The Stoke Poges School

About The Stoke Poges School

The Stoke Poges School is a mixed state primary in Buckinghamshire, currently operating close to its capacity of 436 pupils with 426 on roll. The school serves a community where 13.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, a figure that sits below the national average for primary schools, suggesting a relatively less deprived intake than many peers nationally. Demand for places is notably strong: for the 2025/26 academic year, the school received 135 applications for just 60 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.25. Of those, 59 families put the school as their first preference, and 54 received offers — meaning roughly 92% of first-preference applicants were successful. This level of demand signals a well-regarded local option, though not so fiercely competitive that most first-choice families are turned away.

Academically, the school performs solidly against local benchmarks. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is three percentage points above the Buckinghamshire local authority average of 64%. The school’s reading and maths average scores were 107 and 106 respectively, both comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. A fifth of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects, while 47% hit the higher mark in reading and 39% in maths. In the local authority rankings, the school sits at 60th out of 137 primaries, placing it in the top half of Buckinghamshire schools. Its most recent Ofsted inspection in May 2024 confirmed a Good rating across all categories, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and early years provision — a consistent grade it has held since its previous inspection in 2012.

The school offers a practical range of facilities including playing fields, a library, a sensory room, a gymnasium, music rooms, art studios, and a forest school area. Sports provision covers football, cricket, swimming and athletics, while extracurricular clubs include drama, choir and chess. For children with additional needs, the school has identified SEND provisions for moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. There is no nursery or sixth form, and the school is not a boarding option. This is a straightforward, well-subscribed village primary that suits families seeking a good local school with strong demand but manageable oversubscription, decent academic results above the LA average, and a broad enough set of facilities and clubs to keep most children engaged through to Year 6.

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