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Great Kingshill Church of England Combined School

Primary · High Wycombe · HP15 6JP

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

Inspected 30 June 2026 · report published 16 September 2026

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At a glance

451 pupils · 96% of 472 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
5.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
6.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.greatkingshill.school
URN
145245

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 44 families named it first for 48 Reception places, 0.92 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2019 entry went to 2.866 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 30 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. 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

0.92 first-choice applications per place

48 places offered · 44 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 (2019 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 2.866 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
61%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
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 school61%
Median of its 12 closest peers74.5%
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
William Ransom Primary SchoolHitchin · 28 miles awayRequires improvement78%
Bexton Primary SchoolKnutsford · 132 miles awayGood82%
Swanland Primary SchoolNorth Ferriby · 144 miles awayGood65%
St Bartholomew's CofE Aided Primary SchoolHaslemere · 40 miles awayExpected standard68%
Bromham CofE Primary SchoolBedford · 35 miles awayGood74%
Offley Primary AcademySandbach · 123 miles awayGood75%
Flixton Primary SchoolManchester · 141 miles awayGood79%
Mossley CofE Primary SchoolCongleton · 119 miles awayGood70%
Long Ridings Primary SchoolBrentwood · 46 miles awayGood77%
Kirk Ella St Andrew's Community Primary SchoolHull · 145 miles awayGood50%
Marlborough Primary SchoolMacclesfield · 126 miles awayGood73%
Abbey Junior SchoolDarlington · 201 miles awayGood77%

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: SEN unit.

SEN unit
10 of 10 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)

White British 58% (Buckinghamshire 56%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 11% (Buckinghamshire 10%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 4% (Buckinghamshire 6%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 2% (Buckinghamshire 7%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Buckinghamshire 0%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 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)
4.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
16.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

96% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% 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)

46.4% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.6 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 £47,676; 17.2% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,522
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 84% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 2% (9%) · educational supplies 1% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£218,000

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work50.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways5.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier92.3%62.3%
Social housing1.7%17.1%
Privately rented6%20.5%
Detached houses85.4%22.9%
Flats1.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms57.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01017870 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£690,00037 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£400,000–£785,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (21)£780,000
Flat (9)£377,500

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
8an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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