Teenage girl, 16, found dead at £44,000 elite boarding school in ‘wooded area close to playing field’
27 April 2023, 08:15
A 16-year-old girl has been found dead near the grounds of a prestigious all-girls boarding school girl in Buckinghamshire.
Thames Valley Police were called to Wycombe Abbey School, located 30 miles from central London, on Friday evening after receiving reports of a young girl being found dead.
The girl’s name and cause of death remains unknown at present, but it is not being treated as suspicious.
In a statement, police said: “Thames Valley Police was called to the Wycombe Abbey School at around 11.40pm on Friday 21 April after a 16-year-old girl was sadly found to have died.”
The young girl was found in a wooded area near the school’s sports centre playing fields, The Mirror reports.
“Her death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner,” a police spokesman added.
Wycombe Abbey School is a boarding and day school with fees that can cost as much as £44,100 per year.
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It is regarded as one of the country’s top performing girls schools.
The headmistress of the school, Jo Duncan, said of the incident: “We are deeply saddened by the news of the death of one of our students. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends at this difficult time.”
A spokesman for the school said support would be offered to staff and students impacted by the incident.
