Little Missenden Church of England School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–7 · Amersham, 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.
Little Missenden Church of England School is a primary school in Amersham, Buckinghamshire for ages 2–7 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 April 2025. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Little Missenden 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 | 15.624 mi |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | 3.05 mi |
| 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
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out in 2 of the 8 earlier years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 14 first-choice applications for 14 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- With 28 pupils on roll, there are 9.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.7 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Buckinghamshire.
- Its latest Ofsted outcome, on 1 April 2025, was Not judged; the previous graded outcome was Good on 21 March 2011.
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
- Little Missenden, Amersham, HP7 0RA
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 28 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 9.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this caring village school.”
- “Pupils understand and model the school’s values of friendship, thankfulness, honesty, forgiveness, compassion and trust exceptionally well.”
- “They value their leadership roles, such as school councillors, eco monitors, playground leaders and school librarians.”
To improve
- “However, some activities to help pupils strengthen their learning in the wider curriculum are not as effective as the school intends.”
- “In some wider curriculum subjects, a small number of pupils do not build on their prior knowledge securely, and do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 14 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 14 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.
- Hyde Heath Infant School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Holmer Green Junior School 1.3 mi School remains Good
- Little Kingshill Combined School 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Curzon Church of England Combined School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holmer Green First School and Pre-School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Great Missenden CofE Combined School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School, Amersham 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Our Lady's Catholic Primary School 2.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
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