The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
Ofsted: Good
Score
B79
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- High Wycombe, HP13 6QT
- Distance
- 2.1km away
Sir William Ramsay School
Rose Avenue, High Wycombe, HP15 7UB
Local ranking37th of 37 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire
Ofsted: InadequateUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1041
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 14 June 2022. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Sir William Ramsay School (URN 137256) since 1 March 2024. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 35.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 22.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 39.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 187
Destinations
After GCSE 2023-24
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 92.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2023-24
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 61.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 23.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
22.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
20
A-Level Students
- Applied General Avg Points
- 24.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 104
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1033
- Boys
- 489 (50%)
- Girls
- 495 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1041 (95% full)
- SEND
- 20.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 33.8%
- EAL
- 30.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 17.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 64.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,364/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 38.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 40.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 18.5%
- White Other: 10.2%
- Black African: 6.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.5%
- Asian Other: 3.6%
- Mixed Other: 3.3%
- Black Caribbean: 2.9%
40.6%
White British
18.5%
Asian Pakistani
10.2%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 150611
- UKPRN
- 10094445
- Establishment No.
- 4017
- Trust
- INSIGNIS ACADEMY TRUST
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