Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire
Unit 3 - Spearmast Industrial Estate, Land End Road, High Wycombe, HP12 4JG
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 13 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Peter Tang
- Constituency
- Wycombe
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 22
- Pupils on roll
- 15
- URN
- 135604
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01494418968
About this school
Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire is an independent special school in High Wycombe. It teaches children aged 13 to 16 and has 15 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in June 2008, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | 4 |
| 2024/25 | 14 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 14
- Pupils on SEN support
- 1
Location
Nearby schools
-
Chiltern Wood School1.1 miles
Special schools · High Wycombe
-
Kite Ridge School1.1 miles
Local authority maintained schools · High Wycombe
-
Unity College1.1 miles
Special schools · High Wycombe
-
Wycombe Abbey1.7 miles
Independent schools · High Wycombe
-
Buckinghamshire New University1.8 miles
Universities · High Wycombe
Other schools in High Wycombe
- Aspire Academies
- Chiltern Wood School Special schools
- Kite Ridge School Local authority maintained schools
- Unity College Special schools
- Bowerdean Nursery School Nursery
- Abbey View Primary Academy Primary
- Ash Hill Primary School Primary
- Ash Hill Primary School Primary
- Beechview Academy Primary
- Bledlow Ridge School Primary
- Booker Hill Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Cadmore End CofE School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire teach?
- Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire teaches children aged 13 to 16. It is a special school in High Wycombe.
- Who is the headteacher of Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire?
- The headteacher of Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire is Mr Peter Tang, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire?
- Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire has 15 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 13 to 16.
- Is Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire full?
- Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire has capacity for 22 pupils and 15 on roll (68%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire a faith school?
- No. Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire has no designated religious character.
- What are Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Progress Schools - Buckinghamshire's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 24 July 2026.