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Buckingham Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Buckingham Road, Hampton TW12 3LT · buckingham.richmond.sch.uk · 020 8941 2548
On the mapSearch near TW12 3LT
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 57%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Richmond upon Thames 78%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Richmond upon Thames Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 377
- 60% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 41%
- First language not English
- 47.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Richmond upon Thames Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 26 families put the school first and 28 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 28 | 26 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 48 | 48 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 42 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% the higher standard. Across Richmond upon Thames it was 78%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼57% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Buckingham Primary School on 3 December 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 3 Dec 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Sept 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (84 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 84
- 21% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (20%) with SEND