Steeple Claydon School and Pre-School

Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Buckingham, 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)

All

0.44

All

20192020202120222023202420252026

All: every applicant was offered a place.

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Steeple Claydon School and Pre-School is a primary school in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 May 2022. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Steeple Claydon School and Pre-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	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2024	0.443 mi
Reception 2023	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2022	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2021	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2020	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2019	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2018	Every applicant was offered a place

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

What the figures show

2024/25: 62% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Buckinghamshire.
Reception 2026 had 18 first-choice applications for 18 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 40th highest of 153 Buckinghamshire primary schools.
Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 8 earlier Reception years.
19.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 16.1% 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: Meadoway, Steeple Claydon, Buckingham, MK18 2PA
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–11
Council: Buckinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 217 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 19.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 24 May 2022

Strengths

“Pupils are proud to be a member of Steeple Claydon School.”
“They relish the challenges of the curriculum and work hard.”
“Children and pupils are eager to talk about their learning and they want to do well.”

To improve

“However, there is still more work to do to ensure that all subjects are thought through to the same high standard.”
“In history, geography and art and design, the order in which pupils will learn the curriculum content is not clear enough.”
“In these subjects, pupils are not achieving as well as they could be.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 July 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	62%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 18 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 18 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.

Twyford C of E School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
Padbury Church of England School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
East Claydon Church of England School 2.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Roundwood Primary School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Lace Hill Academy 3.4 mi Good Last distance published
George Grenville Academy 3.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Bourton Meadow Academy 4.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
Marsh Gibbon CofE Primary School 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published