over capacity

109%

2,220 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

54 of 54 families who put it first got an offer

Places offered

115

Total applications

1.9

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)	Applications	Offers	Success
1st preference	54	54	● 100%
2nd preference	26	4	● 15%
3rd preference	22	1	● 5%
Later preferences (4th–6th)	13	0	● 0%
Total	115	59	51%

1st preference success by year

100%

2024

100%

2025

Buckinghamshire lets families list 6 preferences. 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

1.00 km

Furthest child offered under "Distance"

All applicants offered under rule 1 (Looked After Children), rule 2 (Baptised Catholic children with Priest support), rule 3 (Baptised Catholic children without Priest support), rule 4 (Other Christian children with Minister support), rule 5 (Children of Other Religions with Religious Leader support), rule 6 (Other children in sympathy with Catholic Ethos), rule 7a (Other children, attending a Feeder School), rule 7b (Other Children, with Siblings), and some allocated under rule 7d (Other Children, by Distance) to 0.622 miles.

September 2025 entry

1.20 km

Furthest child offered under "Distance"

All applicants offered under rules 1 - 7b and some allocated under rule 7d (distance) to a distance of 0.746 miles.

Currently available for Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Enfield schools, from council allocation reports. Distances are straight-line from home to school.

Details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: All-through
Age range: 3–19
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Sixth form: Yes
Nursery: Has Nursery Classes
Boarding: No boarders
Headteacher: Louise Baker
Address: Daws Hill Lane, High Wycombe, HP11 1PW
Phone: 01494535196
Local authority: Buckinghamshire
Ward / constituency: Abbey · Wycombe
Area: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN: 149612

Gov.uk school record Performance tables

Pupils

Measure	School	LA	England
Free school meals	20%	—	—
English as additional language	37%	—	—
SEN support	12%	—	—

48% boys (1158)52% girls (1256)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: ST THOMAS CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST

2,414 pupils · 2,220 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

10 February 2026

S5 Inspection · report card

Inclusion	Expected standard
Achievement	Expected standard
Safeguarding standards	Met
Curriculum and teaching	Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour	Strong standard
Leadership and governance	Expected standard
Early years	Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing	Strong standard
Post-16 provision	Expected standard

View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 2,115 pupils

Attendance

93.2%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

6.8%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

18.4%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

2.0%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.4%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

21%

23/24

18%

24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

Measure	School	LA	England
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths	78%	—	—
Higher standard	15%	—	—
Reading progress	—	—	0.0
Writing progress	—	—	0.0
Maths progress	—	—	0.0

GCSE results

Measure	School	LA	England
Attainment 8 score	48.3	—	—
Progress 8 score	0.33	—	0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths	49%	—	—
Grade 4+ in English & maths	70%	—	—
EBacc average point score	4.26	—	—

Progress 8 band

Well below

5% of schools

Below

26% of schools

Average

43% of schools

Above

21% of schools

Well above

5% of schools

A-level results

Measure	School	LA	England
Average points per entry	18.58	—	—

Average grade: D (England B-)

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard68%

+6% vs England

Higher standard13%

+5% vs England

Reading

Expected standard85%

+10% vs England

Higher standard55%

+22% vs England

Average score109

+3 vs England

Writing

Expected standard78%

+6% vs England

Greater depth17%

+4% vs England

Maths

Expected standard80%

+6% vs England

Higher standard38%

+12% vs England

Average score107

+2 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard85%

+12% vs England

Higher standard28%

-2% vs England

Average score107

+2 vs England

Science

Expected standard88%

+6% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)	68%	61%
Higher standard	13%	8%

GCSE results over time

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Attainment 8	49.1	46
Grade 5+ English & maths	46.4%	46%
Grade 4+ English & maths	67.8%	65%
Entering EBacc	28%	40%
EBacc average point score	4.24	4.1
Pupils in cohort	332	—

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.

Disadvantaged pupils

-0.15

Other pupils

+0.39

Low prior attainers

+0.23

Middle prior attainers

+0.41

High prior attainers

+0.17

Girls

+0.49

Boys

+0.10

A-level results over time

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Average points per entry	19.69	35
Average grade	D	—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)	2.6%	17%
A-level students	63	—

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	330	17%	49%	72%
English Language	330	22%	59%	77%
English Literature	326	26%	69%	83%
Religious Studies	324	27%	62%	74%
Combined Science	247	10%	38%	62%
Geography	185	11%	42%	57%
History	157	24%	63%	73%
Art and Design	91	13%	60%	85%
Business	89	15%	53%	66%
Physical Education	84	12%	38%	52%
Biology	83	34%	83%	95%
Physics	83	30%	75%	87%

A level

Subject	Entries	A*	A*–A	A*–B
Business Studies	27	0%	0%	4%
Law	18	6%	6%	6%
Psychology	18	0%	0%	22%
Biology	16	0%	0%	0%
Mathematics	13	0%	0%	8%
Sociology	11	0%	0%	18%
English Literature	11	0%	0%	9%
Media / Film / TV Studies	10	0%	0%	0%
Physical Education / Sports Studies	9	0%	0%	0%
Physics	8	0%	0%	0%
Chemistry	6	0%	0%	17%
Geography	6	0%	0%	0%

Oxbridge

Cambridge offers by year

No Cambridge offers this year

UCAS apply centre 15554: St Michael's Catholic School

Cambridge admissions¹	2024
Applications	≤5
Offers	0
Success rate	—
Accepted offers	0

¹ Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

² Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

Measure	School	LA	England
Higher education (university)	65%	—	—
Apprenticeships	6%	—	—
Any education or training	65%	—	—

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 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
Reception (primary)	15 January	16 April (or next working 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.