Burnham Grammar School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 6 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Unique reference
137564
Address
Hogfair Lane, Burnham, SL1 7HG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1271 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
54.9%
Girls
45.1%
First language not English
28.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.2%
Persistent absence
9.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.5%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 33.1%
Pakistani 22.3%
White British 15.6%
Other Asian 7.8%
Mixed 6.1%
African 5.3%
Other White 3.9%
Other 1.8%
Unclassified 1.4%
Bangladeshi 1.3%
Chinese 0.9%
Caribbean 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 43%
Local authority average 43%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 94%
Local authority average 59%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 69.8
Local authority average 53.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 6.13
Local authority average 4.78
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE14
BiologyGCSE146
Business Studies:SingleGCSE101
ChemistryGCSE146
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE53
Design & TechnologyGCSE29
English LanguageGCSE179
English LiteratureGCSE179
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Burnham Grammar School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
180
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
314
2nd preference
153
3rd preference
139
From another Local Authority
749
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
150
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
127
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
182
110
72
Year 8
180
101
79
Year 9
180
97
83
Year 10
180
92
88
Year 11
179
111
68
Year 12
183
91
92
Year 13
187
96
91
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
90.4%
85.5%
Further education
4.0%
22.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
92.0%
62.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.7%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
3.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
88.0%
73.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
50.0%
38.4%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.6%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
3.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022