What schools serve High Wycombe?

There are 60 schools in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, including Bowerdean Nursery School, Bledlow Ridge School, Marsh School, Tylers Green First School, Booker Hill Primary School & Nursery and more. You can view each school's catchment area guidance and admissions policy on catchment.school.

How many primary and secondary schools are in High Wycombe?

High Wycombe has 41 primary schools and 7 secondary schools. There are also 12 other schools (such as all-through or special schools) in the area. All data is sourced from the Department for Education's GIAS register.

How do I find out if my address is in a school's catchment area in High Wycombe?

To check whether your address falls within a school's catchment area in High Wycombe, use the postcode search tool at catchment.school. Catchment area boundaries for High Wycombe schools are set by Buckinghamshire and reviewed each year. You can also consult the school's admissions policy or contact the Buckinghamshire admissions team directly for the most up-to-date boundary maps.

Who sets catchment area boundaries for schools in High Wycombe?

Catchment area boundaries for schools in High Wycombe are set by Buckinghamshire as the admissions authority. Community and voluntary-controlled schools follow the council's published admissions policy, while academies and voluntary-aided schools may set their own. Boundaries are reviewed annually and published each September for the following academic year.

Schools in High Wycombe

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

High Wycombe has 60 schools in the catchment.school database, including 41 primaries and 7 secondaries. Admissions are administered by Buckinghamshire Council, which operates a fully selective secondary system: every child in Buckinghamshire sits the 11-plus in Year 6, and grammar school offers are made in advance of the main admissions round. Ten schools in the High Wycombe area are faith schools with supplementary information forms.

Buckinghamshire's grammar schools serving High Wycombe include Royal Grammar School, Wycombe High School for girls, and John Hampden Grammar School. Families who do not pass or do not sit the 11-plus are considered for Upper Schools on a distance basis under Buckinghamshire Council's distance-based policy. Many popular primaries in the High Wycombe town centre operate with published catchments that can close within 0.6 miles; Tylers Green First School and Marsh School are frequently oversubscribed. The council publishes last-offered distances in its September Composite Prospectus.

School demand in High Wycombe

Across the 58 schools in High Wycombe with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 92%. 17 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.

10 schools in High Wycombe have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.

18 of the schools in High Wycombe are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Buckinghamshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.

21 of the schools in High Wycombe have a current Ofsted rating, of which 15 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.

Primary schools in High Wycombe: 11 oversubscribed (41)

Bledlow Ridge School

Primary · Community school

High Wycombe · HP14 4AZ

Ages 4-11 181 pupils Capacity 189

Marsh School

Primary · Community school

High Wycombe · HP11 1RW

Ages 3-7 166 pupils Capacity 120

Tylers Green First School

Primary · Community school

High Wycombe · HP10 8EF

Ages 4-7 175 pupils Capacity 180

Booker Hill Primary School & Nursery

Primary · Community school

High Wycombe · HP12 4LR

Ages 2-11 242 pupils Capacity 210

Ash Hill Primary School

Primary · Community school

High Wycombe · HP13 7HT

Ages 3-11 217 pupils Capacity 236

Holmer Green First School and Pre-School

Primary · Community school

High Wycombe · HP15 6UG

Ages 5-7 166 pupils Capacity 180

Carrington Junior School

Primary · Community school

High Wycombe · HP10 9AA

Ages 7-11 233 pupils Capacity 248

Carrington Infant School

Primary · Community school

High Wycombe · HP10 9AA

Ages 5-7 168 pupils Capacity 186

Oakridge School

Primary · Community school

High Wycombe · HP11 2PN

Ages 2-11 480 pupils Capacity 498

Manor Farm Community Infant School

Primary · Community school

High Wycombe · HP15 7PH

Ages 4-7 158 pupils Capacity 180

Juniper Hill School

Primary · Community school

High Wycombe · HP10 9LA

Ages 4-11 420 pupils Capacity 420

Holmer Green Junior School

Primary · Community school

High Wycombe · HP15 6TD

Ages 7-11 251 pupils Capacity 256

Tylers Green Middle School

Primary · Community school

High Wycombe · HP10 8DS

Ages 7-11 253 pupils Capacity 256

Lane End Primary School

Primary · Community school

High Wycombe · HP14 3EJ

Ages 2-11 121 pupils Capacity 210

Widmer End Community Combined School

Primary · Community school

High Wycombe · HP15 6AH

Ages 4-11 192 pupils Capacity 239

Stokenchurch Primary School

Primary · Community school

High Wycombe · HP14 3RN

Ages 3-11 403 pupils Capacity 450

Naphill and Walters Ash School

Primary · Community school

High Wycombe · HP14 4UL

Ages 4-11 274 pupils Capacity 420

Highworth Combined School and Nursery

Primary · Community school

High Wycombe · HP13 7PH

Ages 3-11 457 pupils Capacity 392