Best primary schools in Buckinghamshire
142 of 194 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Buckinghamshire schools · secondary schools
Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 160 of them.
- 129 of 194 rated Good or Outstanding
- 23 oversubscribed on first preference
- 10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
- Median Met expected standard (RWM): 67.5% (best 100.0%)
| # | School | Met expected standard (RWM) | Ofsted | Places | Catchment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Kimble Church of England School Aylesbury | 100.0% | Requires improvement | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 2 | Ickford School Aylesbury | 100.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.5 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 3 | Padbury Church of England School Buckingham | 94.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 4 | Danesfield School Marlow | 90.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 1.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 5 | Chesham Bois Church of England School Amersham | 88.0% | Good | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 6 | Chartridge Combined School Chesham | 87.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.37 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 7 | Seer Green Church of England School Beaconsfield | 87.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 8 | Highworth Combined School and Nursery High Wycombe | 86.0% | Good | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 9 | The Iver Village Junior School Iver | 86.0% | Good | — | mapped |
| 10 | Elangeni School Amersham | 85.0% | Good declining | — | mapped |
| 11 | Castlefield School High Wycombe hidden gem | 84.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 12 | Brookmead School Leighton Buzzard | 83.0% | Not judged | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 13 | Broughton Junior School Aylesbury | 81.0% | Good | — | mapped |
| 14 | Cuddington and Dinton CofE School Aylesbury hidden gem | 81.0% | Good declining | undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 15 | The Gerrards Cross CofE School Gerrards Cross | 81.0% | Not judged | oversubscribed 1.45 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 16 | Thomas Harding Junior School Chesham | 81.0% | Good | — | mapped |
| 17 | Cedar Park School & Nursery High Wycombe | 80.0% | Good | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 18 | East Claydon Church of England School East Claydon | 80.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 19 | Frieth Church of England Combined School Henley-on-Thames | 80.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 20 | St Edward's Catholic Junior School Aylesbury | 80.0% | Good | — | approximate |
| 21 | St John's Church of England Primary School, Lacey Green Princes Risborough hidden gem | 80.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 22 | Wooburn Green Primary School High Wycombe | 80.0% | Good | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 23 | Brill Church of England School Aylesbury | 79.0% | Good | about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 24 | Grendon Underwood School Aylesbury | 79.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 25 | St Louis Catholic Primary School Aylesbury | 79.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.36 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 26 | St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn High Wycombe | 79.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 27 | Chalfont St Peter CofE Academy Gerrards Cross | 78.0% | Good | — | approximate |
| 28 | Hannah Ball Academy High Wycombe | 78.0% | Requires improvement | undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 29 | Little Chalfont Primary School Amersham | 78.0% | Not judged | oversubscribed 1.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 30 | Long Crendon School Aylesbury | 78.0% | Not judged declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 31 | Our Lady's Catholic Primary School Amersham | 78.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 32 | Chepping View Primary Academy High Wycombe | 77.0% | Outstanding | oversubscribed 1.53 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 33 | Curzon Church of England Combined School Amersham | 77.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 34 | St Nicolas' Church of England Combined School Maidenhead | 77.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 35 | Whitchurch Combined School Aylesbury | 77.0% | Good declining | about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 36 | Woodside Junior School Amersham | 77.0% | Good | — | mapped |
| 37 | Lace Hill Academy Buckingham | 76.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 38 | Butlers Court School Beaconsfield | 75.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 39 | Hazlemere Church of England Combined School High Wycombe | 75.0% | Good | about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 40 | Radnage Church of England Primary School High Wycombe | 75.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.15 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 41 | Bierton Church of England Combined School Aylesbury hidden gem | 74.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 42 | Chenies School Rickmansworth | 74.0% | Requires improvement | undersubscribed 0.5 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 43 | St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Gerrards Cross | 74.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 44 | Widmer End Community Combined School High Wycombe | 74.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 45 | Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy Amersham hidden gem | 73.0% | Good improving | undersubscribed 0.33 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 46 | Denham Green E-ACT Primary Academy Denham Green | 73.0% | Good | about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 47 | Great Missenden CofE Combined School Great Missenden | 73.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 48 | High Ash Church of England Primary School | 73.0% | Requires improvement declining | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 49 | Swanbourne Church of England VA School Milton Keynes | 73.0% | Good | — | mapped |
| 50 | Buckingham Primary School Buckingham | 71.0% | Not judged improving | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 51 | Edlesborough Primary Academy Dunstable | 71.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 52 | Great Horwood Church of England School Milton Keynes | 71.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 53 | Holy Trinity Church of England (Aided) School Marlow | 71.0% | Outstanding improving | — | mapped |
| 54 | Iver Heath Junior School Iver Heath | 71.0% | Good improving | — | mapped |
| 55 | Marsh Gibbon CofE Primary School Bicester | 71.0% | Not judged declining | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 56 | St Mary's CofE Primary School, Amersham Amersham | 71.0% | Not judged | undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 57 | St Peter's Catholic Primary School Marlow | 71.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2025/26 | approximate |
| 58 | The Downley School High Wycombe | 71.0% | Inadequate | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 59 | Bledlow Ridge School High Wycombe | 70.0% | Good declining | about even 1.11 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 60 | Holmer Green Junior School High Wycombe | 70.0% | Good | — | mapped |
| 61 | Holtspur School & Pre-School Beaconsfield | 70.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 62 | Brushwood Junior School Chesham | 69.0% | Outstanding improving | — | mapped |
| 63 | Newton Longville Church of England Primary School Newton Longville | 69.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 64 | St James and St John CofE Primary School Buckingham | 69.0% | Good declining | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 65 | St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School Beaconsfield | 69.0% | Not judged declining | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 66 | Tylers Green Middle School High Wycombe | 69.0% | Not judged | — | mapped |
| 67 | Chalfont St Giles Junior School Chalfont St Giles | 68.0% | Outstanding | — | mapped |
| 68 | Green Ridge Primary Academy Aylesbury | 68.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 69 | Halton Community Combined School Aylesbury | 68.0% | Good declining | oversubscribed 1.4 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 70 | Turnfurlong Junior School Aylesbury | 68.0% | Outstanding improving | — | mapped |
| 71 | West Wycombe School High Wycombe | 68.0% | Requires improvement | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 72 | Carrington Junior School High Wycombe | 67.0% | Not judged declining | — | mapped |
| 73 | Juniper Hill School High Wycombe | 67.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 74 | Naphill and Walters Ash School High Wycombe | 67.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.4 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 75 | The Stoke Poges School Slough | 67.0% | Good | about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 76 | William Harding School Aylesbury | 67.0% | Good | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 77 | Bedgrove Junior School Aylesbury | 66.0% | Good | — | approximate |
| 78 | Bourton Meadow Academy Buckingham | 66.0% | Not judged | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 79 | Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England School Chesham | 66.0% | Not judged | undersubscribed 0.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 80 | Ley Hill School Chesham | 66.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 81 | Little Kingshill Combined School Great Missenden | 66.0% | Outstanding improving | oversubscribed 1.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 82 | Prestwood Junior School Great Missenden | 66.0% | Good | — | approximate |
| 83 | Buckingham Park Church of England Primary School Aylesbury | 65.0% | Good | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 84 | Farnham Common Junior School Farnham Common | 65.0% | Good declining | — | mapped |
| 85 | Denham Village School Uxbridge hidden gem | 64.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 86 | Hughenden Primary School High Wycombe | 64.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 87 | Ibstone CofE Primary School High Wycombe | 64.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 88 | Lent Rise School Slough | 64.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 89 | Oakridge School High Wycombe | 64.0% | Good | about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 90 | Robertswood School Gerrards Cross | 64.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 91 | Foxes Piece School Marlow | 63.0% | Not judged declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 92 | Maids Moreton Church of England School Maids Moreton | 63.0% | Outstanding | about even 1.13 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 93 | Oakley Church of England Combined School Aylesbury | 63.0% | Not judged improving | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 94 | Loudwater Combined School High Wycombe | 62.0% | Good | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 95 | Steeple Claydon School and Pre-School Buckingham | 62.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 96 | Wendover Church of England Junior School Aylesbury | 62.0% | Good declining | — | mapped |
| 97 | Great Kingshill Church of England Combined School High Wycombe | 61.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 98 | Longwick Church of England Combined School Princes Risborough hidden gem | 61.0% | Good | undersubscribed 0.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 99 | Princes Risborough Primary School Princes Risborough | 61.0% | Good improving | about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 100 | Weston Turville Church of England School Aylesbury | 61.0% | Good | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 101 | Abbey View Primary Academy High Wycombe | 60.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 102 | High Wycombe Church of England Combined School High Wycombe | 60.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.23 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 103 | Hamilton Academy High Wycombe | 59.0% | Good improving | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 104 | Stoke Mandeville Combined School Aylesbury | 59.0% | Good | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 105 | Haydon Abbey School and Pre-School Aylesbury | 58.0% | Requires improvement | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 106 | Monks Risborough CofE Primary School Princes Risborough | 58.0% | Good | about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 107 | Quainton Church of England School Aylesbury | 58.0% | Good declining | about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 108 | St Mary's Church of England School Aylesbury | 57.0% | Not judged | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 109 | Cheddington Combined School | 56.0% | Not judged declining | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 110 | Wingrave Church of England Combined School Aylesbury | 56.0% | Good improving | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 111 | Stokenchurch Primary School High Wycombe | 55.0% | Not judged | about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 112 | Aston Clinton School Aylesbury | 54.0% | Good | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 113 | Haddenham Community Junior School Aylesbury | 54.0% | Not judged | — | approximate |
| 114 | Kings Wood School and Nursery High Wycombe | 54.0% | Not judged | about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 115 | Manor Farm Junior School High Wycombe | 54.0% | Not judged | — | approximate |
| 116 | Ivingswood Academy Chesham | 53.0% | Not judged | undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 117 | North Marston Church of England School Buckingham | 53.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 118 | St Peter's Church of England Primary School Burnham | 53.0% | Good | oversubscribed 1.2 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 119 | Stone Church of England Combined School Aylesbury | 53.0% | Good | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 120 | Waddesdon Village Primary School Aylesbury | 53.0% | Good | about even 1.03 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 121 | Thomas Hickman School Aylesbury | 52.0% | Good improving | undersubscribed 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 122 | The Disraeli School High Wycombe | 51.0% | Not judged | about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 123 | Beechview Academy High Wycombe | 50.0% | Not judged | — | mapped |
| 124 | Booker Hill Primary School & Nursery High Wycombe | 50.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 125 | Dorney School Maidenhead | 50.0% | Not judged improving | undersubscribed 0.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 126 | Oak Green School Aylesbury | 50.0% | Not judged declining | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 127 | Winslow Church of England School Buckingham | 49.0% | Not judged declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 128 | Elmhurst School Aylesbury | 47.0% | Requires improvement | undersubscribed 0.57 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 129 | Lane End Primary School High Wycombe | 47.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 130 | Twyford C of E School Buckingham | 47.0% | Good | about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 131 | Bearbrook Combined School Aylesbury | 45.0% | Good | about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 132 | Overstone Combined School Wing | 44.0% | Not judged declining | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 133 | Ash Hill Primary School High Wycombe | 43.0% | Requires improvement | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | approximate |
| 134 | Millbrook Combined School High Wycombe | 42.0% | Requires improvement | about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 135 | Roundwood Primary School Buckingham | 41.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 136 | George Grenville Academy Buckingham | 40.0% | Good | about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 137 | Waterside Primary Academy Chesham | 34.0% | Not judged | about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 138 | St Michael's Church of England Combined School Leighton Buzzard | 33.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 139 | Claytons Primary School Bourne End | 30.0% | Good | about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 140 | Dagnall VA Church of England School Dagnall | 22.0% | Good | about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 141 | St Mary's Farnham Royal CofE Primary School Farnham Royal | 21.0% | Not judged | about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
| 142 | Cadmore End CofE School High Wycombe hidden gem | 17.0% | Good improving | undersubscribed 0.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 | mapped |
Also in Buckinghamshire
52 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Buckinghamshire, not a fairer one.
- Ashmead Combined School Ofsted: Good
- Bedgrove Infant School Ofsted: Not judged
- Broughton Community Schools (Infants) Ofsted: Good
- Burford School Ofsted: Not judged
- Carrington Infant School Ofsted: Not judged
- Chalfont St Giles Infant School and Nursery Ofsted: Good
- Chalfont St Peter Infant School Ofsted: Not judged
- Chesham Preparatory School
- Chestnut Lane School Ofsted: Not judged
- Coleshill Church of England Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Crown House School
- Dair House School
- Drayton Parslow Village School Ofsted: Good
- Dropmore Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Elmtree Infant and Nursery School Ofsted: Good
- Farnham Common Infant School Ofsted: Not judged
- Fulmer Infant School Ofsted: Not judged
- Gateway School
- Gayhurst School
- Griffin House School
- Haddenham Community Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Haddenham St Mary's Church of England School Ofsted: Good
- Heatherton School
- High March School
- Holmer Green First School and Pre-School Ofsted: Good
- Hyde Heath Infant School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
- Iver Heath Infant School and Nursery Ofsted: Good
- Iver Village Infant Academy Ofsted: Inadequate
- Jordans School Ofsted: Good
- Kingsbrook View Primary Academy Ofsted: Good
- Lee Common Church of England School Ofsted: Good
- Little Marlow CofE School Ofsted: Good
- Little Missenden Church of England School Ofsted: Not judged
- Maltman's Green School
- Manor Farm Community Infant School Ofsted: Not judged
- Marlow Church of England Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Marsh School Ofsted: Not judged
- Marsworth Church of England Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Mursley Church of England School Ofsted: Not judged
- Newtown School Ofsted: Not judged
- Orchard View Primary Academy
- Prestwood Infant School Ofsted: Not judged
- Sikh Heritage Girls School
- Speen CofE VA School Ofsted: Good
- Spinfield School Ofsted: Good
- St George's Church of England Infant School Ofsted: Good hidden gem
- St Joseph's Catholic Infant School Ofsted: Good
- The John Hampden School Ofsted: Good
- Thornborough Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Turnfurlong Infant School Ofsted: Good
- Tylers Green First School Ofsted: Good
- Whaddon CofE School Ofsted: Requires improvement
Applying in Buckinghamshire
Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.
- Selective / 11+ test date 2026-09-10 · 2027 entry Secondary Transfer Test main test (practice test 8 September 2026)
- Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Common Application Form deadline
- Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
- Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry National Offer Day
- Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
- Secondary application deadline 2027-10-31 · 2028 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2028 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2027; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
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