Wycombe Abbey A GSG School
- Wycombe Abbey
Abbey Way
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP11 1PE - Head: Jo Duncan
- T 01494 520381
- F 01494 473836
- E [email protected]
- W www.wycombeabbey.com
- An independent school for girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Buckinghamshire
- Pupils: 635; sixth formers: 198
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £30,270; Boarding £40,350 pa
- Open days: Saturday 18 September 2021
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
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 high flyers 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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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 September 2019, Jo Duncan, previously head of the Royal High School, Bath. Studied English and theology at St Andrews, with the intention of working as a lawyer or teacher. After stints working in schools in Hungary and Romania during her university years she realised she felt ‘very at home in the classroom’ so opted to do a PGCE at Homerton College, Cambridge. First teaching post was at The Latymer School, where she taught RS for four years. Then moved to Benenden, where she spent seven years and ‘fell in love with boarding and its community feel’; appointed to her first headship at Princess Helena College in Herts in her early 30s. Married to Murray, a London lawyer; they have a son and a daughter.
Entrance
Potential pupils will ‘like their notebooks and fluorescent pens –...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
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 |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheam School | 2020 | 1 | ||
| Coworth Flexlands School & Nursery | 2020 | |||
| Eagle House School | 2020 | |||
| Falkner House | 2020 | 1 | ||
| Glendower Preparatory School | 2020 | 5 | Scholarship: Academic | |
| Hanford School | 2020 | |||
| Kensington Prep School | 2020 | 2 | 2 | Academic Scholarship; Music Scholarship |
| Knightsbridge School | 2020 | 1 | ||
| Notting Hill Preparatory School | 2020 | |||
| Pembridge Hall School | 2020 | 3 | ||
| Queen's College Prep School | 2020 | 1 |
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