Princes Risborough Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire·HP27 9HY
Composite score
46.6
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National rank
#1267
In South East
#103
In Buckinghamshire
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
87%
31 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.03
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
77
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
0.47 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 763 m
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.07
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

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.

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

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
225
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
9.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
9.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,097
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

About Princes Risborough Primary School

Princes Risborough Primary School is a primary school in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 225 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 17.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 87% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (31 first choices for 30 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.47 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 6.7%. There are about 17.0 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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