Primary
The Downley School
Faulkner Way, Downley, High Wycombe, HP13 5AL
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 350 of 420 places
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Trust
- OXFORD DIOCESAN BUCKS SCHOOLS TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2022
Inadequate
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Early yearsInadequate
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationInadequate
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
71%
109.0
34th of 35 by our score, among the primary schools in High Wycombe we can score - 40 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 109 |
| Average reading score | 109 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 71% |
| Working at a higher standard | 11% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 51% |
| 24/25 | 71% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 109.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 109.0 |
Faulkner Way, Downley, High Wycombe, HP13 5AL
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Buckinghamshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Leanne Dandridge
- Address
- Faulkner Way, Downley, High Wycombe, HP13 5AL
- Telephone
- 01494527033