Ibstone CofE Primary School

Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · High Wycombe, 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

6.07

2.27

All

20192020202120222023202420252026

All: every applicant was offered a place.

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Ibstone CofE Primary School is a primary school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 25 February 2025. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Ibstone 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	2.273 mi
Reception 2024	6.067 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

Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, though places ran out (a last distance was published) in 2 of the 8 earlier years.
Reception 2026 had 10 first-choice applications for 12 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
In 2026, 6 of the 42 Reception applications (14%) came from families living outside Buckinghamshire; 1 offer went to them.
The school has 15.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.6 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: Ibstone, High Wycombe, HP14 3XZ
Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Buckinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 101 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 15.2

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

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 25 February 2025

Strengths

“Pupils are proud of their school.”
“They say that, ’At Ibstone, it does not matter where you come from or what you look like, you are part of this community.”
“These comments show how pupils successfully exemplify the school’s values of ‘Love, Courage, Respect, Community and Perseverance’.”

To improve

“However, in a few subjects, this is still developing.”
“In these subjects, pupils sometimes do not learn as well as they could.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 10 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 10 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.

Cadmore End CofE School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
Stokenchurch Primary School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
Frieth Church of England Combined School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Radnage Church of England Primary School 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
The Orchard Way Academy 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Bledlow Ridge School 4.0 mi Good Last distance published
West Wycombe School 4.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Booker Hill Primary School & Nursery 5.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published