Amersham School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,050 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7
Foundation school
Cressex Community School
- Pupils on roll
- 766of 803 places
- Free school meals
- 32.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 147
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 28 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 148 pupils who finished Year 11 at Cressex Community School in 2023, 45% stayed on in Cressex Community School’s own sixth form (Buckinghamshire average 61%), 22% went to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 96% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 50.7 against 46.1 across England and 53.4 in Buckinghamshire, with 52% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 4% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Buckinghamshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Cressex Community School | Buckinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 148 | 6,459 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 95% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 88% | 91% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 45% | 61% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 21% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 22% | 22% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 3% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Cressex Community School | Buckinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 50.7 | 53.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52% | 59% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 74% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 5% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.01 | 4.79 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 29% | 16% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 43.5 | 34.5 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 53.7 | 56.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 59% | 19% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 146 | 99% | 88% | 23% | 22% | 75% |
| English Language | 146 | 99% | 89% | 30% | 20% | 82% |
| English Literature | 144 | 98% | 86% | 39% | 21% | 83% |
| Religious Studies | 141 | 96% | 31% | 49% | 32% | 81% |
| Combined Science | 90 | 61% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 56% |
| Business Studies | 80 | 54% | 18% | 9% | 20% | 56% |
| History | 65 | 44% | 41% | 12% | 26% | 63% |
| Biology | 56 | 38% | 23% | 30% | 45% | 96% |
| Physics | 56 | 38% | 23% | 27% | 46% | 91% |
| Chemistry | 56 | 38% | 23% | 34% | 47% | 96% |
| Geography | 51 | 35% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 37% |
| Citizenship Studies | 26 | 18% | 3% | 19% | 19% | 62% |
| Computer Science | 25 | 17% | 13% | 20% | 30% | 68% |
| Sociology | 20 | 14% | 4% | 10% | 21% | 70% |
| Art and Design | 17 | 12% | 7% | 12% | 24% | 82% |
| Physical Education | 17 | 12% | 11% | 18% | 24% | 53% |
| French | 13 | 9% | 18% | 23% | 29% | 77% |
| Design and Technology | 10 | 7% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 30% |
| Arabic | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Japanese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| German | 2 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 22 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 11 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 2 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 2 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury Grammar School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,346 pupils
99% stayed in education · Attainment 8 74.5
Aylesbury High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,368 pupils
98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 74.3
Aylesbury UTC
University technical college · sixth form · 128 pupils
68% stayed in education · Attainment 8 23.8
Beaconsfield High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,283 pupils
99% stayed in education · Attainment 8 75.9
Buckingham School
Community school · sixth form · 1,110 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.6
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.