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The Downley School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Faulkner Way, Downley, High Wycombe HP13 5AL · downley.bucks.sch.uk · 01494 527033
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Inadequate
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 71%
- 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
- 350
- 83% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 14.3%
- First language not English
- 22.3%
- 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, 36 families put the school first and 38 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 | 38 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 47 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 32 | 32 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 73 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
Results
In 2024/25, 71% 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 65%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲71% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 131908)
Ofsted
The Downley School was judged Inadequate at its last graded inspection, on 22 March 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Inadequate
- Inspected
- 22 Mar 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131908)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Inadequate |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2007
Other inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 131908), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jun 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Oct 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131908)