Castlefield School

Foundation school·Primary school High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire·HP12 3LE
Composite score
84.9
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National rank
#63
In South East
#7
In Buckinghamshire
Top 3%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
84%
% achieving higher RWM
26%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
111.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
41 first choices, 51 places
First choices per place
0.80
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
75
any preference, for 51 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8520220.7420230.9620240.9120250.802026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Castlefield School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
450
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
64.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,285
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Castlefield School

Castlefield School is a primary school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. Around 450 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 84% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 13.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 3% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 111 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 26% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Castlefield School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 41 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 17.2 pupils per teacher. Castlefield School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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