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Cressex Community School

Buckinghamshire, HP12 4QASecondaryAges 11–18MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Feb 2024
Progress 8
No data
First choices / offers
1.2×
More first choices than offers made
168 1st-choice / 145 offers made
Ranking
🏆Top 25%
#529 of 3,141 nationally

About Cressex Community School

Cressex Community School is a state-funded secondary school in Buckinghamshire, South East, for pupils aged 11 to 18 for boys and girls. DfE data records 766 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 803.

The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Good (28 Feb 2024). the published Attainment 8 score was 50.7 for 2024/25. admissions data records 168 first-preference applications and 145 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27.

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Key Details

School TypeSecondary (State)
Age Range11 to 18 years
GenderMixed
AddressHolmers Lane, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 4QA
HeadteacherMr Khaiam Shabbir
Local AuthorityBuckinghamshire
Number of Pupils766
Free School Meals (FSM)32.5%
School Capacity766 / 803 (95% full)
Sixth FormYes

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

28 Feb 2024
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good

Latest monitoring visit (28 Feb 2024): School remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 4 Sept 2014. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

Published SEND Data

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingPhysicalLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education. Confirm current provision with the school's SENCO.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:55 – 15:05

Source: cressex.org. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Cressex Community School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This is the overall judgement recorded under the inspection framework in use on the inspection date. Read the report and date before comparing it with newer inspections.