North Marston Church of England 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)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
North Marston Church of England 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 6 June 2023. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
North Marston Church of England 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 | 3.135 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 1.376 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 3.261 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 3.909 mi |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | 4.835 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 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 0% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, but places ran out in 5 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 13 first-choice applications for 13 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 15 places.
- There were 90 pupils on roll in January 2026 and 16.1 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.7 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
- School Hill, North Marston, Buckingham, MK18 3PE
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 90 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), are confident and caring at this small, inclusive school.”
- “Pupils are proud to say that they help each other.”
- “They thrive when taking on responsibilities, such as the older pupils helping the younger ones at playtimes.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, however, the curriculum is at an earlier stage of development, which means pupils are not yet achieving all that they could.”
- “Most pupils take home books that are matched closely to the sounds they have learned, but for some pupils staff are still refining and checking this to make sure that books are not too challenging.”
- “There is a clear approach to teaching reading which builds phonic knowledge, but this has only recently been implemented, so there is some further work to do to make sure that it is helping all pupils to learn consistently well.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 July 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) | 53% | 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: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 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.
- Whitchurch Combined School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Quainton Church of England School 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- East Claydon Church of England School 2.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Swanbourne Church of England VA School 3.2 mi School remains Good
- Winslow Church of England School 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Green Ridge Primary Academy 4.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Waddesdon Village Primary School 4.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Mursley Church of England School 4.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
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