OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
8 May 2024
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Good
INSPECTION HISTORY
Previous Ofsted activity
11 January 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Published
7 March 2023
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Foundation school
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
—
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Trust
Not applicable
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
200
200 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
97
48.5% of pupils
Male pupils
103
51.5% of pupils
1.8 pts
below England
School
23.0%
Buckinghamshire
14.9%
South East
19.0%
England
24.8%
7.7 pts
above England
School
28.0%
Buckinghamshire
18.4%
South East
15.6%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Buckinghamshire
2.0%
South East
1.7%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
10.5%
21
Any other Mixed background
4.5%
9
White and Black Caribbean
3.5%
7
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
9.0%
18 of
200 pupils
11.8 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
7.0%
14 pupils
England
14.8%
7.8 pts
below
EHC plans
2.0%
4 pupils
England
6.0%
4.0 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
8
Autistic spectrum disorder
3
Social, emotional & mental health
3
Specific learning difficulty
2
Moderate learning difficulty
1
No specialist assessment yet
1
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
6.27%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
0.05 pts
higher than
England
School
6.27%
Buckinghamshire
5.98%
South East
6.30%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
16.49%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
0.67 pts
higher than
England
School
16.49%
Buckinghamshire
14.74%
South East
15.75%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
2.13%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
0.32 pts
higher than
England
School
2.13%
Buckinghamshire
1.60%
South East
1.93%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
95.2%
7.1 pts
above England
Loudwater Combined School
95.2%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.