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Royal Latin School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,326Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137344URN

Chandos Road, Buckingham, MK18 1AX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
close to Buckinghamshire median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BuckinghamshireSelective

529 applications for 179 places · 20th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
75.0of 90
6th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 15 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.0applications per place, Year 7
close to Buckinghamshire median (3.1) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

529 applications · 179 places offered · 304 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 3.0; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  2. 2025 3.2; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  3. 2024 3.2; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
  4. 2023 3.0; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  5. 2022 3.1; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
  6. 2021 4.2; Buckinghamshire median median 4.0
  7. 2020 3.1; Buckinghamshire median median 3.4
  8. 2019 3.2; Buckinghamshire median median 3.3
  9. 2018 3.3; Buckinghamshire median median 3.6
  10. 2017 2.6; Buckinghamshire median median 3.2
  11. 2016 2.6; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  12. 2015 2.5; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
  13. 2014 2.3; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261795293.03041.70
Sep 20251735523.23722.15
Sep 20241735603.23401.97
Sep 20231725203.03442.00
Sep 20221735353.13151.82
Sep 20211757364.24622.64
Sep 20201745413.13181.83
Sep 20191745523.23351.93
Sep 20181705523.33011.77
Sep 20171744582.62761.59
Sep 20161744522.62611.50
Sep 20151734342.53041.76
Sep 20141744012.32731.57

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

173 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)75.06th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths97%7th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths100%
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.59
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17375.097%100%–
2024/2517473.595%99%–
2023/2417073.196%99%+0.59
2022/2317873.898%99%+0.61

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

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School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137344 · 825/4501
Trust
The Royal Latin School
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
1,189 pupils · 1,326 on roll
Free school meals
4.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2011
Replaced
Royal Latin School (URN 110512)
Address
Chandos Road, Buckingham, MK18 1AX
Local authority
Buckinghamshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources