Dropmore Infant School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · Burnham, Buckinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Every applicant was offered a place

From Buckinghamshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

2.11

2.82

All

3.25

2.55

3.72

All

20192020202120222023202420252026

All: every applicant was offered a place.

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Dropmore Infant School is a primary school in Burnham, Buckinghamshire for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 February 2024. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Dropmore Infant School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2025	3.721 mi
Reception 2024	2.549 mi
Reception 2023	3.252 mi
Reception 2022	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2021	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2020	2.817 mi
Reception 2019	2.110 mi
Reception 2018	2.187 mi

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

Every applicant for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 6 of the 8 earlier Reception years.
The last distance swung sharply between some years of Reception entry.
Reception 2026 had 17 first-choice applications for 20 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
There are 15.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Buckinghamshire.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Buckinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Littleworth Road, Dropmore, Dropmore Infant School, Burnham, SL1 8PF
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–7
Council: Buckinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 64 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 6.3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 15.8

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Good Inspected 20 February 2024

Strengths

“Pupils eagerly come to school each day.”
“This school is ambitious for all pupils to do well and achieve their best.”
“Most pupils rise well to these expectations.”

To improve

“However, in more recently developed subjects, time is needed to see the impact of the new curriculum on developing pupils’ knowledge further.”
“Therefore, pupils do not achieve as well as they could.”
“However, there are times when a few pupils are less focused on their learning.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 17 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 17 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Buckinghamshire.

Farnham Common Infant School 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Farnham Common Junior School 1.9 mi School remains Good
Wooburn Green Primary School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
St Peter's Church of England Primary School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Holtspur School & Pre-School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
Butlers Court School 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Juniper Hill School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published