The Misbourne School
Misbourne Drive, Great Missenden, HP16 0BN
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE MISBOURNE
- Headteacher
- Mr Richard Peters
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,096
- Pupils on roll
- 1,115
- URN
- 145322
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01494862869
About this school
The Misbourne School is a secondary academy in Great Missenden. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,115 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 178 | 178 | 169 |
| Attainment 8 score | 49.1 | 48.4 | 50.8 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.26 +0.05 to +0.48 | +0.30 +0.09 to +0.51 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53% | 53.4% | 52.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 77% | 77% | 76.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 25% | 27% | 16% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
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 The Misbourne 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 | 49.1 | 47.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 48.4 | 49.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 50.8 | 46.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,065 |
| 2023/24 | 1,095 |
| 2024/25 | 1,126 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Misbourne School compares
The Misbourne School ranked 15th of 36 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 78% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50.8 | 9.3% | 12.7% | 1,115 | — |
| Holmer Green Senior School | 47.1 | 7.5% | 11.1% | 1,244 | 2.3 miles |
| Sir William Ramsay School | 35.4 | 11.6% | 33.8% | 984 | 3.6 miles |
| Chiltern Hills Academy | 40.3 | 10.5% | 22.4% | 1,047 | 3.6 miles |
| The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe | 73.9 | 6.1% | 5.7% | 1,451 | 4.2 miles |
| Dr Challoner's Grammar School | 73.9 | 5.2% | 2.7% | 1,384 | 4.3 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)
- 12.72%
- English as an additional language
- 5.7%
- Overall absence
- 9.25%
- Persistent absence
- 29.78%
Location
Nearby schools
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Holmer Green Senior School2.3 miles
Secondary · High Wycombe
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Sir William Ramsay School3.6 miles
Secondary · High Wycombe
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Chiltern Hills Academy3.6 miles
Secondary · Chesham
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The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe4.2 miles
Secondary · High Wycombe
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Dr Challoner's Grammar School4.3 miles
Secondary · Amersham
Other schools in Great Missenden
- Great Missenden CofE Combined School Primary
- Lee Common Church of England School Primary
- Little Kingshill Combined School Primary
- Prestwood Infant School Primary
- Prestwood Junior School Primary
- Gateway School Independent schools
- Missenden Abbey Adult Education College Other types
Common questions
- What year groups does The Misbourne School teach?
- The Misbourne School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Great Missenden.
- Who is the headteacher of The Misbourne School?
- The headteacher of The Misbourne School is Mr Richard Peters, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Misbourne School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Misbourne 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 The Misbourne School?
- The Misbourne School has 1,115 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is The Misbourne School full?
- The Misbourne School has capacity for 1,096 pupils and 1,115 on roll (102%), 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 The Misbourne School a faith school?
- No. The Misbourne School has no designated religious character.
- Is The Misbourne School a selective school?
- No. The Misbourne School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The Misbourne School?
- The Misbourne School is part of THE MISBOURNE. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does The Misbourne School have?
- The schools register lists The Misbourne School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Misbourne School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 49.1 in 2022/23 and 50.8 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Misbourne School rank locally?
- The Misbourne School ranked 15th of 36 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 78% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Misbourne School's absence rate?
- The Misbourne School's overall absence rate is 9.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Misbourne School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Misbourne 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.