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Whitchurch Combined School

Primary · Aylesbury · HP22 4JG

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 7 February 2024

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At a glance

197 pupils · 94% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
12.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.whitchurchcombined.co.uk
URN
110333

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 32 families named it first for 31 Reception places, 1.03 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 4.075 miles; distance decided places in 6 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 7 February 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.03 first-choice applications per place

31 places offered · 32 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 4.075 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 4.075 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

31 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers70.5%
Buckinghamshire average66.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Widmer End Community Combined SchoolHigh Wycombe · 16 miles awayGood74%
Warwick Bridge Primary SchoolCarlisle · 224 miles awayNo current grade59%
Charles Kingsley's Church of England Primary SchoolHook · 37 miles awayGood72%
Marton and District CofE Aided Primary SchoolMacclesfield · 108 miles awayGood57%
St Brendan's RC Primary School, Harwood, BoltonBolton · 135 miles awayGood55%
Ryhall CofE AcademyStamford · 58 miles awayGood67%
All Saints' CofE Primary SchoolHalifax · 132 miles awayOutstanding77%
Leighfield Primary SchoolOakham · 49 miles awayGood74%
St Michael's CofE Primary SchoolCarlisle · 223 miles awayGood45%
Ottershaw Christ Church Church of England Junior SchoolChertsey · 39 miles awayGood69%
Hillside Primary SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 97 miles awayGood77%
Monkhouse Primary SchoolNorth Shields · 219 miles awayGood87%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 83% (Buckinghamshire 56%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Buckinghamshire 6%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 2% (Buckinghamshire 7%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Buckinghamshire 10%, England 5%) · Black African 2% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Buckinghamshire: 2.72 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

61.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £51,213; 15.4% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£6,849
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £44,860; in-year balance -£48,969

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher45%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways5.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health55%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier79.8%62.3%
Social housing7.6%17.1%
Privately rented12.7%20.5%
Detached houses48.5%22.9%
Flats3.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms40.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van6.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01032958 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£582,50050 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£426,000–£722,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (31)£675,000
Semi-detached (10)£407,500
Terraced (9)£430,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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