Longwick Church of England Combined School
General Information
- Address: Walnut Tree Lane, Longwick, Princes Risborough, HP27 9SJ – View on map
- Phone: 01844344769
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Laura Collinson
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 17 families put it first for 23 places – 7 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 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 8 · 2026 7
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 32
- % eligible for free school meals: 20.4%
- Pupil mix: 4 in 10 (less mixed than the Buckinghamshire average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 29.3% a year (Buckinghamshire 16.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 75% moved to another school, 25% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 24.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 61% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 4% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 4 percentage points below the Buckinghamshire average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well below (3-year average 45% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 45%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 70% · Writing 74% · Maths 78% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 74%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
- Based on: 23 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 98th of 141 junior and primary schools in the area
- =95Wendover Church of England Junior School62%
- =98Great Kingshill Church of England Combined School61%
- =98Longwick Church of England Combined School61%
- =98Princes Risborough Primary School61%
- =98Weston Turville Church of England School61%
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45th of 84 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for Ofsted rating
- #43Lent Rise SchoolGood
- #44Ley Hill SchoolGood
- #45Longwick Church of England Combined SchoolGood
- #46Loudwater Combined SchoolGood
- #47Marsh Gibbon CofE Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,197 (2024-25)
43rd of 122 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for spending per pupil
- #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
- #45St James and St John CofE Primary School£7,111
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