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St Michael's Catholic School

URN
149612
Phase
All-through
Status
Open

School overview

School name
St Michael's Catholic School
URN
149612
Phase
All-through
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-19
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

65 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

50

Inspection

78

Admissions Value

59

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of all-through schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#1 of 2 schools in Buckinghamshire

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for St Michael's Catholic School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for St Michael's Catholic School

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Ofsted inspections

Report card (from November 2025)

From November 2025, Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. Schools receive grades across several areas on a report card.

Latest publication date
19 April 2026
Inspection date
10 February 2026
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingMet

Inspection outcomes

  • Safeguarding

    Met

    Graded 10 February 2026

  • Inclusion

    Expected standard

    Graded 10 February 2026

  • Curriculum and teaching

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

269

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

834

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

269

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3.1×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Buckinghamshire)
School website
www.stmichaels.bucks.sch.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Buckinghamshire to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

85.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

78.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

80.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

68.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

HP11 1PW - Daws Hill Lane, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Contact details

Address
Daws Hill Lane, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Postcode
HP11 1PW
Phone
1494535196
Website
www.stmichaels.bucks.sch.uk
Visit websiteOpen in Google Maps

Administrative details

Local authority name
Buckinghamshire
Local authority code
825

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 481 schools in Buckinghamshire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

481

Open schools

275

Closed schools

205

Primary schools

287

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Expected standard

    Graded 10 February 2026

  • Achievement

    Expected standard

    Graded 10 February 2026

  • Attendance and behaviour

    Strong standard

    Graded 10 February 2026

  • Personal development and wellbeing

    Strong standard

    Graded 10 February 2026

  • Leadership and governance

    Expected standard

    Graded 10 February 2026

  • Early years

    Strong standard
  • Post-16

    Expected standard
  • View official Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)

    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    19 April 202610 February 2026S5 InspectionReport cardView report for inspection published 19 April 2026
    • Report card

      Published
      19 April 2026
      Inspected
      10 February 2026
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    32.3%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 189

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Key stage 4 (secondary)

    Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

    Attainment 8

    Attainment 8

    49.1

    Progress 8

    Progress 8

    Not published

    English and maths grade 5 or above

    English & maths 5+

    46.4%

    English and maths grade 4 or above

    English & maths 4+

    67.8%

    EBacc entry

    EBacc entry

    28.0%

    EBacc achievement

    EBacc achievement

    13.3%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Below average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    19.7

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.57

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    2.6%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    79

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary287 (60.2%)
    • Secondary79 (16.6%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other111 (23.3%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    St Michael's Catholic School0 mAll-throughClosed
    St Augustine's Catholic Primary School190 mPrimaryClosed
    Wycombe High School431 mSecondaryClosed
    Wycombe High School431 mSecondaryOpen
    Woodland First School and Primary Centre431 mNot applicableClosed
    John Hampden Grammar School619 mSecondaryClosed
    John Hampden Grammar School619 mSecondaryOpen
    Abbey View Primary Academy732 mPrimaryOpen
    Wycombe Abbey752 mNot applicableOpen
    High Wycombe Church of England Combined School991 mPrimaryOpen
    • St Michael's Catholic School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      All-through
      Status
      Closed
    • St Augustine's Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      190 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Wycombe High School
      Distance
      431 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Wycombe High School
      Distance
      431 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (All-through) and local authority (Buckinghamshire)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    St Michael's Catholic SchoolAll-throughHP11 1PWClosed
    The Aylesbury Vale AcademyAll-throughHP18 0WSOpen
    • St Michael's Catholic School
      Phase
      All-through
      Postcode
      HP11 1PW
      Status
      Closed
    • The Aylesbury Vale Academy
      Phase
      All-through
      Postcode
      HP18 0WS
      Status
      Open
    Woodland First School and Primary Centre
    Distance
    431 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • John Hampden Grammar School
    Distance
    619 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • John Hampden Grammar School
    Distance
    619 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Abbey View Primary Academy
    Distance
    732 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Wycombe Abbey
    Distance
    752 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • High Wycombe Church of England Combined School
    Distance
    991 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open