Holmer Green First School and Pre-School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–7 · High Wycombe, 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: every applicant was offered a place.
Holmer Green First School and Pre-School is a primary school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire for ages 5–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 30 November 2022. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Holmer Green First 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 | 3.322 mi |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | 0.778 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 4.662 mi |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2018 | 3.576 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 100 of the 157 other Buckinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Places ran out, with a last distance published, in 4 of the 8 Reception years before 2026, and the distance swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 52 first-choice applications for 54 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Watchet Lane, Holmer Green, High Wycombe, HP15 6UG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–7
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 170 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 30 November 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils learn in a creative and stimulating environment.”
- “They are encouraged to experiment and take risks.”
- “They never give up, they encourage others and always do their best.”
To improve
- “Leaders acknowledged that in some subjects this is not yet as precise as it should be.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 52 first-preference applications, 54 offers in total, 52 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.
- Holmer Green Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Widmer End Community Combined School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Cedar Park School & Nursery 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Little Kingshill Combined School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Hazlemere Church of England Combined School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Manor Farm Junior School 1.5 mi Not judged
- Great Kingshill Church of England Combined School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Manor Farm Community Infant School 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
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