Sir William Ramsay School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Buckinghamshire
Rose Avenue, High Wycombe, HP15 7UB
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Inadequate
Graded 14/06/2022
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
88.4%
38.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
984
Capacity used
Nearly full95%
1,041 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
62 of 62 families who put it first got an offer
228
Places offered
213
Total applications
0.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 62 | 62 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 51 | 23 | ● 45% |
| 3rd preference | 38 | 12 | ● 32% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 62 | 14 | ● 23% |
| Total | 213 | 111 | 52% |
1st preference success by year
Buckinghamshire lets families list 6 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Last distance offered
From Buckinghamshire council's allocation report on offer day. It changes every year, so treat it as a guide.
September 2026 entry
No limit
Everyone who applied got in
All applicants offered.
September 2025 entry
No limit
Everyone who applied got in
All applicants offered.
Currently available for Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Enfield schools, from council allocation reports. Distances are straight-line from home to school.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Neil Stocking
- Address
- Rose Avenue, High Wycombe, HP15 7UB
- Phone
- 01494815211
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Ward / constituency
- Hazlemere · Chesham and Amersham
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150611
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 37% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: INSIGNIS ACADEMY TRUST
984 pupils · 1,041 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
14 June 2022
Full graded inspection
Inadequate overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Requires improvement Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective No Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,007 pupils
Attendance
88.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
11.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
38.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.2%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 35.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 25.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 48.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 20.4% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.08 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 186 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 22.57 | 35 |
| Average grade | D+ | — |
| A-level students | 20 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 180 | 6% | 31% | 58% | |
| English Language | 180 | 7% | 33% | 58% | |
| English Literature | 179 | 6% | 33% | 52% | |
| Combined Science | 112 | 0% | 4% | 21% | |
| Geography | 86 | 5% | 20% | 34% | |
| History | 74 | 20% | 51% | 66% | |
| Biology | 68 | 10% | 59% | 82% | |
| Physics | 68 | 9% | 46% | 75% | |
| Chemistry | 68 | 9% | 41% | 78% | |
| Computer Science | 51 | 0% | 8% | 16% | |
| Art and Design | 45 | 9% | 40% | 64% | |
| Spanish | 39 | 18% | 54% | 62% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | 8 | 0% | 25% | 25% | |
| Design and Technology (Product Design) | 8 | 0% | 0% | 25% | |
| Geography | 6 | 0% | 17% | 50% | |
| Psychology | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Mathematics | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Chemistry | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Literature | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 1 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #361 of 1,824 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 10350: Sir William Ramsay School High Wycombe
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Applications | <3 |
| Offers | <3 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | <3 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Buckinghamshire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.