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St James and St John CofE Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Voluntary controlled
Main Street, Chackmore, Buckingham MK18 5JE · stjamesjohn.com · 01280 812291
On the mapSearch near MK18 5JE
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 69%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Buckinghamshire 65%, England 62%
- 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
- 144
- 87% of 166 places
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 11.8%
- First language not English
- 2.1%
- 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, 15 families put the school first and 16 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 | 16 | 15 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 15 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 14 | 12 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 20 | 15 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 19% the higher standard. Across Buckinghamshire it was 65%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲69% | 62% | ||
| ▲19% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
St James and St John CofE Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 30 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 30 Apr 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 | Outstanding |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Sept 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (32 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 32
- 21% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied