Wooburn Green Primary School

About Wooburn Green Primary School

Wooburn Green Primary School is one of 184 state primary schools in Buckinghamshire, and within that landscape it sits at rank 100. That places it in the middle of the pack, below the top-performing local peers such as Ickford School, Frieth Church of England Combined School and Elangeni School, which all score higher on the same ranking metric. The school is led by headteacher Sam Kaye and has 180 pupils aged 3 to 11, with a nursery on site. It is a mixed, non-religious school with a capacity of 210, so it is not yet full. A notable 28.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is above the national average and indicates a relatively high level of disadvantage. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, in 2022, rated it Good across all five categories, including behaviour and attitudes, personal development and early years provision. This marks a significant improvement from its previous inspection in 2016, when it was rated Inadequate overall.

Academically, Wooburn Green’s Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show a mixed picture. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined was 55%, which is below the Buckinghamshire local authority average of 64%. However, the school performs better in individual subjects: 91% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, and 82% did so in maths. Writing was weaker, with only 64% reaching the expected level. At the higher standard, 9% of pupils achieved the top scores across all three subjects. Average scaled scores were 108 in both reading and maths, which are above the national average. The school’s ranking nationally places it in the bottom 50% of primaries, at the 69th percentile, and within the South East region it sits at a similar level. There is no progress score data available, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points.

The school offers a solid range of facilities, including a sports hall, playing fields, a library, a gymnasium and a forest school area. Sports on offer include netball, athletics, swimming and gymnastics, while clubs range from gardening and drama to science and film club. For families with children who have special educational needs, the school lists provisions for a wide spectrum of needs, including autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language difficulties, and social, emotional and mental health needs. Admissions data for 2025/26 shows the school is oversubscribed: there were 75 applications for 27 places, with 25 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.78. This suggests strong local demand, despite the school’s middling ranking. Wooburn Green is likely to suit families who value a broad range of extracurricular activities and a supportive SEND environment, and who are comfortable with a school that has improved significantly from a low base but still sits below the LA average on combined academic outcomes.

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