Ibstone CofE Primary School

Ibstone CofE Primary School is maintaining the high standards established at its previous inspection, with a strong focus on community values such as love, respect, and perseverance. Students demonstrate pride in their school and experience a positive learning environment characterized by kindness and support. The curriculum is well-structured and sequenced, enabling pupils to build knowledge consistently, particularly in core subjects such as mathematics and reading. The school is also effective in identifying and supporting students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).

Strengths

• Strong community ethos and values embraced by pupils
• High expectations for student achievement
• Effective curriculum design and delivery across subjects
• Quick identification and support for pupils with SEND
• Prioritization of reading and phonics instruction
• Wide range of personal development opportunities

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects are still developing effective assessment approaches, leading to gaps in pupil 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 Ibstone CofE Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.5% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Ibstone CofE Primary 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 Ibstone CofE Primary School had 15.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.5% 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, 22.8% of pupils at Ibstone CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.0% 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 Ibstone CofE Primary School received £7,554 and spent £7,602 for each of its 101 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £40,000 (£399 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 Ibstone CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ibstone CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Ibstone CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ibstone CofE Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Ibstone CofE Primary School have?

Ibstone CofE Primary School has 101 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ibstone CofE Primary School cover?

Ibstone CofE Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Ibstone CofE Primary School?

Ibstone CofE Primary School is at Ibstone, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP14 3XZ.