2020 has been a challenging year for everyone, not least for those Upper Sixth and Upper Fifth (Year 11) pupils who were due to sit public examinations in the Summer Term. Instead,…

The Carrington Award was developed at Wycombe Abbey to help girls achieve not only academic excellence, but to also prepare pupils for the broader challenges of life and work beyond school. The…

Practical subjects can be fundamental in alleviating the amount of screen time. For this reason, we have maintained our normal format in delivering the inspiration for our lesson: Explain the task Ask…

Every year the National Cyber Security Centre runs a competition to attract girls into a career in the cyber security industry. The Computer Science department at Wycombe Abbey is a great supporter…

The Regional Final of the Senior Team Maths Challenge took place in Oxford last month. The competition, run by the United Kingdom Maths Trust, is one of the longest established school Mathematical…

On the 7 November, prospective medics from three schools, Radley College, Wycombe Abbey and Harrow School, came together for an evening of excellent presentations from six pupils. Talks covered a wide range…

Celebrations at Wycombe Abbey continue this week following the announcement of outstanding GCSE exam results. 97.42% of all grades were A*-A (grade 7-9) and 86.77% received A* or grade 8-9. New Headmistress,…

The Wycombe Abbey community joins the Clarence girls in celebrating another excellent year of superb exam results. This year’s UVI girls surpassed expectations, achieving 31% of grades at A* grade, with 79.3%…

This term Dr Helen Rappaport, author of 14 critically acclaimed books on topics ranging from Queen Victoria to Stalin, came to Wycombe to give an engaging talk about the four Romanov sisters….

In late May, we were very excited to welcome Mr Amiri to Wycombe Abbey to talk to us about Iran, a country that few of us know much about. At the moment,…