Whitchurch Combined School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
4.075 miles
Published by Buckinghamshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Whitchurch Combined School is a primary school in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 7 February 2024. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Whitchurch Combined 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 | 4.075 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 3.551 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 4.183 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 3.176 mi |
| Reception 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | 3.934 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 4.788 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 3.148 mi |
| 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 2026 Reception, the last child offered a place lived 4.075 miles away, the 2nd longest of 57 Buckinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.27 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025 and 2019, and it swung sharply between some years.
- There were 32 first-choice applications for 31 offers in 2026 Reception; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 4 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest 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
- North Marston Lane, Whitchurch, Aylesbury, HP22 4JG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 197 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 7 February 2024
Strengths
- “Whitchurch is a friendly and inclusive school where everyone is appreciated.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and thrive.”
- “One typical comment from a pupil describes the school as, ‘Warm, welcoming and educational.”
To improve
- “While pupils achieve well overall, the school is refining the curriculum in a few subjects so that staff identify the knowledge and skills pupils need to learn and remember over time more precisely.”
- “In these subjects, therefore, pupils are not yet acquiring really deep levels of knowledge.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 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) | 77% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 31 offers in total, 28 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.
- North Marston Church of England School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Green Ridge Primary Academy 3.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Quainton Church of England School 3.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Buckingham Park Church of England Primary School 3.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thomas Hickman School 3.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Swanbourne Church of England VA School 3.9 mi School remains Good
- Waddesdon Village Primary School 4.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Haydon Abbey School and Pre-School 4.2 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
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