Sir William Ramsay School

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name = Sir William Ramsay School


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head = Mrs Gaynor Comber
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street = Rose Avenue
city = High Wycombe
county = Buckinghamshire
country = England
postcode = HP15 7UB
LEA = Buckinghamshire
ofsted = 110506
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enrollment = 980
gender = Coeducational
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upper_age = 18
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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. [cite web
title=Schools Directory
publisher=Buckinghamshire County Council
url=http://apps.buckscc.gov.uk/eforms/schools/schoolDetails.aspx?DFEE=4084
accessdate=2006-08-03]

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. [cite web
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accessdate=2006-07-28]

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. [" [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/4008371.stm Teenager detained after stabbing] ", "BBC News". URL last accessed 2007-03-10]

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. [" [http://www.pennandtylersgreen.co.uk/global/news.asp Village news] ", "pennandtylersgreen.co.uk". URL last accessed 2007-03-10]

References

External links

* [http://www.sirwilliamramsay.bucks.sch.uk/ School website]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/110/s5_110506_20051012.pdf Ofsted Report 2005]
* [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/110/110506.pdf Ofsted Report 1999]
* [http://www.dfes.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/dfe1x1_05.pl?School=8254084&Mode=Z DfES Performance Tables]