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Highworth Combined School and Nursery

  • 3–11Ages
  • 455Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 110403URN

Highworth Close, High Wycombe, HP13 7PH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodNov 2014
School remains Good (Improving)Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
close to Buckinghamshire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Buckinghamshire

137 applications for 60 places · 75th of 132 in Buckinghamshire
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
86%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodNov 2014
School remains Good (Improving)Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024

Inspection history

  1. 8 February 2024
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
  2. 6 November 2014
    Graded inspection: Good

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
2.3applications per place, Reception
close to Buckinghamshire median (2.5) close to England median (2.2)

137 applications · 60 places offered · 58 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 2.3; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  2. 2025 2.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.4; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  4. 2023 2.6; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  5. 2022 3.1; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.9; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 3.1; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
  8. 2019 2.9; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
  9. 2018 2.9; Buckinghamshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 3.5; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
  11. 2016 3.5; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
  12. 2015 3.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
  13. 2014 3.7; 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026601372.3580.97
Sep 2025581642.8661.14
Sep 2024591402.4591.00
Sep 2023601532.6560.93
Sep 2022591803.1751.27
Sep 2021561622.9681.21
Sep 2020591823.1631.07
Sep 2019571672.9520.91
Sep 2018551612.9500.91
Sep 2017521843.5751.44
Sep 2016551943.5761.38
Sep 2015532003.8901.70
Sep 2014531943.7741.40

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 92% · Writing 92% · Maths 93% → all three 86% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard86%8th of 139 in Buckinghamshire
Reading
Expected standard92%
Higher standard49%
Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard92%
Greater depth34%
Maths
Expected standard93%
Higher standard46%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2586%17%109108
2023/2480%12%108108
2022/2377%10%107107

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

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

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
110403 · 825/2352
Capacity
392 pupils · 455 on roll
Free school meals
27.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Address
Highworth Close, High Wycombe, HP13 7PH
Local authority
Buckinghamshire

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