Primary school

Steeple Claydon School and Pre-School

  • Community School
  • ages 2–11
  • Mixed
  • Buckinghamshire
  • MK18 2PA
Ofsted Good · inspected May 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 8,579 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 57%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 27%27%2016/17: top 66%2017/18: top 68%2018/19: top 64%2022/23: top 82%2023/24: top 96%2024/25: top 57%No exams

Against South East

Expected standard, RWM62% · South East 64%Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Higher standard, RWM3% · South East 7%Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Reading score107 · South East 106Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
Maths score105 · South East 105Small cohort: 29 pupils in 2024/25 (under 30)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 66% · 29 pupils · South East 57%2016/17: 57% · 28 pupils · South East 65%2017/18: 59% · 27 pupils · South East 68%2018/19: 62% · 21 pupils · South East 68%2022/23: 46% · 26 pupils · South East 61%2023/24: 33% · 30 pupils · South East 62%2024/25: 62% · 29 pupils · South East 64%66%33%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 14% · 29 pupils · South East 5%2016/17: 4% · 28 pupils · South East 8%2017/18: 30% · 27 pupils · South East 10%2018/19: 14% · 21 pupils · South East 10%2022/23: 15% · 26 pupils · South East 7%2023/24: 7% · 30 pupils · South East 7%2024/25: 3% · 29 pupils · South East 7%30%3%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 106 · 29 pupils · South East 1032016/17: 103 · 28 pupils · South East 1052017/18: 107 · 27 pupils · South East 1062018/19: 105 · 21 pupils · South East 1052022/23: 106 · 26 pupils · South East 1062023/24: 101 · 30 pupils · South East 1062024/25: 107 · 29 pupils · South East 106107101No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 106 · 29 pupils · South East 1032016/17: 101 · 28 pupils · South East 1042017/18: 105 · 27 pupils · South East 1052018/19: 101 · 21 pupils · South East 1052022/23: 105 · 26 pupils · South East 1042023/24: 99 · 30 pupils · South East 1042024/25: 105 · 29 pupils · South East 10510699No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
18 of 18 who put it first2014 · 88.2%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st1818
2nd30
3rd20

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2008–2022

  1. 2008Satisfactory
  2. 2012Good
  3. 2015Good
  4. 2019Remains Good
  5. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026217
Free school meals (past 6 years)22.2%
First language not English6.1%
SEN support24.2%
EHC plan3.0%
Absence (sessions missed)5.4%
Persistently absent pupils15.0%

Girls 42.4%Boys 57.6%

103.3% full · 210 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher21.0
Pupils per adult9.9
  • Classroom teachers 7.6
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 10.9
  • Other support 2.8

Teachers 9.6 FTE · Whole workforce 23.3 · 32 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£7,897
Spend per pupil£7,766
Staff spend per pupil£6,312
Reserve per pupil−£448
  • −£90,456revenue reserve
  • +£26,393in-year balance

Grants £7,708 · self-generated £188 · premises £464 per pupil