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Green Ridge Primary Academy

Primary · Aylesbury · HP18 0YA

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

Inspected 9 June 2026 · report published 16 July 2026

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At a glance

660 pupils · 110% of 600 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
10.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
29.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.greenridgeacademy.co.uk
URN
144747

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 109 families named it first for 90 Reception places, 1.21 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.302 miles; distance decided places in 6 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 9 June 2026, 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 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.21 first-choice applications per place

90 places offered · 109 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. Places by distance, last offered at 0.302 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.302 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
68%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school68%
Median of its 12 closest peers73%
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
Tudor Court Primary SchoolGrays · 56 miles awayGood73%
St Matthew's Primary SchoolCambridge · 49 miles awayGood76%
Deanesfield Primary SchoolRuislip · 28 miles awayOutstanding87%
Putteridge Primary SchoolLuton · 21 miles awayGood76%
Kilmorie Primary SchoolLondon · 45 miles awayGood66%
Birkbeck Primary SchoolSidcup · 50 miles awayGood85%
St Mary's Island Church of England (Aided) Primary SchoolChatham · 67 miles awayGood71%
Little Thurrock Primary SchoolGrays · 57 miles awayGood64%
Queen's Hill Primary SchoolNorwich · 103 miles awayGood73%
Floreat Montague Park Primary School and NurseryWokingham · 30 miles awayGood64%
Hampton Vale Primary AcademyPeterborough · 54 miles awayGood73%
Lovelace Primary SchoolChessington · 40 miles awayGood55%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 47% (Buckinghamshire 56%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 14% (Buckinghamshire 7%, England 4%) · Any other White background 8% (Buckinghamshire 6%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 7% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Buckinghamshire 10%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 3%) · Black African 3% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, 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)
4.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.96 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
24.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% left the state-funded sector

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)

39.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.8 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 £49,753; 24.1% 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£5,329
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) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£569,000

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher53.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications5.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways4.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health64%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier84.9%62.3%
Social housing8.5%17.1%
Privately rented6.5%20.5%
Detached houses26.9%22.9%
Flats6.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms27.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01033960 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£363,000274 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£270,000–£407,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (50)£482,500
Semi-detached (92)£381,000
Terraced (61)£337,500
Flat (71)£240,000

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
2an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an 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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