Sir William Ramsay School
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| Established | 1976 |
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| Type | Academy |
| Headteacher | Christine McLintock |
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Rose Avenue High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP15 7UB England 51°38′50″N 0°42′43″W / 51.64709°N 0.71187°WCoordinates: 51°38′50″N 0°42′43″W / 51.64709°N 0.71187°W |
| DfE URN | 137256 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports Pre-academy reports |
| Students | 1025 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Website | www.swr.bucks.sch.uk |
Sir William Ramsay School is a co-educational secondary school in Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire. It takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 with a total of approximately 1,025 pupils attending. The school shares a common catchment area with the nearby Holmer Green Senior School.
The school was founded in 1976, and named after Nobel Prize winning scientist Sir William Ramsay, who lived in Hazlemere until his death in 1916. Each year has six forms, though, during 2015/16 a 7th form was introduced due to the increase of students attending the school. Sir William Ramsay has three houses; Blake, Nash and Hepworth. Each house has its own colour with Blake being blue, Nash, red and Hepworth green. Each form is an individual house. In September 2012 Mr Mark Mayne took over from Miss Gaynor Comber as head teacher. He later left in July 2016 and was replaced by deputy headteacher Mr Chris Carter as Acting Headteacher. Mrs Christine McLintock then took over as headteacher from September 2017.
It was awarded specialist school status as a Visual Arts College by the Department for Education and Skills in September 2000.
In 2007, the school opened a multi-million pound performing arts centre. The first performance given by pupils was the musical Grease.
In August 2011 the school became an Academy.
Last year, 2016, the school received £4m from the Government to build an extension, which has 3 new science labs, a lift, 8 maths rooms and a new Sixth Form centre. This was officially opened by Leigh-Anne-Pinnock, ex-pupil and Little Mix star when the school reopened in 2017.
On 9 January 2004, a fifteen-year-old pupil stabbed a fellow pupil after she intervened when he threatened his ex-girlfriend with a seven-inch steak knife.
On the morning of 27 January 2007, two men entered the school and were regarded as suspicious. Pupils were held in classrooms and the school was placed on lockdown while a police helicopter and canine team searched the surrounding area. Two men were later arrested.
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