School research · Wycombe Abbey

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1,946 historical records · 1990–2026 · 24 studies. The years available differ between questions. Past results do not tell you which subjects a new pupil can take.

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The studies below explain what the results show and what could change the reading. A comparison can reveal a pattern worth asking about, while leaving the larger question of a school’s suitability open. The figures and sources are there to read for yourself.

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We do not yet have a study combining this school’s sixth-form qualifications. You can still read the results for each qualification in the original records.

Still to confirm now: Which qualifications and pathways will be available for the intended entry year? The subjects and entry information below are a starting point for that conversation. The historical result cannot answer it.

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Comparison · Oxford offers / applications · 2016–2025

How do Eton and Wycombe Abbey compare on Oxford offers / applications?

Neither school has a consistent lead on Oxford offer rates. Wycombe Abbey comes out slightly higher when all the available years are compared, but Eton comes out higher over some shorter periods.

Measure: Oxford offers divided by applications from the same applying school and named admissions round. Years: 2016–2025.

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Oxford offers / applications: Eton and Wycombe Abbey, each year both can be compared. The gap is Eton minus Wycombe Abbey, in percentage points.
Year	Eton (%)	Wycombe Abbey (%)	Gap (points)
2016	36.42	32.5	3.92
2017	29.11	33.33	−4.22
2018	30.46	41.67	−11.2
2019	32.09	32.43	−0.34
2020	32.09	32.61	−0.52
2021	24.6	16.67	7.94
2022	32.41	28.13	4.28
2023	28.21	33.33	−5.13
2024	31.25	25	6.25
2025	28.07	41.18	−13.11

Keep these limits with the answer

The rate compares applications and offers in the same admissions round. A school’s count of leavers going to Oxford cannot take the place of either figure.
Published results describe different groups of pupils, chosen in different ways. They can’t show the effect of attending a school, or what one pupil would achieve.
Only the years both schools can be compared on are used: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. A missing or excluded year is not a zero result.
The period check compares all shared years, the latest three, the latest five and each year left out in turn, not every possible period. One of these choices of years changes which school is ahead.
These figures carry the record’s existing source checks, which are kept apart from background links. This edition didn’t reopen every original publication.
Offers are divided by applications made from the same school. An offer is not an acceptance or a final destination. This edition uses Oxford years up to 2025 only, and only those whose applications and offers both have an exact source check.
Historical results: the latest shared year is 2025. They can’t show 2026 results.

20 of the 20 recorded figures behind this comparison have an exact source check for that field and year; 0 are recorded or calculated figures with their support set out in Record details. This is not a fresh check of every source.

Open the original records and sources

Eton College · 2016 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2016
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Wycombe Abbey · 2016 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2016
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Eton College · 2017 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2017
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Wycombe Abbey · 2017 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2017
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Eton College · 2018 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2018
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Wycombe Abbey · 2018 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2018
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Eton College · 2019 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2019
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Wycombe Abbey · 2019 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2019
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Eton College · 2020 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2020
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Wycombe Abbey · 2020 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2020
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Eton College · 2021 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2021
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Wycombe Abbey · 2021 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2021
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Eton College · 2022 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2022
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Wycombe Abbey · 2022 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2022
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Eton College · 2023 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2023
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Wycombe Abbey · 2023 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2023
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Eton College · 2024 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2024
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Wycombe Abbey · 2024 · Oxford entry cycle · published record · 2024 · Oxford entry cycle
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Eton College · 2025 · Oxford apply-centre cycles · 2025
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.
Wycombe Abbey · 2025 · Oxford entry cycle · published record · 2025 · Oxford entry cycle
Checked against the original: accepted, applications and offers.

With research access, read our interpretation of the differences between the schools, see whether the choice of years changes the answer, and prepare questions for each school. Read the study and its additional analysis.

Still to confirm now: Have the qualifications, subject mix or reporting basis changed since the years shown? The subjects and entry information below are a starting point for that conversation. The historical result cannot answer it.

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How do KCS Wimbledon and Wycombe Abbey compare on Oxford offers / applications?
Neither school has a consistent lead on Oxford offer rates. Wycombe Abbey comes out slightly higher when all the available years are compared, but KCS Wimbledon comes out higher over some shorter periods.
Comparison · Oxford offers / applications · 2016–2025
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How do SPGS and Wycombe Abbey compare on Oxford offers / applications?
SPGS comes out higher than Wycombe Abbey on Oxford offer rates when the available years are compared. The same school comes out higher in every period we checked.
Comparison · Oxford offers / applications · 2016–2025
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How do St Paul’s and Wycombe Abbey compare on Oxford offers / applications?
St Paul’s comes out a little higher than Wycombe Abbey on Oxford offer rates when the available years are compared. The same school comes out higher in every period we checked.
Comparison · Oxford offers / applications · 2016–2025
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How do Westminster and Wycombe Abbey compare on Oxford offers / applications?
Westminster comes out higher than Wycombe Abbey on Oxford offer rates when the available years are compared. The same school comes out higher in every period we checked.
Comparison · Oxford offers / applications · 2016–2025
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How do Winchester and Wycombe Abbey compare on Oxford offers / applications?
Neither school has a consistent lead on Oxford offer rates. Winchester comes out higher when all the available years are compared, but Wycombe Abbey comes out higher over some shorter periods.
Comparison · Oxford offers / applications · 2016–2025
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How do Wycombe Abbey and Brighton compare on Oxford offers / applications?
There are too few years with comparable figures to judge a pattern in Oxford offer rates. You can still see each year’s figures below.
Comparison · Oxford offers / applications · 2024–2025
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How do Wycombe Abbey and City of London compare on Oxford offers / applications?
There are too few years with comparable figures to judge a pattern in Oxford offer rates. You can still see each year’s figures below.
Comparison · Oxford offers / applications · 2024–2025
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How do Wycombe Abbey and Dulwich compare on Oxford offers / applications?
There are too few years with comparable figures to judge a pattern in Oxford offer rates. You can still see each year’s figures below.
Comparison · Oxford offers / applications · 2024–2025
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How do Wycombe Abbey and Godolphin & Latymer compare on Oxford offers / applications?
There are too few years with comparable figures to judge a pattern in Oxford offer rates. You can still see each year’s figures below.
Comparison · Oxford offers / applications · 2024–2025
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How do Wycombe Abbey and Harrow compare on Oxford offers / applications?
There are too few years with comparable figures to judge a pattern in Oxford offer rates. You can still see each year’s figures below.
Comparison · Oxford offers / applications · 2024–2025
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How do Wycombe Abbey and Latymer Upper compare on Oxford offers / applications?
There are too few years with comparable figures to judge a pattern in Oxford offer rates. You can still see each year’s figures below.
Comparison · Oxford offers / applications · 2024–2025
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How do Wycombe Abbey and MCS Oxford compare on Oxford offers / applications?
There are too few years with comparable figures to judge a pattern in Oxford offer rates. You can still see each year’s figures below.
Comparison · Oxford offers / applications · 2024–2025
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How do Wycombe Abbey and NLCS compare on Oxford offers / applications?
There are too few years with comparable figures to judge a pattern in Oxford offer rates. You can still see each year’s figures below.
Comparison · Oxford offers / applications · 2024–2025
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How do Wycombe Abbey and Radley compare on Oxford offers / applications?
There are too few years with comparable figures to judge a pattern in Oxford offer rates. You can still see each year’s figures below.
Comparison · Oxford offers / applications · 2024–2025
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How do Wycombe Abbey and Wellington compare on Oxford offers / applications?
There are too few years with comparable figures to judge a pattern in Oxford offer rates. You can still see each year’s figures below.
Comparison · Oxford offers / applications · 2024–2025
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How do Eton and Wycombe Abbey compare on A-level grades at A*?
Eton comes out a little higher than Wycombe Abbey on the share of A-level entries awarded A* when the available years are compared.
Comparison · A-level grades at A* · 2017, 2019, 2022
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How do KCS Wimbledon and Wycombe Abbey compare on A-level grades at A*?
KCS Wimbledon comes out higher than Wycombe Abbey on the share of A-level entries awarded A* when the available years are compared.
Comparison · A-level grades at A* · 2017, 2019, 2022
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How do St Paul’s and Wycombe Abbey compare on A-level grades at A*?
St Paul’s comes out higher than Wycombe Abbey on the share of A-level entries awarded A* when the available years are compared.
Comparison · A-level grades at A* · 2017, 2019, 2022
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How do Wycombe Abbey and Latymer Upper compare on A-level grades at A*?
Wycombe Abbey comes out higher than Latymer Upper on the share of A-level entries awarded A* when the available years are compared.
Comparison · A-level grades at A* · 2017, 2019, 2022
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How do SPGS and Wycombe Abbey compare on A-level grades at A*?
There are too few years with comparable figures to judge a pattern in the share of A-level entries awarded A*. You can still see each year’s figures below.
Comparison · A-level grades at A* · 2019, 2022
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How do Wycombe Abbey and Godolphin & Latymer compare on A-level grades at A*?
There are too few years with comparable figures to judge a pattern in the share of A-level entries awarded A*. You can still see each year’s figures below.
Comparison · A-level grades at A* · 2017, 2022
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How do Wycombe Abbey and Radley compare on A-level grades at A*?
There are too few years with comparable figures to judge a pattern in the share of A-level entries awarded A*. You can still see each year’s figures below.
Comparison · A-level grades at A* · 2019, 2022
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How do Westminster and Wycombe Abbey compare on A-level grades at A*?
There are too few years with comparable figures to judge a pattern in the share of A-level entries awarded A*. You can still see each year’s figures below.
Comparison · A-level grades at A* · 2017, 2019
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What sits behind a school-wide result?

A school-wide percentage can conceal quite different results in individual subjects. Look at the grades and the number of entries together: one pupil may account for several subject entries.

We have not yet published a subject study for this school. That tells you about our coverage, not which subjects the school offers or how pupils performed.

Still to confirm now: Is the subject offered now, can it fit the intended combination, and what entry conditions apply? The subjects and entry information below are a starting point for that conversation. The historical result cannot answer it.

What does a university destination list actually count?

A list of where leavers went can open up possibilities beyond the headline destinations. Check whose destinations it describes, and keep places taken up separate from applications and offers.

We have not yet published a destination study for this school. You can explore the dated university records in its public history below.

Still to confirm now: Which courses and pathways are available now, and which leavers does a newer published table include? The subjects and entry information below are a starting point for that conversation. The historical result cannot answer it.

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What the historical record contains

These records collect what the school and other sources published over time. Before comparing two figures, check that they describe the same qualification and group. Applications, offers and places taken up each tell a different part of the university story.

What the historical record contains
Published material	Recorded years	Records
university admissions	2006–2025	80
Exam results	1990–2026	1,300
university destinations	2009–2026	509
university outcomes	2026	57

Exam results and subject history University destinations Dated entry material Every record and its sources

Subjects, entry and the school week

A subject list is only the beginning. You also need to know whether the subjects fit together, what entry conditions apply and how the school day would work. The information below says when each source was checked and which year it concerns. Ask the school to confirm the arrangements for the year your child would join.

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Where the publications leave a question open, we say so. We do not fill a missing date or condition with an assumption.

Subjects offered: We have not yet independently checked a current source for this detail. Please ask the school to confirm it.
We have not yet independently checked a current source for this detail. Please ask the school to confirm it.; Still to confirm · Publication does not state a year · Entry stage not given · Source not checked · Start date not given · End date not given
Permitted subject combinations: Pupils usually study four A levels in Lower Sixth, continuing either three or all four in Upper Sixth; courses are two-year linear programmes.
The exact subject combinations and available places still need to be confirmed.
This is the school's current description of its usual curriculum. It does not identify a particular academic year.; Checked against a published source · Publication does not state a year · Entry point: 16+ · Source read: 2026-09-30 · Start date not given · End date not given; Sixth Form « Wycombe Abbey · The Sixth Form Curriculum · read 2026-09-30
Entry conditions: 2027 entry guidance expects six GCSE/IGCSE passes at A*/A or grades 9/8/7, and A* or grade 9/8 in the subjects chosen for A level. — 16+ / Year 12 entry
16+ registration deadline was 1 June 2026 for 2027 entry and registration is stated closed. Assessment includes UKiset, a school report and entrance examinations in four selected subjects. — 16+ / Year 12 entry
This guidance explicitly concerns 2027 entry. The minimum requirements and selection process do not mean that applications are still open or that a place is available.; Checked against a published source · Published for: 2027-28 · Entry point: 16+ · Source read: 2026-09-30 · Start date not given · End date not given; Admissions « Wycombe Abbey · Sixth Form Entry (16+) / Entry in 2027: registration and assessment · read 2026-09-30
Day and boarding: Day: published as available. Boarding: published as available.
Boarding and day boarding charges are published. Lower Sixth boarders live in Senior Houses; day boarders are attached to a Senior House. Upper Sixth boarders move to Clarence.
These are the school's published sixth-form arrangements. Families should confirm the attendance expected of day pupils and whether places are available.; Checked against a published source · Publication does not state a year · Entry point: 16+ · Source read: 2026-09-30 · Start date not given · End date not given; Sixth Form « Wycombe Abbey · Boarding in the Sixth Form · read 2026-09-30
Admissions « Wycombe Abbey · Fees · read 2026-09-30
Published fees and other costs: Boarding fee from September 2026: £21,500.00 per term. VAT: included. Includes: Tuition, board and lodging; Laundry; Personal accident insurance; Most games activities; Majority of educational materials; Many curriculum trips. Excludes: External examination fees; Music, dance and drama lessons; Specialist sports coaching; Some curriculum trips; Optional insurances.
Day boarding fee from September 2026: £16,400.00 per term. VAT: included. Includes: Tuition; Meals and snacks; Pastoral care; Co-curricular and weekend activities. Excludes: Lodging; Laundry; Paid overnight stays; External examination fees and optional extras.
The school says these fees apply from September 2026, without giving an exact start day or an academic year when they end. Deposits and paid extras are separate obligations; the figures here have not been turned into an annual total.; Checked against a published source · Publication does not state a year · Entry point: 16+ · Source read: 2026-09-30 · Start date not given · End date not given; Admissions « Wycombe Abbey · Fees: fees from September 2026 and inclusions/extras · read 2026-09-30

Practical details to confirm · Existing dated admissions records

Recent results and their sources

2026

Showing the latest 40 records here. The full evidence catalogue contains all 1,946 records for this school, including earlier and undated material. Each record’s “Source and full figures” link explains where the figure came from, whether the original is accessible and exactly what we checked.

2026

Wycombe Abbey: Leaver destinations and offers, 2026

University destinations

Cambridge: 6
Current-pupil offers: 20
Oxford + Cambridge: 22
Oxford: 14
Prior-leaver offers: 2

It’s unclear which group this figure counts, so it isn’t compared.

Some figures here are measured differently from the comparison charts.

What it counts and where it’s from

Where it’s from:Quoted second-hand

How the source defines it:offers_to_date