Misbourne School
The Misbourne School is a co-educational secondary school in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 1,225 pupils.HistoryThe Misbourne was the first purpose-built secondary modern school in the country. The first pupils started at the school on 19 December 1955, although it did not officially open until 20 January 1956. Originally there were only twenty-five students.The school celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2005/6. The celebrations culminated in a Jubilee summer fête in June 2006 which was attended by Cherie Blair.In 2006 it was reported that the Misbourne School was heavily in debt. The school bursar said she hoped the debt would be cleared within a year.The Misbourne School was the friendliest school in Britain in 2005, according to a report from Friends Reunited.The Misbourne celebrated the first MizFest on 9 July 2012 students took part in music and drama performances, a fashion show, workshops for all ages - including fashion, cake baking, trampolining and Taiko drumming - and there was also a performance by the community choir.Academic PerformanceThe Misbourne is building a strong local reputation for academic achievement improving its 5 A*-C GCSE performance from 71% in 2010. to 72% in 2011, placing the school in the top four upper schools in Buckinghamshire, to its highest ever result of 86% in 2012. In the sixth form, 98% of A level exams were passed, with 76% at A*-C.
