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Royal Latin School[1]

Grammar · Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 75 75.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL A- A- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
75 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
97.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
66.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.59 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 73.5[6] 94.8%[6]
2023/24 73.1[4] 95.9%[4] +0.59[4]
2022/23 73.8[7] 98%[7] +0.61[7]
2021/22 78.8[8] 99%[8] +0.79[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
A- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
52.1% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B+[10] 44.8%[10]
2022/23 B+[11] 41%[11]
2021/22 A-[12] 58.2%[12]
2018/19 B+[13] 36.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
94% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
3% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 100%[15] 96%[15] 0%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 95%[16] 0%[16] 3%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 99%[17] 97%[17] 0%[17] 2%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 99%[18] 91%[18] 1%[18] 2%[18] 1%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
75% 2022/23[19]
Education
75% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[19]
Employment
11% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[20] 71%[20] 73%[20] 4%[20] 13%[20]
2020/21 90%[21] 72%[21] 74%[21] 1%[21] 14%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 75%[22] 75%[22] 2%[22] 12%[22]
2018/19 94%[23] 78%[23] 78%[23] 3%[23] 12%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
88% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
63% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
54% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
3% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 89%[26] 62%[26]
2019/20 89%[25] 62%[25] 54%[25] 3%[25]
2018/19 92%[27] 59%[27] 56%[27] 3%[27]
2017/18 89%[28] 59%[28] 50%[28] 6%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
15 Nov 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
26 Feb 2023[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.0 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
529 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
304 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
179 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.7 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 552[30] 372[30] 173[30] 3.2[30] 2.2[30]
Entry Sept 2024 560[30] 340[30] 173[30] 3.2[30] 2.0[30]
Entry Sept 2023 520[30] 344[30] 172[30] 3.0[30] 2.0[30]
Entry Sept 2022 535[30] 315[30] 173[30] 3.1[30] 1.8[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1189[1]
Trust
THE ROYAL LATIN SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Buckinghamshire[1]
Website
www.royallatin.org[1]
District
Buckinghamshire[31]
Postcode
MK18 1AX[1]
URN
137344[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1322 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
17.5% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
5.6% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
0.8% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
5.4% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
51%[33]
Mixed
6.2%[33]
Asian
31.1%[33]
Black
7.3%[33]
Any other ethnic group
1.4%[33]
Unclassified
2.9%[33]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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