Carrington Junior School
General Information
- Address: 4 Chapel Road, Flackwell Heath, High Wycombe, HP10 9AA – View on map
- Phone: 01628521457
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Kate Cliffe
- Age range: 7-11 years
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 75
- % eligible for free school meals: 32.5%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (similar to the Buckinghamshire average)
- English as an additional language: 10% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.7% a year (Buckinghamshire 16.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 60% moved to another school, 40% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Buckinghamshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 21 (0.5 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 8 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Buckinghamshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 5.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 9.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- SEN unit for Autism 8 places · 8 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 23.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 21 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 14 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 10 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Physical disability: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
No overall grade given 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 67% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 5% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Buckinghamshire average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 63% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 63%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 70% · Maths 75% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 68%
- Average test scores: reading 106, maths 104
- Based on: 60 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 74th of 141 junior and primary schools in the area
- =68Turnfurlong Junior School68%
- =68West Wycombe School68%
- =74Carrington Junior School67%
- =74Juniper Hill School67%
- =74Naphill and Walters Ash School67%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,506 (2024-25)
3rd of 22 junior schools in Buckinghamshire for spending per pupil
- #1The Iver Village Junior School£7,873
- #2Swanbourne Church of England VA School£7,515
- #3Carrington Junior School£7,506
- #4Prestwood Junior School£7,415
- #5Chalfont St Giles Junior School£6,878
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