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Speen CofE VA School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Voluntary aided
Flowers Bottom Lane, Speen, Princes Risborough HP27 0SX · speenschool.com · 01494 488321
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2024
- Last distance offered
- 2.07 mi
- 3.33 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · All timely applicants could be offered a place up to Rule 3 (catchment and sibling), Rule 4 (catchment), Rule 5 (siblings), Rule 6 (sibling at St John's CE Combined School) and some under Rule 8 (distance) · Buckinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 44
- 98% of 45 places
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 2.3%
- First language not English
- 2.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “All timely applicants could be offered a place up to Rule 3 (catchment and sibling), Rule 4 (catchment), Rule 5 (siblings), Rule 6 (sibling at St John's CE Combined School) and some under Rule 8 (distance)” went to a home 2.07 mi (3.33 km) from the school. Source: Buckinghamshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 17 families put the school first and 14 places were offered; 82% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 14 | 17 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 15 | 18 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – All timely applicants could be offered a place up to Rule 3 (catchment and sibling), Rule 4 (catchment), Rule 5 (siblings), Rule 6 (sibling at St John's CE Combined School) and some under Rule 8 (distance) | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.07 mi3.33 km | |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 17 December 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Speen CofE VA School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 17 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective May 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Sept 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (43 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 43
- 100% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 58% who raised concerns
based on the 9% who had a child bullied