Wycombe High School has been knocked off the top of The Sunday Times 2024 Parent Power guide.

Reading School won Secondary School of the Year after the Wycombe school won the top spot in 2023.

Despite this, several schools in Buckinghamshire have been included in The Sunday Times's Parent Power Guide 2024, widely acknowledged as the most comprehensive and authoritative survey of the UK's top educational institutions. 

In the newspaper's ranking of the best secondary and grammar schools in South East England, Dr Challoner's Grammar School in Amersham came sixth, with a national ranking of 35, and Beaconsfield High School came seventh, with a national ranking of 37.

Dr Challoner's High School in Little Chalfont was ranked eighth best in the region, coming in at 38th nationally, Chesham Grammar School was ninth, with a national place of 41, and Sir William Borlase's Grammar School in Marlow was ranked tenth best, with a national spot of 44.

The UK’s highest-achieving secondary schools are ranked by the first true set of post-pandemic examination results in the 31st edition of The Sunday Times Parent Power Guide.

The guide is widely acknowledged as the most authoritative survey of the country’s top schools.

Helen Davies, Editor of Parent Power, said: “The educational landscape continues to be challenging across both the state and independent sectors, and this is the first true assessment of post-pandemic exam results. We believe these rankings – and all the additional information on offer in Parent Power – provide parents with a more reliable guide to academic achievement in schools today.

“The guide showcases academic excellence but also celebrates schools who may not be right at the top but are rising, innovating and helping pupils flourish. Being a teenager is hard enough, and the past few years since Covid have made life even harder. It is heartening to highlight the achievements of so many students and schools across the UK.

“This year Parent Power includes details on extracurricular clubs, wellbeing initiatives and school lunch menus – chicken katsu seems to be the dish of the day.”