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Dagnall VA Church of England School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Voluntary aided
Main Road South, Berkhamsted, Dagnall HP4 1QX · dagnall.bucks.sch.uk · 01442 842473
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2023/24
- 22%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Buckinghamshire 63%, England 61%
- 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
- 53
- 46% of 116 places
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 5.7%
- First language not English
- 3.8%
- 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, 11 families put the school first and 12 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 | 12 | 11 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 8 | 7 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2023/24, 22% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Buckinghamshire it was 63%, and across England 61%.
| 2024/25 | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | ||
| Expected standard | hidden | 62% |
| Higher standard | hidden | 8% |
| Average scaled score | ||
| Reading | hidden | 106 |
| Maths | hidden | 105 |
| Grammar and spelling | hidden | 105 |
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Dagnall VA Church of England School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 24 January 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 24 Jan 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: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 110218), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Mar 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110218)
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (26 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 26
- 53% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied