Sir William Ramsay School

Sir William Ramsay School is a co-educational secondary school in Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire. It is a community school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18 with a total of approximately 900 pupils attending.

History

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.

It was awarded specialist school status as a Visual Arts College by the Department for Education and Skills in September 2000.

The school is currently undergoing a multi-million pound development, which will form the new performing arts centre. It was scheduled to be completed in February 2007, and was recently completed, in time to be used for the 2007 GCSE examinations. The school shares a common catchment area with the nearby Holmer Green Senior School. The head teacher is Gaynor Comber.

Controversies

On 9 January 2004, a fifteen year old student 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. Students 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.

References

External links

• School website
• Ofsted Report 2005
• Ofsted Report 1999
• DfES Performance Tables