Quainton Church of England School

About Quainton Church of England School

Quainton Church of England School has turned a corner. In its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023, the school was rated Good overall, a clear step up from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2019. Every category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — was judged Good, showing consistent improvement across the board. But the most telling academic metric is the Key Stage 2 combined expected standard in reading, writing and maths: 67% of pupils hit that benchmark in the 2023/24 results. That is slightly above the Buckinghamshire local authority average of 64%, placing the school 58th out of 137 primary schools in the county. While not among the top tier, it is a solid, above-average performance that reflects a school on an upward trajectory.

Digging deeper into the 2023/24 KS2 results, the picture is mixed but generally positive. In reading, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard and 30% achieved a higher score, with an average scaled score of 106. Maths was similar: 77% at expected, 33% at higher, and an average score of 106. Writing lagged a little, with 73% at expected and only 10% at the higher level. The combined expected standard of 67% is three percentage points above the LA average, which is a respectable outcome for a school of 190 pupils. Nationally, Quainton ranks in the 37th percentile among all primaries, and within the South East region it sits in the 35th percentile. The school’s ranking score of 67 places it in the top 50% of its local authority, though it is some way behind the top performers like Ickford School and Frieth Church of England Combined School.

The school is heavily oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 61 applications for just 15 places, a ratio of over 4 to 1, and all 13 first-preference applicants were offered a place. Facilities include a music room, ICT suite, sports hall, sensory room, chapel, and an outdoor playground. Sports on offer range from football and cricket to gymnastics and dance, and clubs include drama, choir, chess and coding. SEND provision is broad, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, speech and language needs, hearing and visual impairments, and autistic spectrum disorder. With a Church of England character and a headteacher in James Vernon, this is a village primary that suits families who want a well-regarded, improving school in a rural Buckinghamshire setting, though competition for places is fierce.

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