Cressex Community School is a cooperative trust
secondary school
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in
High Wycombe,
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...
. It is a
foundation school
In England and Wales, a foundation school is a state-funded school in which the governing body has greater freedom in the running of the school than in community schools.
Foundation schools were set up under the School Standards and Framework A ...
, which takes children from the age of 6 through to the age of 23. The school has approximately 754 pupils.
Cressex Community School has formed a partnership with nearby
Wycombe Abbey
Wycombe Abbey is an independent girls' boarding and day school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. It is consistently ranked as one of the top all-girls schools in academic results.
The school was founded in 1896 by Dame Frances Dove (1847 ...
independent school
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, which enables pupils from both schools to work together.
The school was allocated £31 million of Government funding in 2007 to completely redevelop the site, which was falling into disrepair. The current site was opened in 2010.
References
External links
Department for Education Performance Tables 2011News report of a fire at the school in February 2008
Secondary schools in Buckinghamshire
High Wycombe
Foundation schools in Buckinghamshire
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