Oakridge School

Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · 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

1.46

All

20192020202120222023202420252026

All: every applicant was offered a place.

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Oakridge School is a primary school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 March 2022. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Oakridge 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	1.459 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

Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 8 earlier years.
Reception 2026 had 42 first-choice applications for 44 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 64% 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: Oakridge Road, High Wycombe, HP11 2PN
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–11
Council: Buckinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 452 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 27.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19.4

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 2 March 2022

Strengths

“From the minute pupils join the school, this school’s ambition for ‘working together to succeed’ drives leaders, teachers and children alike.”
“Pupils are proud of their school.”
“They enjoy learning and love reading.”

To improve

“Leaders know that in some subjects assessment practices need to improve so that teaching is better informed by what pupils know and can do.”
“The recently introduced phonics scheme is yet to be fully embedded.”
“During these improvements, some staff feel that leaders have not always considered their workload and well-being.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 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)	64%	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: 42 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 42 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.

High Wycombe Church of England Combined School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Castlefield School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Millbrook Combined School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
The Disraeli School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Hamilton Academy 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Booker Hill Primary School & Nursery 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Chepping View Primary Academy 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
The Downley School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published