Thomas Hickman 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)

All

0.94

1.72

0.54

All

20192020202120222023202420252026

All: every applicant was offered a place.

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Thomas Hickman School is a primary school in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 5 February 2025. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Thomas Hickman 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	0.536 mi
Reception 2024	1.721 mi
Reception 2023	0.939 mi
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

Ofsted's latest outcome, on 5 February 2025, was Improved significantly; the previous graded outcome was Good (11 September 2019).
Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 3 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
Reception 2026 drew 50 first-choice applications for 59 offers: 0.8 first choices per offer, the 25th lowest of 153 Buckinghamshire primary schools.
In 2024/25, 52% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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: Belgrave Road, Aylesbury, HP19 9HP
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–11
Council: Buckinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 500 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 34% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 24.9

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

Ofsted

Improved significantly Inspected 5 February 2025

Strengths

“Pupils are rightly proud of their school.”
“They are given a say in running the school and know that they are listened to.”
“Pupils’ behaviour in classrooms and around the school is calm and orderly.”

To improve

“There is highly effective support in place for those whose attendance needs to improve, but pupil absence remains an ongoing challenge.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 March 2025 (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)	52%	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: 50 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 50 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.

Haydon Abbey School and Pre-School 0.6 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
St Mary's Church of England School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
Buckingham Park Church of England Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Bearbrook Combined School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Elmhurst School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Green Ridge Primary Academy 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Oak Green School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Louis Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published