Turnfurlong Junior School

Foundation school·Primary school Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire·HP21 7PL
Composite score
62.9
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#3,175
National rank
#450
In South East
#45
In Buckinghamshire
Top 22%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
68%
% achieving higher RWM
16%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Last place offered lived
0.90 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 1447 m

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

School profile

Age range
7–11
Pupils on roll
383
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
28.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,378
Typical primary: £6,960

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About Turnfurlong Junior School

Turnfurlong Junior School is a primary school in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. Around 383 pupils aged 7 to 11 attend the school. The school holds an 'Outstanding' judgement from Ofsted. 68% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 3.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 22% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 16% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.90 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 18.2 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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