Cressex Community School, High Wycombe

From the headteacher's welcome: "High educational achievement and a positive attitude to learning are keys to lifetime success. At Cressex Community School we firmly believe that high achievement for each student is our shared responsibility."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football and netball.

In 2026, pupils at Cressex Community School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 55 in Buckinghamshire and 47 across England.

42% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 61% in Buckinghamshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 50.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.48: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 38.3, against 46.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 168 families put Cressex Community School as their first choice and 453 named it as one of their preferences, for 145 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 62 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Cressex Community School are John Hampden Grammar School (0.9 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 73.1); Wycombe High School (1 mile, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 74.2); St Michael's Catholic School (1.3 miles, Attainment 8 48.7); and Great Marlow School (2.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.2).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Cressex Community School.

Cressex Community School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

Of the 146 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 77% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 24% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 4% into work.

55.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (65%), White British (16%) and Mixed (7%).

The nearest railway station is High Wycombe Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Turnpike Corner West (o/s 210), 200 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 149 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Buckinghamshire (44), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Cressex Community School issued 31 suspensions, 4.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Cressex Community School are Chepping View Primary Academy (0.4 miles), Booker Hill Primary School & Nursery (0.7 miles), Castlefield School (0.8 miles) and Oakridge School (1.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.