Sir William Ramsay School

State-Funded School

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South EastRegion

BuckinghamshireLocal Authority

Chesham and AmershamConstituency

HP15 7UBPostcode

0.1

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Sir William Ramsay School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Buckinghamshire, South East.

The school is rated Inadequate by Ofsted. It currently serves 984 pupils. Sir William Ramsay School is part of Insignis Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Inadequate

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Inadequate

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 35.4
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 25.8%
EBacc average point score: 3.08

Ethnicity

White

50%

Asian

26%

Black

10%

Mixed

12%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

984

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

35%

England average

27%

First language not English

31%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 984
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: Insignis Academy Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
26 Jul 2022	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Inadequate

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.