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The Disraeli School

Primary · High Wycombe · HP13 5JS

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

Inspected 5 November 2024

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At a glance

652 pupils · 96% of 678 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
23.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
23.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://disraeli.bucks.sch.uk/
URN
131852

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 64 families named it first for 75 Reception places, 0.85 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 1.181 miles; distance decided places in 5 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. At its inspection on 5 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 5.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.85 first-choice applications per place

75 places offered · 64 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.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.181 miles

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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
51%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school51%
Median of its 12 closest peers56.5%
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
Desmond Anderson Primary AcademyCrawley · 45 miles awayGood51%
Cooper's Lane Primary SchoolLondon · 37 miles awayExpected standard62%
Parklands Community Primary SchoolChichester · 55 miles awayGood65%
Wormley CofE Primary SchoolBroxbourne · 33 miles awayExpected standard72%
Monks Coppenhall AcademyCrewe · 124 miles awayGood69%
Old Park Primary SchoolWednesbury · 83 miles awayOutstanding68%
Leominster Primary SchoolLeominster · 93 miles awayGood55%
Studfall Junior AcademyCorby · 59 miles awayGood52%
Charlton Manor Primary SchoolLondon · 36 miles awayGood48%
Wigmore PrimaryLuton · 24 miles awayGood58%
Beecroft AcademyDunstable · 20 miles awayGood39%
Buckland Primary SchoolStaines · 19 miles awayGood51%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
18 of 18 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 32% (Buckinghamshire 10%, England 5%) · White British 28% (Buckinghamshire 56%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 8% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 7% (Buckinghamshire 6%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Black African 4% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 3% (Buckinghamshire 7%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Buckinghamshire 0%, England 1%) · 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)
5.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
14.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.96 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
20.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

77% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 13% moved to another state school · 11% 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)

57.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 12.7 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 £47,626; 22.2% 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£7,837
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 83% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£126,917; in-year balance -£136,389

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher27.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work27%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways19.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier62.7%62.3%
Social housing22.7%17.1%
Privately rented14.3%20.5%
Detached houses2.5%22.9%
Flats4.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01017860 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£345,000399 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£240,000–£435,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (31)£585,000
Semi-detached (119)£418,000
Terraced (95)£345,000
Flat (154)£224,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (1.90 km, 2023 entry): 985 sales, median £367,000. 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
17an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an 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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