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Millbrook Combined School

Primary · High Wycombe · HP12 4BA

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Needs attention

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: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Needs attentionEarly years: Needs attentionPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 10 March 2026 · report published 8 May 2026

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At a glance

628 pupils · 90% of 696 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
29.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
52.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
24.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.millbrookcombinedschool.org.uk/
URN
131815

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 40 families named it first for 44 Reception places, 0.91 first choices per place. We hold 9 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2018 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 10 March 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Needs attention. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 8.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.91 first-choice applications per place

44 places offered · 40 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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
42%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school42%
Median of its 12 closest peers67%
Buckinghamshire average66.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Oakfield Primary AcademyRugby · 55 miles awayExpected standard74%
Banister Primary SchoolSouthampton · 57 miles awayGood67%
Sydenham Primary SchoolLeamington Spa · 54 miles awayGood73%
Gospel Oak Primary SchoolLondon · 28 miles awayStrong standard68%
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyDerby · 95 miles awayGood67%
Rush Green Primary SchoolRomford · 41 miles awayOutstanding89%
King Edward Primary School & NurseryMansfield · 105 miles awayGood45%
Conway Primary SchoolLondon · 39 miles awayGood73%
Church Cowley St James Church of England Primary SchoolOxford · 20 miles awayGood59%
Derwentwater Primary SchoolLondon · 24 miles awayGood (2019)57%
Westfield Primary AcademyHaverhill · 61 miles awayGood55%
Brunswick House Primary SchoolMaidstone · 61 miles awayGood65%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 36% (Buckinghamshire 10%, England 5%) · Any other White background 14% (Buckinghamshire 6%, England 7%) · White British 14% (Buckinghamshire 56%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 6% (Buckinghamshire 7%, England 4%) · Black African 6% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Buckinghamshire 0%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Buckinghamshire 0%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 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)
8.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
29.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

10.29 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · 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
20.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

71% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 29% 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)

61.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 11.9 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 £47,311; 11.8% 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£7,821
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 69% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 18% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 12% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£52,669; in-year balance +£469,878

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications17.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways11.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier75%62.3%
Social housing3.7%17.1%
Privately rented21.4%20.5%
Detached houses35.3%22.9%
Flats20.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms29.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01017912 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£345,000381 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£230,000–£450,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (60)£568,500
Semi-detached (122)£420,000
Terraced (73)£345,000
Flat (126)£200,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
17an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an urban school averages 6.1

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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