Haddenham St Mary's Church of England School
Primary · Aylesbury · HP17 8AF
Data updated
Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)
The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.
Inspected 2 December 2025 · report published 1 February 2026
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
178 pupils · 99% of 180 capacity (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Age range
- 4–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 3.4% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 6.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
- URN
- 110446
In figures
For September 2026 entry, 74 families named it first for 58 Reception places, 1.28 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 1.733 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 2 December 2025, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.28 first-choice applications per place58 places offered · 74 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured
Catchment area
Catchment area: defined priority area. Inside it, last place at 0.78 miles for 2026 entry.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.733 miles
measured in a straight line.
Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)
- Rule 5 (catchment)
- 0.78 miles
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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work
Compare admissions across the area: Aylesbury school admissions · Buckinghamshire school admissions
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 88% (Buckinghamshire 56%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (Buckinghamshire 6%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Buckinghamshire 7%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Buckinghamshire 0%, England 0%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 1% (Buckinghamshire 0%, England 0%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
1.11 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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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
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
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)
58.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.2 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 £49,157; 23.1% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%
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Spending per pupil (2025-26)
Where the money went (2025-26)
Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 64% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)
Reserves (2025-26)
Revenue reserve £217,539; in-year balance +£22,678
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Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →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
- 2 December 2025: Expected standard
- 14 September 2021: Good
Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 6/10around the middle for England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 53.3% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 8.4% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 55.4% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 7.6% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 57.7% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 81.6% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 10.9% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 7.5% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 50.8% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 6.7% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 38.9% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 8.1% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01017677 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £535,000143 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £423,500–£680,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
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 (2.79 km, 2023 entry): 321 sales, median £520,000. 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
No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 0a rural school averages 0.3
- Collisions at school-run times
- 0a rural school averages 0.7
- All reported collisions
- 0a 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