England · Grammar school
John Hampden Grammar School
High Wycombe · Boys only · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 136771)
Overview
- Address
- Marlow Hill, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1SZ
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Boys only
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,281
- Capacity
- 1,150
- Eligible for free school meals
- 5.4%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Academy converter
- Religious character
- Not yet available
- Trust
- John Hampden Grammar School (single-academy trust)
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (get-information-schools.service.gov.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Fully selective area35% of Year 7 places offered in Buckinghamshire for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test
- Qualifying score
- Qualifying score 121 (Secondary Transfer Test) (2026 entry)
- Catchment area
- Not yet available
- Children from outside the catchment
- Sometimes: For September 2026 entry, boys outside the priority areas come after those inside them. In 2025 boys outside were offered places up to 15.859 miles; in 2026 places ran out within Priority Area B.
Past offers: lowest score and furthest distance
| Intake | Applicant group | Lowest score offered | Last distance offered | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | Priority Area B (places offered on distance)Buckinghamshire Council allocation profile on national offer day (qualified applicants only). All qualified boys in Priority Area A were offered places. | – | 18.50 km (11.49 miles) | buckinghamshire.gov.uk |
| Sept 2025 | outside priority areas (places offered on distance)Buckinghamshire Council allocation profile on national offer day (qualified applicants only). All qualified boys in Priority Areas A and B were offered places. | – | 25.52 km (15.86 miles) | buckinghamshire.gov.uk |
| Sept 2024 | Priority Area B (places offered on distance)Buckinghamshire Council allocation profile on national offer day (qualified applicants only). All qualified boys in Priority Area A were offered places. | – | 12.12 km (7.53 miles) | buckinghamshire.gov.uk |
| Sept 2023 | Priority Area B (places offered on distance)Buckinghamshire Council allocation profile on national offer day (qualified applicants only). All qualified boys in Priority Area A were offered places. | – | 10.78 km (6.70 miles) | buckinghamshire.gov.uk |
| Sept 2022 | outside priority areas (places offered on distance)Buckinghamshire Council allocation profile on national offer day (qualified applicants only). The profile says all Priority Area B boys were offered places (furthest 13.26 miles) and some others by distance to 9.395 miles. | – | 15.12 km (9.39 miles) | buckinghamshire.gov.uksecondary source |
| Sept 2021 | Priority Area B (places offered on distance)Buckinghamshire Council allocation profile on national offer day (qualified applicants only). All qualified boys in Priority Area A were offered places. | – | 18.39 km (11.43 miles) | buckinghamshire.gov.uk |
From published allocation data found in desk research (checked 1 November 2026); not yet confirmed with the school. Scores from different tests or years are not comparable, and a past cut-off does not guarantee a future place.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 865 applicants named this school (259 as their first choice) for 184 places. 53 of 184 offers went to children living outside Buckinghamshire.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Buckinghamshire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 184 | 865 | 259 | 1.4 | 53 |
| Sept 2025 | 180 | 715 | 213 | 1.2 | 78 |
| Sept 2024 | 181 | 770 | 247 | 1.4 | 56 |
| Sept 2023 | 179 | 793 | 211 | 1.2 | 26 |
| Sept 2022 | 175 | 793 | 206 | 1.2 | 56 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Buckinghamshire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 177 | 1,097 | 304 | 1.7 | 62 |
| Sept 2020 | 173 | 821 | 189 | 1.1 | 62 |
| Sept 2019 | 178 | 736 | 210 | 1.2 | 66 |
| Sept 2018 | 148 | 738 | 222 | 1.5 | 30 |
| Sept 2017 | 151 | 730 | 218 | 1.4 | 42 |
| Sept 2016 | 160 | 754 | 210 | 1.3 | 39 |
| Sept 2015 | 148 | 622 | 196 | 1.3 | 35 |
| Sept 2014 | 146 | 597 | 164 | 1.1 | 45 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Buckinghamshire" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (buckinghamshire.gov.uk, buckinghamshire.gov.uk), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates for September 2027 entry
- Test registration (Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test)
- 1 May 2026 to 2 June 2026
- Test date
- 8 September 2026, 10 September 20268 Sep is the Practice Test, 10 Sep the Transfer Test. Council says results released mid-October 2026; 9 Oct from several sources. Children at state-funded Bucks primaries are registered automatically; others register (opens 10am). Qualifying score 121. Older guide gave different window (2 May-13 June), likely outdated.
- Results sent to families
- 9 October 2026
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- 1 June 2011
Unverified: test dates come from desk research (high confidence). Confirm them with the council or test organiser. Sources: buckinghamshire.gov.uk, owltutors.co.uk.
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Guide to the Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test and its schools · How applying works
Source: Test dates research (cited public sources) (buckinghamshire.gov.uk), last checked 1 November 2026 · Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 14 September 2022: overall Outstanding. Read the report ↗
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Inspection history (2)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 73.1 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 96.2% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 67.2% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 99.5% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 73.2 (2023/24) → 72.3 (2024/25) → 73.1 (2025/26).
186 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- HP11 1SZ
- Map location
- 51.61708, -0.76453
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 01494529589
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.jhgs.bucks.sch.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 136771) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026