Sir William Borlase's Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 1 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Unique reference
136781
Address
West Street, SL7 2BR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1191 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
49.1%
Girls
50.9%
First language not English
9.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
3.2%
Persistent absence
12.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.5%
Mixed 8.7%
Indian 7.8%
Other White 7.7%
Pakistani 1.8%
Unclassified 1.2%
Other 0.7%
Other Asian 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
African 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.71
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 85%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 100%
Local authority average 60%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 76.4
Local authority average 54.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.32
Local authority average 4.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)33
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
BiologyGCSE122
ChemistryGCSE122
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE46
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
DanceGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE140
English LiteratureGCSE137
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Sir William Borlase's Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
147
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
220
2nd preference
154
3rd preference
144
From another Local Authority
258
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
144
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
44
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
150
67
83
Year 8
151
86
65
Year 9
151
79
72
Year 10
149
89
60
Year 11
144
74
70
Year 12
227
91
136
Year 13
219
99
120
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
92.4%
86.5%
Further education
1.0%
20.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
93.0%
66.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
2.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
92.0%
76.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
68.0%
39.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
61.0%
35.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
4.0%
2.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
SP
0.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020