High Wycombe is a town located in the county of Buckinghamshire, England. It is the second largest in the county with a population of around 133,000 people. High Wycombe is most famous for its furniture production. The educational system is High Wycombe is slightly older than the majority of the rest of England and is based on the tripartite system. This means students must take an exam in the last year of primary school, and this score determines whether they attend a grammar school or a modern secondary school. These secondary schools include Cressex Community School, Royal Grammar School and Sir William Ramsay School. There are also independent schools in Godstowe Preparatory School and Wycombe Abbey. For further education, the main campus of Buckinghamshire New University is located in the town. This university has a few unique degrees such as Policing, Commercial Pilot Training and Music Management. It enrols around 9000 students a year. The rate of unemployment in High Wycombe is at 2%. This is lower than the national average of England which is 7.6%.
Nearby Locations:
- Bookers
- Penn
- Stokenchurch
- Hughenden
- Wooburn Green
- Hazlemere
- Flackwell Heath
- West Wycombe
- Loudwater
- Holmer Green
- Lanes End
- Saunderton
- Piddingtons
- Radnage
- Four Ashes
- Bledlow Ridge
- Naphill
- Bradenham
- Downley
- Cressex Business Park
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