Burnham Grammar School

Burnham Grammar School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. Pupils are highly engaged, demonstrate exemplary behavior, and thrive in a supportive learning environment, which emphasizes high expectations and the importance of being responsible citizens. The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, enabling students, including those with special educational needs, to achieve commendable outcomes. Additionally, there is a strong emphasis on mental health and personal development, supported by a range of extracurricular activities and leadership opportunities for students.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit exemplary behavior and a strong sense of responsibility.
• The school's ambitious curriculum supports high-quality education for all students.
• Teachers demonstrate exceptional subject knowledge and inspire pupils to excel.
• There is a robust support system for pupils with special educational needs.
• Students benefit from extensive extracurricular activities and leadership opportunities.

Areas for Improvement

• In a very small number of subjects, there is variability in the quality of curriculum implementation.

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 Burnham Grammar School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 16.3% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Burnham Grammar 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 Burnham Grammar School had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.0% 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, 7.3% of pupils at Burnham Grammar School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.7% 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 Burnham Grammar School received £7,203 and spent £7,064 for each of its 1,271 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,971,000 (£1,551 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of Beeches Learning and Development Trust, income was £7,146 and spending £7,033 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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All schools in Slough · Buckinghamshire local authority: places and applications

Burnham Grammar School is part of Beeches Learning and Development Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• Dorney School Maidenhead

What is Burnham Grammar School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Burnham Grammar School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Burnham Grammar School last inspected by Ofsted?

Burnham Grammar School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Burnham Grammar School have?

Burnham Grammar School has 1,262 pupils on roll.

What age range does Burnham Grammar School cover?

Burnham Grammar School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Burnham Grammar School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 71.4, and 98% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Burnham Grammar School?

Burnham Grammar School is at Hogfair Lane, Burnham, Slough, Buckinghamshire, SL1 7HG.