Wycombe Abbey

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Wycombe Abbey is a private secondary boarding school for girls in High Wycombe, England. It has one of the best girls' boarding school exam results in the United Kingdom.[1][2]

37% of students go on to Oxford or Cambridge universities. It was started in 1896 by Dame Frances Gove. The headmistress is Rhiannon Wilkinson. It costs £11,100 per term for boarders.[3] All girls year 7–9 have to learn Latin.[3] It is a Church of England school with its own chapel.[3]

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  1. Griffiths, Sian (21 July 2013). "The richest pickings". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 22 November 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. "Schools Guide 2016: Wycombe Abbey". Tatler. Archived from the original on 2017-05-14. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Wycombe Abbey". www.wycombeabbey.com.