Holtspur School & Pre-School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Beaconsfield, 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)

1.93

All

1.87

4.77

7.47

All

20192020202120222023202420252026

All: every applicant was offered a place.

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Holtspur School & Pre-School is a primary school in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2023. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Holtspur School & Pre-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	7.473 mi
Reception 2023	4.772 mi
Reception 2022	1.872 mi
Reception 2021	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2020	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2019	1.926 mi
Reception 2018	0.318 mi

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 5 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
Reception 2026 drew 24 first-choice applications for 26 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% 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: Cherry Tree Road, Holtspur, Beaconsfield, HP9 1BH
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Buckinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 191 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 22% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.2

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 11 July 2023

Strengths

“Staff know pupils well and put them at the heart of everything they do.”
“As a result, pupils are happy and enjoy coming to school.”
“Pupils know the school values of ‘ready, respectful, safe, kind and unique’ and try their best to demonstrate them.”

To improve

“However, some pupils use unacceptable language around the school.”
“In some subjects, pupils do not always remember key knowledge as well as they should.”
“Methods for checking what pupils have learned have recently changed and are not yet fully embedded.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 September 2023 (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)	70%	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: 24 first-preference applications, 26 offers in total, 24 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.

Wooburn Green Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
Butlers Court School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
Juniper Hill School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Loudwater Combined School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
Carrington Infant School 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
Carrington Junior School 1.9 mi Not judged
St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published