Ickford School

About Ickford School

Ickford School, a state primary in Buckinghamshire, was rated Good overall in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2021, but the detail reveals real strength in specific areas. Inspectors awarded the top grade of Outstanding for both personal development and behaviour and attitudes, while quality of education, early years provision, and leadership and management were all rated Good. On the academic front, the school’s Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 are striking: every single pupil reached the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined — a perfect 100 per cent. That figure places Ickford first out of 137 primary schools in Buckinghamshire, and 46th nationally out of 13,686. The local authority average for the same combined measure is 64 per cent, so the school is well ahead of the typical local performance.

Digging into the exam data further, Ickford’s pupils also performed strongly at the higher standard. In reading, 60 per cent of children achieved the higher level, while in maths it was 55 per cent and in writing 30 per cent. The average scaled scores were 113 for reading and 111 for maths, both comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. The school’s ranking score of 100 on the KS2 expected standard metric puts it in the top five per cent of primaries nationally. Compared with its previous inspection in 2012, when it was also rated Good overall, the school has maintained its standard while earning those Outstanding marks for behaviour and personal development. There is no Progress 8 data available for this primary, but the attainment figures alone make a strong case.

Ickford is a small school with 134 pupils on roll, just shy of its capacity of 140, and it is clearly popular: for 2025/26 admissions, there were 56 applications for 20 places, with 27 first-preference applications and an oversubscription ratio of 2.8. The school offers a Forest School, an ICT suite, a sports hall, gymnasium, art studios, playing fields, and even a chapel. Clubs include gardening, chess, art, and science, while sports on offer are cricket, netball, dance, gymnastics, and rounders. SEND provision covers social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication, hearing impairment, autistic spectrum disorder, and other difficulties. With only three per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals, the intake is relatively affluent, and the school will particularly suit families who value strong academic outcomes in a well-behaved, supportive setting.

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