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Loudwater Combined School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Foundation school
School Way, Kingsmead Road, High Wycombe HP11 1JJ · loudwater.bucks.sch.uk · 01494 524919
On the mapSearch near HP11 1JJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 62%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Buckinghamshire 65%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.15 mi
- 1.85 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · All timely applicants offered up to Rule 5 (catchment/sibling), Rule 6 (catchment), Rule 7 (sibling) and some under Rule 8 (distance) · Buckinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 200
- 95% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 23%
- First language not English
- 28%
- 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 offered up to Rule 5 (catchment/sibling), Rule 6 (catchment), Rule 7 (sibling) and some under Rule 8 (distance)” went to a home 1.15 mi (1.85 km) from the school. Source: Buckinghamshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 27 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 93% 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 | 30 | 27 | 0.9 | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 27 | 25 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 33 | 1.1▲ | 82% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 36 | 1.2▲ | 75% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 33 | 1.1▲ | 82% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – All timely applicants offered up to Rule 5 (catchment/sibling), Rule 6 (catchment), Rule 7 (sibling) and some under Rule 8 (distance) | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.15 mi1.85 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 62% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 14% 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 | |||
| ●62% | 62% | ||
| ▲14% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Loudwater Combined School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 8 May 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: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jan 2023
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (23 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 23
- 11% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied