St James and St John CofE Primary School

Primary · Voluntary controlled 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)

1.23

6.67

All

2.28

All

20192020202120222023202420252026

All: every applicant was offered a place.

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St James and St John CofE Primary School is a primary school in Buckingham, Buckinghamshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 30 April 2024. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

St James and St John CofE 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	2.277 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	6.675 mi
Reception 2019	1.225 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

Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places ran out in 3 of the 8 earlier Reception years with a published outcome.
For Reception 2026 there were 15 first-choice applications for 16 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 19% 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: Main Street, Chackmore, Buckingham, MK18 5JE
Type: Voluntary controlled school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Buckinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 144 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 11.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 30 April 2024

Strengths

“Pupils love coming to this happy and nurturing school.”
“There is a clear and purposeful vision for both pupils’ behaviour and the quality of their work.”
“Pupils demonstrate the school’s values, which include courage, kindness and respect in their everyday conduct.”

To improve

“However, in a few subjects, staff do not always check regularly enough what pupils remember.”
“As a result, there are gaps in pupils’ knowledge, and they do not learn as well as they could in these subjects.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 June 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)	69%	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: 15 first-preference applications, 16 offers in total, 15 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 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Buckingham Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
George Grenville Academy 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Bourton Meadow Academy 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
Lace Hill Academy 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
Roundwood Primary School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Thornborough Infant School 3.8 mi Good Last distance published
Padbury Church of England School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published