Loudwater Combined School

Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–11 · High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.15 miles

Published by Buckinghamshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.63

1.06

All

1.07

0.74

0.67

All

1.15

20192020202120222023202420252026

All: every applicant was offered a place.

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Loudwater Combined School is a primary school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire for ages 4–11 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 May 2024. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Loudwater Combined 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	1.15 mi
Reception 2025	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2024	0.666 mi
Reception 2023	0.742 mi
Reception 2022	1.072 mi
Reception 2021	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2020	1.061 mi
Reception 2019	0.628 mi
Reception 2018	0.670 mi

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

The last Reception place offered in 2026 went to a child 1.15 miles from the school, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 7 years with a published distance.
Reception last distances have swung sharply, most of all from 2019 to 2020, and every applicant was offered a place in 2 of the 9 years with a published outcome.
For Reception 2026 there were 27 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 25 offers went to first-choice families and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 62% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 14% 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: School Way, Kingsmead Road, Loudwater Combined School, High Wycombe, HP11 1JJ
Type: Foundation school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Buckinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 200 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 23% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 18.6

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 8 May 2024

Strengths

“Pupils are prepared for their next stage of education thoroughly.”
“Staff have very high expectations for pupils’ learning, particularly in key stage 2.”
“This helps pupils to achieve successful outcomes in reading, writing and mathematics consistently well.”

To improve

“However, in some subjects and subject areas, including in the early years, staff expertise is not as effective.”
“This means that lessons are not always contributing to pupils’ learning as successfully as they could.”
“Pupils do not always build on their prior knowledge as strongly as they do in other areas of the curriculum.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 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)	62%	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: 27 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 25 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.

Carrington Infant School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
Carrington Junior School 0.6 mi Not judged
Juniper Hill School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Beechview Academy 1.2 mi Not judged
Wooburn Green Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
Ash Hill Primary School 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Holtspur School & Pre-School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
Abbey View Primary Academy 1.7 mi Good Last distance published