Dagnall VA Church of England School

Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · Dagnall, 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

4.67

All

20192020202120222023202420252026

All: every applicant was offered a place.

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Dagnall VA Church of England School is a primary school in Dagnall, Buckinghamshire for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2024. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Dagnall VA 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	4.665 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 applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as did 100 of the 157 other Buckinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
Reception 2026 had 11 first-choice applications for 12 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
For Reception 2026, 9 of the 26 applications (35%) came from families living outside Buckinghamshire, and 7 offers went to them.
There are 53 pupils on roll and 10.6 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 18.8 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: Main Road South, Berkhamsted, Dagnall, HP4 1QX
Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Religious character: Church of England
Council: Buckinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 53 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 5.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 10.6

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

Ofsted

Good Inspected 24 January 2024

Strengths

“Dagnall VA Church of England School is a happy and inclusive place to be.”
“Leaders have ensured that the school is one community and works together to improve further.”
“Pupils exude warmth and kindness.”

To improve

“However, in some subjects, pupils are not always able to recall previously taught knowledge.”
“However, in some subjects, teachers do not check that pupils have the prior knowledge that they need to understand new learning in full.”
“This means they achieve less well in these subjects.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 11 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 11 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.

Edlesborough Primary Academy 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
Brookmead School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
Cheddington Combined School 4.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
Marsworth Church of England Infant School 4.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England School 6.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Aston Clinton School 7.5 mi Good Last distance published
Overstone Combined School 8.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
Ivingswood Academy 8.2 mi Not judged Last distance published