St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Thame
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Thame · OX9 2AB · Oxfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS263%
- Absence6.0%
- FSM11.1%
- Demand1.00
2.2 miles away
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Long Crendon School
Community school · Aylesbury · HP18 9BZ
Ages 4–11 · 226 pupils · Buckinghamshire
Ofsted
Not judged
KS2 expected (RWM)
81%
Overall absence
4.0%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-11-19
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)81%
Higher standard (RWM)10%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 111.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 112.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)6.6%
Unauthorised0.5%
- Authorised absence
- 3.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 182
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
28
Places offered
30
1st-preference offers
28
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 63
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 28
- Applications from outside LA
- 14
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill94%
226 pupils · 240 places
- Pupils on roll
- 226
- Boys / girls
- 103 / 123
- School capacity
- 240
- Capacity fill
- 226 / 240 (94%)
- Free school meals
- 3.5%
- FSM pupils
- 8
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mr Gareth Owens
Location
- Address
- Chilton Road, Long Crendon
- Postcode
- HP18 9BZ
- Town
- Aylesbury
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- District
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, 226 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 3.5%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Barley Hill Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedCommunity school · Primary
Thame · OX9 3DH · Oxfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS256%
- Absence6.2%
- FSM16.4%
- Demand0.98
2.4 miles away
John Hampden Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Thame · OX9 3HU · Oxfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS275%
- Absence4.0%
- FSM11.4%
- Demand0.96
2.8 miles away
Ickford School
Ofsted: ExceptionalAcademy converter · Primary
Aylesbury · HP18 9HY · Buckinghamshire
Ages 4–11
- KS2100%
- Absence2.1%
- FSM4.3%
- Demand1.00
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Gareth Owens
- Telephone
- 01844208225