Buckingham Primary School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Buckingham, 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

2.93

All

20192020202120222023202420252026

All: every applicant was offered a place.

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Buckingham Primary School is a primary school in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 February 2025. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Buckingham Primary 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	2.933 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

In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%); 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out in 1 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
Reception 2026 drew 39 first-choice applications for 39 offers: 1.0 first choices per offer, the 40th highest of 153 Buckinghamshire primary schools, and every first-choice family was offered a place.

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: Foscott Way, Buckingham, MK18 1TT
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Buckinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 354 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 18.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.2

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 11 February 2025

Strengths

“Pupils love their school and feel loved by the school.”
“They speak passionately about the wide range of clubs, trips and opportunities at school.”
“The school’s offer of lunchtime clubs is successful at ensuring pupils with any form of disadvantage can participate without any barriers.”

To improve

“In some wider subjects, staff do not check pupils’ knowledge with enough rigour.”
“As a result, some gaps or misconceptions in pupils’ knowledge are not noticed or addressed.”
“This means that pupils do not consistently remember key content the school expects.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 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)	71%	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: 39 first-preference applications, 39 offers in total, 39 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.

Maids Moreton Church of England School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Bourton Meadow Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
George Grenville Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St James and St John CofE Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
Lace Hill Academy 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
Roundwood Primary School 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Thornborough Infant School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
Padbury Church of England School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published