Community school · Buckinghamshire

Ash Hill Primary School

4–11Ages
215Pupils
PrimaryPhase
110261URN

Herbert Road, High Wycombe, HP13 7HT · School website

This school is due to be replaced by Ash Hill Primary School.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected Dec 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

1.0 below Buckinghamshire median (2.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Buckinghamshire

44 applications for 30 places · 124th of 132 in Buckinghamshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

43%met the expected standard

Buckinghamshire 68% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Requires significant improvement

Report card · inspected 2 December 2025Published 9 February 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard	Needs attention	Urgent improvement
Inclusion			Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching			Needs attention
Achievement				Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years		Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance			Needs attention

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

2 December 2025
Report card · 3 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention, 1 Urgent improvement
4 May 2023
Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.5applications per place, Reception

1.0 below Buckinghamshire median (2.5) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

44 applications · 30 places offered · 28 named it first

2026 1.5; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
2025 2.3; Buckinghamshire median median 2.4
2024 1.9; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
2023 2.2; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
2022 2.0; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
2021 2.1; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
2020 2.3; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
2019 2.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
2018 2.9; Buckinghamshire median median 2.7
2017 2.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
2016 2.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
2015 2.7; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
2014 1.9; Buckinghamshire median median 2.4

This school
Buckinghamshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	30	44	1.5	28	0.93
Sep 2025	24	54	2.3	22	0.92
Sep 2024	22	42	1.9	20	0.91
Sep 2023	28	61	2.2	27	0.96
Sep 2022	30	61	2.0	28	0.93
Sep 2021	29	61	2.1	25	0.86
Sep 2020	30	68	2.3	22	0.73
Sep 2019	28	78	2.8	31	1.11
Sep 2018	30	87	2.9	38	1.27
Sep 2017	29	80	2.8	38	1.31
Sep 2016	30	85	2.8	36	1.20
Sep 2015	30	80	2.7	34	1.13
Sep 2014	29	55	1.9	27	0.93

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 71% · Writing 50% · Maths 61% → all three 43% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard43%131st of 139 in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire 68% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard71%

Buckinghamshire 82% England 78%

Higher standard21%

Buckinghamshire 43% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard50%

Buckinghamshire 76% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Buckinghamshire 14% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard61%

Buckinghamshire 78% England 77%

Higher standard14%

Buckinghamshire 32% England 24%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Buckinghamshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	43%	0%	104	101
2023/24	41%	0%	103	100
2022/23	47%	0%	103	100

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Ash Hill Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Requires significant improvement 2025

1.5applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
Tylers Green Middle School
0.6 km · Buckinghamshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

69%met the SATs standard
Kings Wood School and Nursery
0.9 km · Buckinghamshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.1applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
Tylers Green First School
1.1 km · Buckinghamshire

Standards maintained2024

2.5applications per place
Manor Farm Community Infant School
1.3 km · Buckinghamshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.3applications per place
Manor Farm Junior School
1.4 km · Buckinghamshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

54%met the SATs standard
Beechview Academy
1.5 km · Buckinghamshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

50%met the SATs standard
Highworth Combined School and Nursery
1.6 km · Buckinghamshire

Remains Good · improving2024

2.3applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
Hannah Ball Academy
1.6 km · Buckinghamshire

Requires improvement2021

2.5applications per place 78%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 110261 · 825/2132
Capacity: 210 pupils · 215 on roll
Free school meals: 46.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Herbert Road, High Wycombe, HP13 7HT
Local authority: Buckinghamshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources