Bishop Ramsey Church of England School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 57 56.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 56.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 63.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 21.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.20 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	56[6]	59%[6]
2023/24	53.7[4]	58.6%[4]	+0.20[4]
2022/23	57[7]	63%[7]	+0.52[7]
2021/22	56[8]	59%[8]	+0.28[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 8.4% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	C[10]	6.3%[10]
2022/23	C+[11]	14.5%[11]
2021/22	B[12]	12.5%[12]
2018/19	C+[13]	8.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 62% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 6% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 24% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	98%[15]	52%[15]	10%[15]	32%[15]	3%[15]	2%[15]
2020/21	98%[16]	65%[16]	8%[16]	20%[16]	2%[16]	2%[16]
2019/20	99%[17]	67%[17]	4%[17]	23%[17]	4%[17]	1%[17]
2018/19	99%[18]	59%[18]	1%[18]	32%[18]	5%[18]	2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 89% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education: 61% 2022/23[19]
Education: 63% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 6% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 19% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	90%[20]	62%[20]	68%[20]	6%[20]	16%[20]
2020/21	94%[21]	70%[21]	76%[21]	7%[21]	10%[21]
2019/20	89%[22]	61%[22]	68%[22]	5%[22]	17%[22]
2018/19	94%[23]	65%[23]	73%[23]	8%[23]	13%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 78% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 30% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 21% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 1% 2019/20[25]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21	80%[26]	37%[26]
2019/20	75%[25]	24%[25]	21%[25]	1%[25]
2018/19	78%[27]	20%[27]	19%[27]	0%[27]
2017/18	71%[28]	25%[28]	23%[28]	1%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 19 Nov 2024[29]
Type: Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[29]
Report published: 10 Feb 2025[29]
Personal development: Good[29]
Quality of education: Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
8 Jun 2022[30]	S5 Inspection[30]	Requires improvement[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 3.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 603 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 140 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 178 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	559[31]	121[31]	184[31]	3.0[31]	0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2024	588[31]	159[31]	181[31]	3.2[31]	0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2023	634[31]	152[31]	182[31]	3.5[31]	0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2022	728[31]	220[31]	205[31]	3.6[31]	1.1[31]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Church of England[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1280[1]
Trust: VERITAS EDUCATIONAL TRUST[1]
Local authority: Hillingdon[1]
Website: http://www.bishopramseyschool.org [1]
District: Hillingdon [32]
Postcode: HA4 8EE[1]
URN: 137407[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 1256 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 18.6% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 11.9% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 1.4% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 12.2% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 57.7%[34]
Mixed: 16.7%[34]
Asian: 7.3%[34]
Black: 15.1%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 2.1%[34]
Unclassified: 1.1%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

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