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Burnham Grammar School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 71 71.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B B 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
71.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
97.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
60.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.70 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 70.1[6] 94.4%[6]
2023/24 69.9[4] 94.4%[4] +0.70[4]
2022/23 70[7] 96%[7] +0.63[7]
2021/22 74.8[8] 98%[8] +0.69[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
27.8% 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 B[10] 27.7%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 20.6%[11]
2021/22 B+[12] 29.6%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 24.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
92% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
4% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 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 99%[15] 92%[15] 6%[15] 2%[15] 1%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 100%[16] 93%[16] 2%[16] 5%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 95%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 86%[18] 2%[18] 10%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[19]
Education
78% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
9% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 73%[20] 2%[20] 16%[20]
2020/21 91%[21] 70%[21] 6%[21] 15%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 79%[22] 3%[22] 7%[22]
2018/19 96%[23] 86%[23] 4%[23] 5%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
88% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
50% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
32% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 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 84%[26] 46%[26]
2019/20 91%[25] 40%[25] 32%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 92%[27] 39%[27] 36%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 91%[28] 39%[28] 30%[28] 2%[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
6 Dec 2022[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
30 Jan 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
28 Feb 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
5.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
978 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
345 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
180 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 971[31] 314[31] 180[31] 5.4[31] 1.7[31]
Entry Sept 2024 981[31] 356[31] 179[31] 5.5[31] 2.0[31]
Entry Sept 2023 984[31] 358[31] 178[31] 5.5[31] 2.0[31]
Entry Sept 2022 944[31] 312[31] 177[31] 5.3[31] 1.8[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1078[1]
Trust
BEECHES LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT TRUST[1]
Local authority
Buckinghamshire[1]
Website
www.burnhamgrammar.org.uk[1]
District
Buckinghamshire[32]
Postcode
SL1 7HG[1]
URN
137564[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1271 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
28.1% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
6.5% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
0.6% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
13.3% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
18.6%[34]
Mixed
6.1%[34]
Asian
68.4%[34]
Black
4.5%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.6%[34]
Unclassified
0.8%[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.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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