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Princes Risborough Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Wellington Avenue, Princes Risborough HP27 9HY · princesrisboroughprimary.bucks.sch.uk · 01844 345251
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Buckinghamshire 65%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.47 mi
- 0.76 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · All timely applicants could be offered under Rule 3 (catchment) and some under Rule 4 (sibling) · Buckinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 224
- 14 over 210 places · 107%
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 28.7%
- First language not English
- 13.4%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Great Learners Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “All timely applicants could be offered under Rule 3 (catchment) and some under Rule 4 (sibling)” went to a home 0.47 mi (763 m) from the school. Source: Buckinghamshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 31 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 87% 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 | 31 | 1▲ | 87% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 33 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 31 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 28 | 19 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 34 | 23 | 0.7 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – All timely applicants could be offered under Rule 3 (catchment) and some under Rule 4 (sibling) | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.47 mi0.76 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% 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 | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 133513)
Ofsted
Princes Risborough Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 10 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 10 Oct 2023
- 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: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 133513), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2015Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 133513)
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (56 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 56
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 20% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (18%) with SEND