St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn

St Paul’s Church of England Combined School demonstrates a good overall performance, with notable strengths in personal development, providing a caring and inclusive environment for its pupils. The strong relationships between staff and pupils contribute to a positive school atmosphere, and pupils greatly enjoy their learning experiences. Despite staffing difficulties in the past, leadership has remained committed to maintaining high educational standards, ensuring that pupils are well-prepared for their future endeavors.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Vast menu of additional activities for pupils.
• High levels of parental support.
• Ambitious leadership with a focus on inclusive education.
• Pupils achieve well across a full range of subjects.
• Outstanding early years provision with skilled adult interactions.
• Effective implementation of independent homework strategies.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils in key stage 2 lack a real passion for literature due to insufficient guidance on reading choices.
• Planning for pupils with SEND is not always appropriately adapted in whole-class sessions.

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 St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn attended 96.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.1% 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 St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn 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 St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.6% 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, 12.4% of pupils at St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn received £6,541 and spent £7,119 for each of its 216 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £203,000 (-£944 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 St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn is Good, from an inspection in July 2025.

When was St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn last inspected by Ofsted?

St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn was last inspected in July 2025.

How many pupils does St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn have?

St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn has 225 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn cover?

St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn?

St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn is at Stratford Drive, Wooburn Green, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP10 0QH.