Holmer Green Senior School
Parish Piece, Holmer Green, High Wycombe, HP15 6SP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HOLMER GREEN SENIOR SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mr Edward Hillyard
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 878
- Pupils on roll
- 1,244
- URN
- 138058
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01494712219
About this school
Holmer Green Senior School is a secondary academy in High Wycombe. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,244 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 148 | 207 | 203 |
| Attainment 8 score | 49.5 | 49.6 | 47.1 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.42 +0.19 to +0.65 | +0.40 +0.20 to +0.59 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 58% | 55.6% | 53.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77% | 78.3% | 73.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 31% | 24.2% | 26.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
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 Holmer Green Senior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Buckinghamshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 49.5 | 47.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 49.6 | 49.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 47.1 | 46.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,154 |
| 2023/24 | 1,218 |
| 2024/25 | 1,240 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Holmer Green Senior School compares
Holmer Green Senior School ranked 22nd of 36 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 66% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47.1 | 7.5% | 11.1% | 1,244 | — |
| Sir William Ramsay School | 35.4 | 11.6% | 33.8% | 984 | 1.4 miles |
| The Misbourne School | 50.8 | 9.3% | 12.7% | 1,115 | 2.3 miles |
| The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe | 73.9 | 6.1% | 5.7% | 1,451 | 2.4 miles |
| The Highcrest Academy | 38.5 | 9.9% | 35.6% | 1,045 | 2.8 miles |
| Dr Challoner's Grammar School | 73.9 | 5.2% | 2.7% | 1,384 | 3.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11.1%
- English as an additional language
- 7.7%
- Overall absence
- 7.5%
- Persistent absence
- 18.24%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Sir William Ramsay School1.4 miles
Secondary · High Wycombe
-
The Misbourne School2.3 miles
Secondary · Great Missenden
-
The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe2.4 miles
Secondary · High Wycombe
-
The Highcrest Academy2.8 miles
Secondary · High Wycombe
-
Dr Challoner's Grammar School3.8 miles
Secondary · Amersham
Other schools in High Wycombe
Holmer Green Senior School ranks 6th of the 8 ranked secondary schools in High Wycombe.
- Cressex Community School Secondary
- John Hampden Grammar School Secondary
- Sir William Ramsay School Secondary
- The Highcrest Academy Secondary
- The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe Secondary
- Wycombe High School Secondary
- 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Holmer Green Senior School teach?
- Holmer Green Senior School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in High Wycombe.
- Who is the headteacher of Holmer Green Senior School?
- The headteacher of Holmer Green Senior School is Mr Edward Hillyard, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Holmer Green Senior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Holmer Green Senior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Holmer Green Senior School?
- Holmer Green Senior School has 1,244 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Holmer Green Senior School full?
- Holmer Green Senior School has capacity for 878 pupils and 1,244 on roll (142%), so it is at or above 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 Holmer Green Senior School a faith school?
- No. Holmer Green Senior School has no designated religious character.
- Is Holmer Green Senior School a selective school?
- No. Holmer Green Senior School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Holmer Green Senior School?
- Holmer Green Senior School is part of HOLMER GREEN SENIOR SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Holmer Green Senior School have?
- The schools register lists Holmer Green Senior School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Holmer Green Senior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 49.5 in 2022/23 and 47.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Holmer Green Senior School rank locally?
- Holmer Green Senior School ranked 22nd of 36 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 66% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Holmer Green Senior School's absence rate?
- Holmer Green Senior School's overall absence rate is 7.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Holmer Green Senior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Holmer Green Senior School'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 15 July 2026.