Danesfield School

About Danesfield School

Danesfield School is rated Outstanding by Ofsted, a grade it has held since its most recent graded inspection in 2017, and which was confirmed as unchanged in an ungraded inspection in 2023. The school’s leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness are all rated Outstanding. But the most telling academic metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined: 89 per cent. That is a full 25 percentage points above the Buckinghamshire local authority average of 64 per cent for primary schools. It places Danesfield 6th out of 137 primary schools in the county, putting it in the top five per cent locally. Nationally, the school ranks in the top three per cent of all primary schools, a strong signal of consistent academic strength across the board.

Digging into the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, the picture is one of broad, solid attainment. In reading, 95 per cent of pupils met the expected standard and 55 per cent reached the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 110. In maths, 95 per cent met the expected standard and 42 per cent hit the higher standard, with an average score of 108. Writing is similarly strong: 92 per cent at expected and 44 per cent at the higher level. The school does not publish progress scores for reading, writing or maths, so it is not possible to say how much value it adds relative to pupils’ starting points, but the raw attainment figures are well above national averages. The school’s ranking score of 89, based on the combined expected standard metric, places it just behind top local peers like Ickford School and Frieth Church of England Combined School, but ahead of the vast majority of Buckinghamshire primaries.

Danesfield is a larger-than-average primary, with 460 pupils against a capacity of 450, and it is clearly popular: for 2025/26 entry, the school received 138 applications for 60 places, with 73 first-preference applications and 60 offers made. That works out at 2.3 applications per place. The school has a nursery provision for three-year-olds, and its SEND support covers a wide range of needs, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. Facilities include a library, music rooms, playing fields and an outdoor playground, with clubs ranging from coding and chess to gardening and drama. Sports on offer include football, netball, gymnastics and cross country. With very low free school meal eligibility at 2.3 per cent, the intake is predominantly from more advantaged backgrounds, and the school is a strong fit for families prioritising high academic attainment within a well-resourced, oversubscribed state primary.

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