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Long Crendon School

Primary · Aylesbury · HP18 9BZ

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 19 November 2024

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At a glance

226 pupils · 94% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
3.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.longcrendon.bucks.sch.uk
URN
110338

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 32 families named it first for 32 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 2.675 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. At its inspection on 19 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was 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

1.00 first-choice applications per place

32 places offered · 32 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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 2.675 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 2.675 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
78%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
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 school78%
Median of its 12 closest peers74%
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
Wheatley Lane Methodist Primary SchoolBurnley · 151 miles awayExpected standard72%
Chesterton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBicester · 11 miles awayGood63%
South Cave Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBrough · 138 miles awayGood78%
Hutton Rudby Primary SchoolYarm · 185 miles awayGood76%
Aughton St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolOrmskirk · 146 miles awayGood71%
Moore Primary SchoolWarrington · 129 miles awayGood77%
Christ Church Chorleywood CofE SchoolRickmansworth · 23 miles awayOutstanding80%
St Michael's Church of England Primary School, AlkringtonManchester · 131 miles awayGood65%
Greenway Primary and Nursery SchoolBerkhamsted · 18 miles awayGood79%
St Michael's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolManchester · 129 miles awayGood71%
Cookham Dean CofE Primary SchoolMaidenhead · 19 miles awayGood79%
Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary SchoolThatcham · 27 miles awayGood61%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 84% (Buckinghamshire 56%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 3% (Buckinghamshire 6%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Buckinghamshire 0%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Buckinghamshire 10%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Buckinghamshire 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

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)
6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.44 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
22.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 16% left the state-funded sector

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)

69.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 12.6 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 £45,884; 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£6,572
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £2,283; in-year balance +£50,854

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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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher60.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications4.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work60.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways4%18.1%
Residents in very good health62.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier87.5%62.3%
Social housing1.2%17.1%
Privately rented11.3%20.5%
Detached houses69.7%22.9%
Flats4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms57.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01017682 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£640,00075 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£507,500–£837,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (38)£827,500
Semi-detached (25)£542,500
Terraced (11)£500,000

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

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (4.30 km, 2026 entry): 502 sales, median £450,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
3a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
2a 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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