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Haddenham St Mary's Church of England School

Primary · Aylesbury · HP17 8AF

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 2 December 2025 · report published 1 February 2026

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At a glance

178 pupils · 99% of 180 capacity

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–7
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
3.4% of pupils
English as additional language
2.2% of pupils
SEN support
6.7% of pupils
EHC plan
3.3% of pupils
Website
www.haddenham-st-marys.bucks.sch.uk
URN
110446

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.28 first-choice applications per place

58 places offered · 74 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

18/19
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.78 miles

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff distance by entry year

24
25
26

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£8,566
Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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