Schools / Wycombe Abbey
Wycombe Abbey is an independent school for girls in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, educating around 650 pupils aged 10 to 19. Entrance is by the school's own 11+ examinations, usually in English and mathematics, together with an interview. Founded in 1896 by Dame Frances Dove, the school is set in 170 acres of parkland above High Wycombe.
Athena holds admission-route records for Wycombe Abbey. They are shown by entry cycle below; where the provider changes between cycles, each cycle keeps its own recorded exam.
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School-set papers - the school's own bespoke assessment materials (third-party claims of ISEB are not what the school's own site describes).
1038 published practice questions tagged for this exam
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Set by Individual schools / small consortia (no board)
School-set papers - the school's own bespoke assessment materials (third-party claims of ISEB are not what the school's own site describes).
1038 published practice questions tagged for this exam
Route record: verified · Athena schools expansion research 2026-10-27
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Test: January of Year 6 — the school’s own examination day (a few schools test in November or December of Year 6)
Results: Outcomes follow the school’s published timetable, typically in the spring term of Year 6
Offers: February of Year 6 — the school publishes its offers to its own timetable (London day schools cluster around a mid-February offer point)
When to start preparing: Start preparing in the autumn term of Year 5 (the standing rule: about 18 months before the test).
General guidance: this follows the rule of thumb of starting about 18 months before the test. It is not the school's own published advice.
Source: official admissions information · checked 2026-10-28
Test: January of Year 6 — the school’s own examination day (a few schools test in November or December of Year 6)
Results: Outcomes follow the school’s published timetable, typically in the spring term of Year 6
Offers: February of Year 6 — the school publishes its offers to its own timetable (London day schools cluster around a mid-February offer point)
When to start preparing: Start preparing in the autumn term of Year 5 (the standing rule: about 18 months before the test).
General guidance: this follows the rule of thumb of starting about 18 months before the test. It is not the school's own published advice.
Source: official admissions information · checked 2026-10-28
No catchment — open competition
There is no catchment area. Admission is by the school’s own assessment process (examinations and, usually, an interview); the school sets its own oversubscription criteria in its admissions policy — commonly the assessment result first, with sibling or other connections considered at some schools.
GCSE: 97% of all examinations were awarded grades 7–9, with 63% achieving the top grade of 9
School-published
A level: Average point score per A level entry 50.88 (average grade A); 63.9% of A level students achieved AAB or higher
DfE performance tables
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Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28
A level: Average point score per A level entry 51.74 (average grade A+)
DfE performance tables
Source: official source · checked 2026-10-28
Athena counts a fixed UK top-10: University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, London School of Economics, University College London, Durham University, King's College London, University of Edinburgh, University of St Andrews and University of Warwick.
Schemes recorded from the school's own published information. A scholarship is a merit award; a bursary is means-tested. Values are shown exactly as the school states them — where a scheme is honorary, its stated value says so.
ScholarshipAcademic
What is assessed: Top performers in the 11+ process (ISEB Pre-Test and Assessment Day) are invited to sit Scholarship papers in English, Mathematics, Science and a Language Aptitude Test
When: Scholarship papers in late January/early February of Year 6
What it's worth: Value not stated on the school's published pages
How to apply: By invitation/nomination (no application required)
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipMusic
What is assessed: Candidates should have reached at least ABRSM Grade 5 standard, or equivalent, on their first instrument; application form plus a report from each individual music teacher; Stage 1 is an audio-visual recording (maximum 8 minutes) of a performance on each instrument and/or voice studied
When: Application form and recording by 1 September in the year prior to entry
What it's worth: Free tuition on two instruments, or on one instrument and voice
How to apply: Separate application required (application form to the Admissions team, with teacher reports)
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ExhibitionMusic
What is assessed: Candidates should have reached at least ABRSM Grade 5 standard, or equivalent, on their first instrument; application form plus a report from each individual music teacher; Stage 1 is an audio-visual recording (maximum 8 minutes)
When: Application form and recording by 1 September in the year prior to entry
What it's worth: Free tuition on one instrument (not voice)
How to apply: Separate application required (application form to the Admissions team, with teacher reports)
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
AwardMusic
What is assessed: Candidates should have a strong background of choral singing in parts (they may have received individual singing tuition, working towards ABRSM grades or RSCM singing awards); application form plus teacher reports; Stage 1 is an audio-visual recording (maximum 8 minutes)
When: Application form and recording by 1 September in the year prior to entry
What it's worth: Free voice tuition
How to apply: Separate application required (application form to the Admissions team, with teacher reports)
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
BursaryOther
What is assessed: Means-tested, for new girls at the main entry points; both parents provide proof of income, assets and expenditure; all families are visited at home by an external independent assessor; awards are offered for 12 months at a time and reviewed annually
When: Bursary Application Form returned by 1 September in the year preceding entry
What it's worth: Can extend to full fee remission (up to 100% of fees), plus possibly additional expenses
How to apply: Separate application required (Bursary Application Form)
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipAcademic
What is assessed: Awarded to girls who perform well throughout the 13+ admissions process (ISEB Common Pre-Test followed by an Assessment Day whose written examinations are designed to identify Scholars)
When: Assessment Day in the Spring term; offers made in early February
What it's worth: Value not stated on the school's published pages
How to apply: All entrance candidates automatically considered
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipMusic
What is assessed: Candidates should have reached at least ABRSM Grade 6 standard on their main instrument; application form plus teacher reports; Stage 1 is an audio-visual recording (maximum 8 minutes)
When: Application form and recordings by 1 October in the year prior to entry
What it's worth: Free tuition on two instruments, or on one instrument and voice
How to apply: Separate application required (application form to the Admissions team, with teacher reports)
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ExhibitionAcademic
What is assessed: Awarded to girls who perform well throughout the 13+ admissions process, showing great academic ability and/or promise
When: Assessment Day in the Spring term; offers made in early February
What it's worth: Value not stated on the school's published pages
How to apply: All entrance candidates automatically considered
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ExhibitionMusic
What is assessed: Candidates should have reached at least ABRSM Grade 6 standard on their main instrument; application form plus teacher reports; Stage 1 is an audio-visual recording (maximum 8 minutes)
When: Application form and recordings by 1 October in the year prior to entry
What it's worth: Free tuition on one instrument (not voice)
How to apply: Separate application required (application form to the Admissions team, with teacher reports)
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
AwardMusic
What is assessed: Candidates should have plenty of experience of choral singing in parts; application form plus teacher reports; Stage 1 is an audio-visual recording (maximum 8 minutes)
When: Application form and recordings by 1 October in the year prior to entry
What it's worth: Free voice tuition
How to apply: Separate application required (application form to the Admissions team, with teacher reports)
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
BursaryOther
What is assessed: Means-tested, for new girls at the main entry points; both parents provide proof of income, assets and expenditure; all families are visited at home by an external independent assessor; awards are offered for 12 months at a time and reviewed annually
When: Bursary Application Form returned by 1 September in the year preceding entry
What it's worth: Can extend to full fee remission (up to 100% of fees), plus possibly additional expenses
How to apply: Separate application required (Bursary Application Form)
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ScholarshipMusic
What is assessed: Candidates should be at approximately ABRSM Grade 8 standard on their main instrument; application form plus teacher reports; Stage 1 is an audio-visual recording (maximum 8 minutes)
When: Application form by 1 September in the year prior to entry
What it's worth: Free tuition on two instruments, or on one instrument and voice
How to apply: Separate application required (application form to the Admissions team, with teacher reports)
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
ExhibitionMusic
What is assessed: Candidates should be at approximately ABRSM Grade 8 standard on their main instrument; application form plus teacher reports; Stage 1 is an audio-visual recording (maximum 8 minutes)
When: Application form by 1 September in the year prior to entry
What it's worth: Free tuition on one instrument (not voice)
How to apply: Separate application required (application form to the Admissions team, with teacher reports)
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
AwardMusic
What is assessed: Candidates should have a strong background of choral singing in parts, at around ABRSM Grade 7 or above / RSCM standard; application form plus teacher reports; Stage 1 is an audio-visual recording (maximum 8 minutes)
When: Application form by 1 September in the year prior to entry
What it's worth: Free voice tuition
How to apply: Separate application required (application form to the Admissions team, with teacher reports)
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
BursaryOther
What is assessed: Means-tested, for new girls at the main entry points; both parents provide proof of income, assets and expenditure; all families are visited at home by an external independent assessor; awards are offered for 12 months at a time and reviewed annually
When: Bursary Application Form returned by 1 September in the year preceding entry
What it's worth: Can extend to full fee remission (up to 100% of fees), plus possibly additional expenses
How to apply: Separate application required (Bursary Application Form)
Official scholarship information
Checked 2026-10-28
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