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Sir William Ramsay School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 35 35.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
35.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
22.5% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
2.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths
2024/25 35.4[5] 25.8%[5]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 2024/25[3]

Ofsted

No published data for this school.

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Applications (any preference)
171 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences
45 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Places offered
207 Entry Sept 2026[6]
First preferences per place
0.2 Entry Sept 2026[6]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 213[6] 62[6] 228[6] 0.9[6] 0.3[6]
Entry Sept 2024 196[6] 33[6] 253[6] 0.8[6] 0.1[6]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1041[1]
Trust
INSIGNIS ACADEMY TRUST[1]
Local authority
Buckinghamshire[1]
Website
www.swr.school[1]
District
Buckinghamshire[7]
Postcode
HP15 7UB[1]
URN
150611[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1033 2024/25[8]
English as an additional language
30.1% 2024/25[8]
SEN support
17% 2024/25[8]
EHC plan
3.8% 2024/25[8]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
33.8% 2024/25[8]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
50.2%[9]
Mixed
11.7%[9]
Asian
26.1%[9]
Black
9.8%[9]
Any other ethnic group
1.8%[9]
Unclassified
0.4%[9]

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

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.