Carrington Infant 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

4.17

All

20192020202120222023202420252026

All: every applicant was offered a place.

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Carrington Infant School is a primary school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire for ages 5–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 15 October 2024. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Carrington 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	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2024	4.172 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	1.595 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 was the case at 100 of the 157 other Buckinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
For Reception, places ran out, with a last distance published, in 2 of the 8 earlier years.
For 2026 Reception there were 32 first-choice applications for 36 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
The school has 15.5 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: 2 Chapel Road, Flackwell Heath, High Wycombe, HP10 9AA
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 5–7
Council: Buckinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 162 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 19.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 15.5

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 15 October 2024

Strengths

“Pupils thrive at this highly inclusive school.”
“They spoke about the school’s motto, ‘Together we sparkle and shine’, with enthusiasm.”
“They are calm and polite towards each other and staff.”

To improve

“However, some training has not yet had the impact the school intends.”
“Some subjects in the curriculum are not delivered as effectively.”
“Some activity choices are not matched to what pupils need.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 32 first-preference applications, 36 offers in total, 32 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.

Carrington Junior School 0.0 mi Not judged
Loudwater Combined School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
Juniper Hill School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Claytons Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
Wooburn Green Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
Beechview Academy 1.5 mi Not judged
St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn 1.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Abbey View Primary Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published