Cedar Park School & Nursery
General Information
- Address: Cedar Avenue, Hazlemere, High Wycombe, HP15 7EF – View on map
- Phone: 01494711918
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Luke Redman
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 29 families put it first for 30 places – 10 for every 10 places. 93% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 13 · 2024 10 · 2025 13 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 10
- % eligible for free school meals: 5.0%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (less mixed than the Buckinghamshire average)
- English as an additional language: 7% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 19.1% a year (Buckinghamshire 16.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% 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: 3.3%
- Persistently absent pupils: 3.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.8%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2015 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 80% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 10% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 15 percentage points above the Buckinghamshire average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 80% against an expected 70%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 80%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 90% · Writing 83% · Maths 87% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 87%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 108
- Based on: 30 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 17th of 141 junior and primary schools in the area
- =13The Gerrards Cross CofE School81%
- =13Thomas Harding Junior School81%
- =17Cedar Park School & Nursery80%
- =17East Claydon Church of England School80%
- =17Frieth Church of England Combined School80%
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17th of 84 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for Ofsted rating
- #15Cadmore End CofE SchoolGood
- #16Castlefield SchoolGood
- #17Cedar Park School & NurseryGood
- #18Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary AcademyGood
- #19Chartridge Combined SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £6,756 (2024-25)
62nd of 122 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for spending per pupil
- #60Dorney School£6,782
- #61Roundwood Primary School£6,759
- #62Cedar Park School & Nursery£6,756
- #63Bearbrook Combined School£6,750
- #64Oakridge School£6,725
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