St Michael's Catholic School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Buckinghamshire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Buckinghamshire's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 106 families put this school as their first choice, and 115 places were offered. 73 of the families who put it first got a place (69%).

How many families applied: Reception

For September 2026, 41 families put this school as their first choice, and 46 places were offered. 41 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Before and after school

This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:

• JR St Michael's Wraparound, breakfast club, after-school club. Ofsted report

Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 10 February 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Expected standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Achievement

Expected standard

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Strong standard

Early years

Strong standard

Sixth form

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

All-through

Ages

3–19

Pupils

2414 (capacity 2220)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Diocese of Northampton

Academy trust

ST THOMAS CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST

Phone

01494535196

Address

Daws Hill Lane, High Wycombe, HP11 1PW

Website

stmichaels.bucks.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports