Sir William Romney's School

Academy converter·Secondary school Tetbury, Gloucestershire·GL8 8AE
Composite score
55.1
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National rank
#186
In South West
#27
In Gloucestershire
Top 60%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
44.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
43%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
64%
% EBacc grade 5+
8%
EBacc average points score
3.75

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
69 first choices, 85 places
First choices per place
0.81
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
173
any preference, for 85 places
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Sir William Romney's School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
500
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
4.2%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.0%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
27.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,842
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
91%
101 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
75%
Apprenticeship
9%
Employment
7%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About Sir William Romney's School

Sir William Romney's School is a secondary school in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 500 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 44.1 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 1.7 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

43% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 64% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Sir William Romney's School their first choice was offered one of its 85 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.5%. There are about 15.2 pupils per teacher. Sir William Romney's School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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