Wycombe Abbey A GSG School
- Wycombe Abbey
Abbey Way
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP11 1PE - Head: Mrs R Wilkinson
- T 01494 520381
- F 01494 473836
- E registrar@wycombeabbey.com
- W www.wycombeabbey.com
- An independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Buckinghamshire
- Pupils: 607; 557 full boarders; sixth formers: 185
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £28,350; Boarding £37,800 pa
- Open days: October, March and June
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What The Good Schools Guide says..
As with other high-achieving schools, everything you’d expect in the way of stunning stuff to play, perform or create is on show on a nearby pitch, platform or podium. Caters for all sorts in innumerable venues, sweet-toothed first years to Cadbury’s World, skiers to Whistler, budding sixth form medics to West Herts Hospital and female highflyers past and present regularly celebrated with events and talks. Appreciative parents accept school for what it is and don’t expect much in the way of radical change – except, that is, at Christmas, when the…
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2015 Good Schools Guide Awards
- Best performance by Girls taking Critical Thinking at an English Independent School (GCE AS level)
Curricula
Cambridge Pre-U - an alternative to A levels, with all exams at the end of the two-year course.
Sports
Polo
Rowing
Fencing
Shooting
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmistress
Since 2013, Mrs Rhiannon Wilkinson MA MEd (50s). Previously principal at Harrogate Ladies' College, one of many curves in perfectly rounded career that includes five years at Haileybury as director of studies and two at Cheadle Hume School where was director of pastoral system. Married with children - husband, Donald is a retired headmaster.
Choice of profession early and unwavering, thanks to family clan of fulfilled teachers (has happy memories of washing out paint pots in mother’s classroom). Started in large comprehensives in Devon and south Manchester, then (sensibly ignoring relative’s confident predictions of ‘career suicide’) spent 11 years in Hong Kong and Brunei schools where managing international and affluent families honed parent-whispering skills. Only career downside - has lived in school accommodation since age of 27. ‘Probably makes me...
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Special Education Needs
The School is selective with entry by examination and so caters only for academically able girls. Girls with SpLD are given extra support by specialist teachers with SpLD qualifications. The Learning Support Co-ordinator works closely with staff and Housemistresses to ensure the girls are supported. Girls are given special examination provision where appropriate. 10-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashdown House School | 2016 | 1 | ||
| Beaudesert Park School | 2014 to 2017 | 1 | ||
| Bute House Preparatory School for Girls | 2017 | 3 | 1 | Exhibition |
| Cheam School | 2016 | 1 | ||
| Coworth Flexlands School | 2015 to 2017 | 2 | ||
| Dragon School | 2017 | 1 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
| Eaton House the Manor Girls' School | 2017 | 1 | ||
| Francis Holland Junior School, Sloane Square | 2017 | 3 | ||
| Glendower Prep School | 2015 to 2017 | 9 | 2 | Academic Scholarship; Academic Scholarship |
| Hill House International School | 2015 to 2016 | 2 | ||
| Kensington Prep School | 2015 to 2017 | 10 | 2 | Academic Scholarship; Music Scholarship; Academic Scholarship |
| Maltman's Green School | 2015 to 2017 | 20 | 2 | Academic Exhibition; Wycombe Abbey Open Scholarship |
| Newland House School | 2016 | 1 | ||
| Newton Prep | 2017 | 2 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
| Rosemead Preparatory School | 2017 | 2 | ||
| St Faith's | 2017 | 1 | ||
| St Paul's Cathedral School | 2010 to 2015 | 2 | ||
| Thomas's Battersea | 2017 | 1 | 1 | The Wycombe Abbey Open Academic Scholarship |
| Thomas's Kensington | 2015 | 2 | 1 | Academic Exhibition |
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