Royal Latin School

Royal Latin School has been graded as good overall and has shown notable strengths in several areas, including outstanding behavior and attitudes among pupils, as well as sixth-form provision. This is the first routine inspection since the school became an academy in 2011, following an extended gap due to the school's previous exemption from routine inspections. The positive atmosphere and the commitment of staff towards personal development and extracurricular activities contribute significantly to the school’s success.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and proud to attend the school.
• Leaders have high expectations and provide ambitious support for all pupils.
• Innovative curriculum designed to extend beyond the national curriculum.
• Strong emphasis on personal development and a well-structured PSHE curriculum.
• Exceptional careers advice provision, bolstered by a supportive alumni network.
• Pupils engage positively in a wide range of extra-curricular activities.
• Exemplary behavior and relations foster a conducive learning environment.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment practices are not consistently high-quality across all areas.
• Leaders need clearer data on the impact of the professional development programme.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Royal Latin School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 6.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.8% of pupils at Royal Latin School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Royal Latin School had 19.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 1.7% of pupils at Royal Latin School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Royal Latin School received £7,408 and spent £7,272 for each of its 1,322 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,347,000 (£1,019 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Royal Latin School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Royal Latin School is Good, from an inspection in February 2023.

When was Royal Latin School last inspected by Ofsted?

Royal Latin School was last inspected in February 2023.

How many pupils does Royal Latin School have?

Royal Latin School has 1,326 pupils on roll.

What age range does Royal Latin School cover?

Royal Latin School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Royal Latin School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 75.0, and 97% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Royal Latin School?

Royal Latin School is at Chandos Road, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, MK18 1AX.