Haydon Abbey School and Pre-School

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

0.85

0.30

0.35

1.31

All

1.26

All

20192020202120222023202420252026

All: every applicant was offered a place.

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Haydon Abbey School and Pre-School is a primary school in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 20 February 2024. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Haydon Abbey 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	1.26 mi
Reception 2023	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2022	1.315 mi
Reception 2021	0.354 mi
Reception 2020	0.299 mi
Reception 2019	0.853 mi
Reception 2018	0.631 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, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 6 of the 8 earlier years.
The last distance swung sharply between some Reception years, and Reception 2026 had 59 first-choice applications for 59 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place.
In 2024/25, 58% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

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: Weedon Road, Aylesbury, HP19 9NS
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–11
Council: Buckinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 537 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 30.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21.7

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

Ofsted

Requires improvement Inspected 20 February 2024

Strengths

“This is a welcoming school where new pupils quickly make friends.”
“Pupils feel that the school is like ‘a family’.”
“They respond positively to the warmth and high expectations of staff.”

To improve

“However, these changes are very recent.”
“In most subjects, pupils have not benefited from these changes for long enough, which means they do not yet achieve as well as they could.”
“However, with some of these changes being made recently, pupils do not yet have a secure understanding of important concepts in these subjects.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 2024 (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)	58%	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: 59 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 59 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.

Elmhurst School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Thomas Hickman School 0.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
Bearbrook Combined School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Mary's Church of England School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Buckingham Park Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Oak Green School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Louis Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
Ashmead Combined School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published