Princes Risborough School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Buckinghamshire Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2018–2025 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Princes Risborough School is a secondary school in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 1 November 2022. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2017 to 2026 entry.
Princes Risborough School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Not published |
| Year 7 2025 | 5.967 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 5.916 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 7.046 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2017 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026 had 180 first-choice applications for 178 offers. 154 offers went to first-choice families, and 26 first-choice families (14%) were not offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a place in 6 of the 9 Year 7 years with a published outcome.
- In 2024/25, 29% (England 45%) got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, 3rd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Buckinghamshire.
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C- (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was below average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Buckinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Merton Road, Princes Risborough, HP27 0DR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,083 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 1 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are motivated to achieve and to be successful.”
- “They are positive about their future aspirations and enjoy school.”
- “This is because leaders’ high expectations for pupils are evident in many aspects of day-to-day life.”
To improve
- “Leaders rightly recognise that there are still aspects of the school that could improve further.”
- “For example, although leaders have successfully improved attendance rates, some pupils still miss school too often, including in the sixth form.”
- “Some other subjects are not quite at this level.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 December 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 29% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 40.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 180 first-preference applications, 178 offers in total, 154 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Buckinghamshire.
- John Colet School 5.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Misbourne School 5.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Mandeville School 5.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Grange School 6.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School 6.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Aylesbury UTC 6.5 mi Requires improvement
- Aylesbury High School 6.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Aylesbury Grammar School 6.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
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