St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School

About St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School

If you're looking for a school where parents feel their child is genuinely happy and well supported, the Parent View responses for St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School are striking. Of the 160 families who responded between September 2024 and September 2025, a combined 97% agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy at the school, and 99% felt their child is safe. A full 94% would recommend the school to other parents. The school is also heavily oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 127 applications for 60 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.12, with 54 first-preference offers made. Parents also reported strong satisfaction with communication, with 99% agreeing the school makes them aware of what their child will learn, and 94% saying the school lets them know how their child is doing. Concerns are dealt with properly according to 61% of respondents, though 8% disagreed on that point.

Academically, the school performs well above the local average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 82% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the Buckinghamshire local authority average of 64%. That places St Mary and All Saints 10th out of 137 primary schools in the county, and 12th when ranked against all 184 schools of the same type. The school also excels at the higher standard: 22% of pupils achieved the higher benchmark across all three subjects. In reading, 49% reached the higher standard, and in maths 47% did. Average scaled scores were 110 in reading and 109 in maths. The school's most recent Ofsted inspection in February 2025 rated it Good across all areas, including behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership. This was an improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2022.

The school is a Church of England primary for mixed genders aged 4 to 11, with 349 pupils on roll against a capacity of 390. Facilities include a library, playing fields, art studios, a sensory room, gymnasium, sports hall, ICT suite, forest school and a chapel. Sports offered include gymnastics, netball, cross country and tennis, while clubs cover drama, film club and chess. The school has a dedicated SEND provision list covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, visual impairment, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. 24% of responding parents said their child has SEND, and 90% of those agreed the school gives them the support they need. With 9.2% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a broadly mixed catchment and is clearly in high demand among local families.

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