Caitlyn Scott-Lee was found shortly before midnight on Friday, April 21, Thames Valley Police have confirmed.

Officers were called to the grounds of the renowned independent school, which has provided education for many highprofile students and is believed to be attended by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s daughter.

In a statement, a force spokesman said: “Thames Valley Police was called to the Wycombe Abbey School at around 11.40pm on Friday after a 16-year-old girl was sadly found to have died.”

The statement continued: “Her death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner.”

It is understood that her parents, banker Jonathan Scott-Lee and his accountant wife Tara, were abroad at the time and flew back following the tragic news.

Paying tribute to Caitlyn, a school spokesman described her as ‘extremely talented’.

They said: “‘Everyone at Wycombe Abbey has been left deeply shocked and heartbroken by Caitlyn’s death.

“Our thoughts are with her family and friends at this incredibly difficult time, and we are continuing to support and comfort them.

“Caitlyn was a highly valued member of our School community and an incredibly talented young woman with enormous promise.

“She will be hugely missed by all of us.”

The family is asking mourners to donate to The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in her honour.

Wycombe Abbey, where fees can cost parents up to £44,100 per year, is consistently ranked as one of the top all-girls schools in academic results.

Founded in 1896 by Dame Frances Dove, the school currently has approximately 656 pupils with 591 boarders and is attended by the Prime Minister’s eldest daughter.

Set in the heart of High Wycombe in 160-acres of conservation grounds, it is one of the leading independent schools in the country with an estimated 13 per cent of students progressing to Oxbridge universities.

In the school’s most recent Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) report, Wycombe Abbey was rated ‘excellent’ for pupils’ academic achievements and personal development.

In 2019, two former pupils died in two separate tragedies.

Talented violinist Ekaterina Tsukanova, daughter of Russian banker Igor Tsukanov, was found dead in the bathroom of her father’s home.

An inquest heard that she had self-harmed and drank alcohol to cope with GCSE exam stress, and had not intended to kill herself.

In the same year, Iris Goldsmith - daughter of financier Ben Goldsmith - was killed in a quad bike accident in Somerset. She was 15 years old.