William Harding School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · 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

2.46

All

20192020202120222023202420252026

All: every applicant was offered a place.

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William Harding School is a primary school in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 June 2022. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

William Harding 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	2.461 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

2024/25: 67% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Reception 2026 had 52 first-choice applications for 53 offers, 1.0 first choices per offer, the 69th highest of 153 Buckinghamshire primary schools.
Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but places ran out, with a last distance published, in 1 of the 8 earlier Reception years.
19.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 15.4% 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: Hazlehurst Drive, Aylesbury, HP21 9TJ
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Buckinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 798 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 19.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 7 June 2022

Strengths

“There is a strong sense of community at William Harding School.”
“It is a calm and orderly school.”
“Leaders set high expectations for pupils’ behaviour.”

To improve

“Leaders recognise that they have further work to do to engage all parents positively.”
“However, sometimes leaders ask teachers to do more planning than is needed.”
“However, teachers sometimes set different outcomes than leaders set out.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 September 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)	67%	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: 52 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 52 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.

Turnfurlong Infant School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Turnfurlong Junior School 0.5 mi Outstanding
St Edward's Catholic Junior School 0.7 mi Standards maintained
St Joseph's Catholic Infant School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Bedgrove Infant School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Bedgrove Junior School 0.8 mi Good
Ashmead Combined School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Broughton Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good