Education
Buckinghamshire County Council operates a selective secondary education system, rather than a comprehensive system. Pupils can take the 11+ test at the beginning of year 6, when they are age 10 or 11. Approximately 30% attain a score that makes them eligible to go to grammar schools, as well as to the county's upper schools.
- Alfriston School is a special school for girls, with moderate learning difficulties, between the ages of 11 and 18.
- Beaconsfield High School is a high performing grammar school for girls between the ages of 11 and 18.
- The Beaconsfield School has a good performance rating and its sixth form students join together with Beaconsfield High to increase the courses available.
- Davenies School is a private preparatory day school for boys between ages 4 and 13.
- High March School is a private preparatory day school for girls between the ages of 3 and 12 and boys between the ages of 3 and 5.
- St Mary & All Saints Church of England Primary School is a Key stage 1 & 2 mixed sex school with excellent Ofsted reports
- Butlers Court School - a Key Stage 1 & 2 Dual Entry Mixed Sex Primary School
Beaconsfield is also home to the Defence School of Languages.
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