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St Michael's Church of England Combined School

Buckinghamshire, LU7 0HAPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Dec 2023
KS2 Results
63%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.4×
Oversubscribed
42 1st-choice / 30 places
Ranking
#6,703
of 13,686 nationally

About St Michael's Church of England Combined School

Parents considering St Michael's Church of England Combined School will find strong signals of local demand. In the 2025/26 admissions round, the school received 69 applications for just 30 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2. 3. Of those, 42 families put it as their first preference, and all 30 first-preference offers were taken up. That level of competition suggests the school holds a solid reputation among Buckinghamshire parents. The school is a state primary for mixed-gender pupils aged 4 to 11, with a Church of England character and a current roll of 202 children against a capacity of 218. Headteacher David Morley leads a setting where 14. 9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, slightly below the national average. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in December 2023, confirmed the school 'remains Good' — the same rating it held in its previous graded inspection in 2014.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterChurch of England
AddressChapel Square, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire, LU7 0HA
HeadteacherDavid Morley
Local AuthorityBuckinghamshire
Number of Pupils202
Free School Meals (FSM)14.9%
School Capacity202 / 218 (93% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

7 Dec 2023
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good

Latest monitoring visit (7 Dec 2023): School remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 25 Apr 2014. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

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AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageLearning DifficultyOther

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

09:00 – 15:30

Breakfast club

08:00-08:50

Source: st-michaels.bucks.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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St Michael's Church of England Combined School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.