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Voluntary controlled school · Buckinghamshire

St James and St John CofE Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 144Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 110410URN

Main Street, Chackmore, Buckingham, MK18 5JE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.3per place
close to Buckinghamshire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Buckinghamshire

37 applications for 16 places · 73rd of 132 in Buckinghamshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
69%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 30 April 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionOutstanding

Inspection history

  1. 30 April 2024
    Graded inspection: Good
  2. 29 September 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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)

37 applications · 16 places offered · 15 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.3; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  2. 2025 2.2; Buckinghamshire median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.0; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  4. 2023 1.6; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  5. 2022 1.5; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 1.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 1.4; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
  8. 2019 2.3; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
  9. 2018 2.7; Buckinghamshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.1; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
  11. 2016 1.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
  12. 2015 1.4; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
  13. 2014 2.1; Buckinghamshire median median 2.4
More applications per place than the Buckinghamshire median in 1 of 13 years.
  • 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 202616372.3150.94
Sep 202511242.2111.00
Sep 202415302.0130.87
Sep 202314231.6120.86
Sep 202220301.5150.75
Sep 202120351.8150.75
Sep 202022301.4221.00
Sep 201922502.3351.59
Sep 201811302.790.82
Sep 201713272.1131.00
Sep 201619341.8180.95
Sep 201518261.4181.00
Sep 201414292.1141.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 88% · Writing 81% · Maths 75% → all three 69% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard69%62nd of 139 in Buckinghamshire
Reading
Expected standard88%
Higher standard50%
Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard81%
Greater depth31%
Maths
Expected standard75%
Higher standard38%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2569%19%108106
2023/2454%14%103103
2022/2333%10%107104

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
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
110410 · 825/3008
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
166 pupils · 144 on roll
Free school meals
11.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2006
Replaced
Saint James Church of England School, Akeley (URN 110409)
Address
Main Street, Chackmore, Buckingham, MK18 5JE
Local authority
Buckinghamshire

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