Haydon Abbey School and Pre-School
General Information
- Address: Weedon Road, Aylesbury, HP19 9NS – View on map
- Phone: 01296482278
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Ashleigh Ferdinand
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 59 families put it first for 59 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 13 · 2025 9 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 164
- % eligible for free school meals: 33.2%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Buckinghamshire average)
- English as an additional language: 42% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 16.8% a year (Buckinghamshire 16.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 49% moved to another school, 51% 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: 6.5%
- Persistently absent pupils: 18.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 21.4%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 44 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 36 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 29 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 14 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Requires improvement 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 58% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points below the Buckinghamshire average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 38% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 38%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 74% · Writing 61% · Maths 74% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 76%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 104
- Based on: 62 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 106th of 141 junior and primary schools in the area
- =104Hamilton Academy59%
- =104Stoke Mandeville Combined School59%
- =106Haydon Abbey School and Pre-School58%
- =106Monks Risborough CofE Primary School58%
- =106Quainton Church of England School58%
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82nd of 84 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for Ofsted rating
- #80Great Kimble Church of England SchoolRequires improvement
- #81Hannah Ball AcademyRequires improvement
- #82Haydon Abbey School and Pre-SchoolRequires improvement
- #83High Ash Church of England Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #84The Downley SchoolInadequate
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,254 (2024-25)
42nd of 122 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for spending per pupil
- #40Castlefield School£7,285
- #41Denham Village School£7,283
- #42Haydon Abbey School and Pre-School£7,254
- #43Longwick Church of England Combined School£7,197
- #44Chartridge Combined School£7,148
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