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Sir William Romney's School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Lowfield Road, Tetbury GL8 8AE · swr.gloucs.sch.uk · 01666 502378
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Gloucestershire 50.3, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Gloucestershire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 495
- 79% of 625 places
- Local authority
- Gloucestershire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 22.4%
- First language not English
- 5.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Athelstan Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Gloucestershire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 69 families put the school first and 85 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 85 | 69 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 103 | 86 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 105 | 83 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 115 | 101 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 108 | 91 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.1, and 42.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Gloucestershire it was 50.3, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼42.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ●64.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼20.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.75 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 9 | +3.6 |
| Sixth form college | 44 | −6.5 |
| Further education | 25 | +6.1 |
| Other education | 1 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 2 | −2.5 |
| Employment | 4 | −5.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 7 | +1.6 |
| Activity not captured | 8 | +2.6 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 12 February 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Sir William Romney's School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 11 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (74 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 74
- 15% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied
based on 30 parents (41%) with SEND