Godstowe Preparatory School
Godstowe Preparatory School is an independent school in High Wycombe for boys and girls aged 2 to 14. It has 220 pupils and room for 500.
Shrubbery Road, High Wycombe, HP13 6PR01494 529273godstowe.orgMs Kate Bailey headmistressAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Buckinghamshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 220 | 316 | 395 | 428 | 442 | 432 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 3% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 16% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspire | Academy alternative provision converter | 160 m | 102 | Outstanding 2022 | – | Compare |
| Hamilton Academy | Academy | 530 m | 643 | Good 2024 | 42 | Compare |
| The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe | Academy (grammar) | 820 m | 1,451 | Good 2019 | 96 | Compare |
| The Chalfonts Independent Grammar School | Independent | 880 m | 154 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Buckinghamshire New University | Higher education institutions | 950 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Hannah Ball Academy | Academy | 0.6 miles | 176 | Requires improvement 2021 | 37 | Compare |
| Bowerdean Nursery School | Local authority nursery school | 0.7 miles | 147 | Outstanding 2023 | – | Compare |
| High Wycombe Church of England Combined School | Church of England | 0.7 miles | 209 | Good 2023 | 57 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Godstowe Preparatory School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Godstowe Preparatory School yet.
How many pupils does Godstowe Preparatory School have?
220 pupils aged 2 to 14 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 500 places, so it is 44% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Shrubbery Road, High Wycombe, HP13 6PR
- Telephone
- 01494 529273
- Website
- www.godstowe.org
- Headmistress
- Ms Kate Bailey
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 2-14, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Ward
- Terriers & Amersham Hill
- Constituency
- Wycombe
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1919
- URN
- 110546 · LAESTAB 8256007 · UKPRN 10015271
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.