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The Gerrards Cross CofE School

Primary · Gerrards Cross · SL9 8BD

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 11 February 2025

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At a glance

434 pupils · 100% of 436 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
4.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
18.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.gerrardscross.bucks.sch.uk
URN
137774

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 84 families named it first for 58 Reception places, 1.45 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2022 entry went to 2.12 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. At its inspection on 11 February 2025 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 4.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.45 first-choice applications per place

58 places offered · 84 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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. The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

The council did not publish a cutoff distance for 2026 entry.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2022 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.12 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
81%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
17%
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 school81%
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
Urmston Primary SchoolManchester · 150 miles awayGood69%
Yorke Mead Primary SchoolRickmansworth · 6 miles awayOutstanding73%
Whitegrove Primary SchoolBracknell · 13 miles awayGood66%
St Polycarp's Catholic Primary SchoolFarnham · 28 miles awayOutstanding78%
Pirbright Village Primary SchoolWoking · 20 miles awayGood72%
Griffe Field Primary SchoolDerby · 99 miles awayOutstanding83%
The Bishops' Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary SchoolChelmsford · 47 miles awayGood80%
St Michael's Church of England Primary AcademyExeter · 141 miles awayGood67%
Orton Wistow Primary SchoolPeterborough · 68 miles awayGood62%
St Francis Catholic Primary SchoolCaterham · 28 miles awayGood75%
Charlton Kings Junior SchoolCheltenham · 67 miles awayGood84%
Brookburn Community SchoolManchester · 147 miles awayGood87%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 39% (Buckinghamshire 56%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 29% (Buckinghamshire 7%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 6% (Buckinghamshire 10%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 5% (Buckinghamshire 6%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Buckinghamshire 0%, England 1%) · Black African 1% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 5%) · Not recorded 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 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)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.16 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
21.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

34.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 5 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 £51,314; 9.1% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,081
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £493,000; in-year balance +£37,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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 higher60.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications8.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work58%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways4.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health61.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier88%62.3%
Social housing0.7%17.1%
Privately rented11.3%20.5%
Detached houses77.1%22.9%
Flats17.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms74.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van2.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01017819 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£1,100,000150 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£591,000–£1,549,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (75)£1,500,000
Semi-detached (10)£820,000
Terraced (15)£605,000
Flat (50)£496,000

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

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
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
6an 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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