Cadmore End CofE School

Cadmore End C of E School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in all inspected areas. Pupils demonstrate a strong love for learning and enjoy positive relationships with staff, contributing to a supportive and safe school environment. The school has established a well-structured curriculum that helps students develop key skills, particularly in reading and mathematics. Leaders are ambitious for all learners, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), ensuring they make good progress. In addition, the effective early years provision lays a solid foundation for children as they transition to later stages of education.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate strong engagement and positive attitudes towards learning.
• The school provides clear expectations for behaviour that pupils adhere to well.
• There is a well-planned curriculum that builds knowledge across subjects.
• Early years provision effectively prepares children for their next stages.
• The school values community involvement and enhances pupils' experiences through diverse activities.

Areas for Improvement

• The curriculum lacks precision in music and French, leading to unclear teaching guidance.
• Some subjects do not provide tasks that effectively ensure retention of key knowledge.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Cadmore End CofE School attended 88.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 33.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.3% of pupils at Cadmore End CofE School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Cadmore End CofE School had 16.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 20.7% of pupils at Cadmore End CofE School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Cadmore End CofE School received £8,293 and spent £9,130 for each of its 80 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £6,000 (-£75 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Cadmore End CofE School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cadmore End CofE School is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Cadmore End CofE School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cadmore End CofE School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Cadmore End CofE School have?

Cadmore End CofE School has 82 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cadmore End CofE School cover?

Cadmore End CofE School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Cadmore End CofE School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 17% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cadmore End CofE School?

Cadmore End CofE School is at Cadmore End, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP14 3PE.