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Manor Farm Junior School

Primary · High Wycombe · HP15 7PH

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 21 January 2025

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At a glance

202 pupils · 84% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
7–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
12.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
9.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
26.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
https://www.manorfarmschool.org/
URN
149116

In figures

At its inspection on 21 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
54%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
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 school54%
Median of its 12 closest peers62%
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
Buxton Primary SchoolNorwich · 115 miles awayOutstanding (2017)48%
Chinley Primary SchoolChinley · 128 miles awayGood76%
Tregoze Primary SchoolSwindon · 49 miles awayExpected standard83%
Sedgefield Hardwick Primary AcademyStockton-on-Tees · 211 miles awayNo current grade87%
Buckton Vale Primary SchoolStalybridge · 140 miles awayExpected standard70%
Lower Halstow Primary SchoolSittingbourne · 62 miles awayGood33%
Cherry Grove Primary SchoolChester · 140 miles awayGood (2015)61%
Copthorne CofE Junior SchoolCopthorne · 43 miles awayGood63%
Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary SchoolRoyston · 38 miles awayNeeds attention56%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolWeymouth · 102 miles awayGood56%
Northwood Primary SchoolCowes · 68 miles awayGood50%
St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolNewton-le-Willows · 149 miles awayOutstanding83%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 79% (Buckinghamshire 56%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Buckinghamshire 6%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Buckinghamshire 10%, England 5%) · Not recorded 2% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Buckinghamshire 7%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Buckinghamshire 0%, England 1%) · other groups together 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)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.8%
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
18.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

65% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 26% 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)

33.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.3 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 £44,717; 16.7% 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£5,733
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 1% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £70,000; in-year balance +£94,000

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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)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier85.5%62.3%
Social housing4.1%17.1%
Privately rented10.5%20.5%
Detached houses35.7%22.9%
Flats10.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms27.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van9.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01017882 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£480,000270 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£383,000–£665,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (80)£823,500
Semi-detached (75)£560,000
Terraced (68)£415,000
Flat (47)£230,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters 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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
2an 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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