Sir William Borlase's Grammar School is a secondary school located in Marlow. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 28/06/2012. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.9%, which is 0.1 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address: West Street, Marlow, SL7 2BR
Website: www.swbgs.com
Telephone: 01628816500
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Buckinghamshire
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Kay Mountfield
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Selective
Unique reference: 136781

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 28/06/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 907
Number of Pupils: 1154
Number of Boys: 560
Number of Girls: 594

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 6.2% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Above Average: 0.56 Confidence interval 0.33 to 0.79
Of the 139 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 119 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:85%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:99%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:97%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:74.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:7.22
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Peter's Catholic Primary School
Prospect Road , SL7 2PJ 		3out of 4 625 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Spinfield School
Terrington Hill , SL7 2RE 		4out of 4 735 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Holy Trinity Church of England (Aided) School
Wethered Road , SL7 3AG 		4out of 4 738 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Marlow Church of England Infant School
Sandygate Road , SL7 3AZ 		4out of 4 1,071 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Bisham Church of England Academy
Church Lane , Bisham SL7 1RW 		2out of 4 1,144 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
West Street , SL7 2BR 		4out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Great Marlow School
Bobmore Lane , SL7 1JE 		3out of 4 1,748 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Jam Academy
Jam Theatre Studios , 45a West Street SL7 2LS 		- not rated 233 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Herries Preparatory School
Dean Lane , Cookham Dean SL6 9BD 		- not rated 2,598 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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