Speen CofE VA School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–7 · Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.069 miles
Published by Buckinghamshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Speen CofE VA School is a primary school in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire for ages 4–7 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 17 December 2024. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Speen CofE VA 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 | 2.069 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | 5.277 mi |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2022 | 1.726 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
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.069 miles away, the 15th longest of the 57 Buckinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2022, and every applicant was offered a place in 6 of the 9 years with a published outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 17 first-choice applications for 14 offers; 14 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
- The school has 12.2 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.8 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
- Flowers Bottom Lane, Speen, Princes Risborough, HP27 0SX
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 44 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 2.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 17 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are excited to come to school each day.”
- “They are greeted by kind and supportive staff.”
- “Pupils rightly trust staff and know that they can turn to adults to ask for help or share a worry.”
To improve
- “However, on some occasions the tasks set for pupils are not as carefully designed as they could be This means that pupils do not consistently benefit as much as they could from the challenging and well-designed curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 February 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 17 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.
- Naphill and Walters Ash School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School, Lacey Green 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hughenden Primary School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Prestwood Junior School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Prestwood Infant School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Great Kingshill Church of England Combined School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Downley School 2.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bledlow Ridge School 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
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