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Carrington Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Community school
2 Chapel Road, Flackwell Heath, High Wycombe HP10 9AA · carrington-inf.bucks.sch.uk · 01628 523356
On the mapSearch near HP10 9AA
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Buckinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 162
- 87% of 186 places
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Free school meals
- 19.9%
- First language not English
- 10.5%
- 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: Buckinghamshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 32 families put the school first and 36 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 | 36 | 32 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 56 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 55 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 44 | 40 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 57 | 48 | 0.8 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Carrington Infant School on 15 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 15 Oct 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, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Feb 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
99% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (102 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 99%
- Replies
- 102
- 61% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 44% who raised concerns
based on the 14% who had a child bullied
based on 21 parents (21%) with SEND