Bishop Ramsey Church of England School

Academy converter·Secondary school Ruislip, Hillingdon·HA4 8EE
Composite score
70.0
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National rank
#127
In London
#3
In Hillingdon
Top 13%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
56.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
59%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
78%
% EBacc grade 5+
31%
EBacc average points score
5.21

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
84%
140 first choices, 178 places
First choices per place
0.79
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
603
any preference, for 178 places
Applications from another council area
15%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.13
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0720220.8320230.8820240.6620250.792026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Bishop Ramsey Church of England School yet. Hillingdon does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,256
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
18.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
13.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.6
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,604
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
95%
181 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
92%
Apprenticeship
3%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Bishop Ramsey Church of England School is a secondary school serving Ruislip, Hillingdon, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 1,256 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 56.0 — well above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 2.3 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 13% of secondary schools in England.

59% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 78% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 84% of the families who made Bishop Ramsey Church of England School their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.1%. There are about 17.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 12% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Bishop Ramsey Church of England 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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