Cheddington Combined School
High Street, Cheddington, LU7 0RG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Gillian Brown
- Constituency
- Aylesbury
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 218
- Pupils on roll
- 195
- URN
- 110215
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01296668324
About this school
Cheddington Combined School is a community primary school in Buckinghamshire. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 195 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Cheddington Combined School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 32 | 32 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 60% | 59% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 3% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 78% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 75% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 84% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.10 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Cheddington Combined School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Buckinghamshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 60% | 59.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 59% | 61.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 216 |
| 2023/24 | 210 |
| 2024/25 | 193 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cheddington Combined School compares
Cheddington Combined School ranked 110th of 142 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 3.7% | 11.9% | 195 | — |
| Brookmead School | 83% | 4.4% | 18.2% | 299 | 1.5 miles |
| Marsworth Church of England Infant School | — | 6.1% | 25% | 18 | 1.7 miles |
| Long Marston VA Church of England Primary and Nursery School | 36% | 5.3% | 18.3% | 130 | 1.9 miles |
| Grove Road Primary School | 70% | 3.3% | 7.6% | 443 | 3.2 miles |
| Dundale Primary School and Nursery | 52% | 6% | 30% | 182 | 3.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11.92%
- English as an additional language
- 2.6%
- Overall absence
- 3.67%
- Persistent absence
- 5.59%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Brookmead School1.5 miles
Primary · Leighton Buzzard
-
Marsworth Church of England Infant School1.7 miles
Primary · Marsworth
-
Long Marston VA Church of England Primary and Nursery School1.9 miles
Primary · Tring
-
Grove Road Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · Tring
-
Dundale Primary School and Nursery3.3 miles
Primary · Tring
Common questions
- What ages does Cheddington Combined School teach?
- Cheddington Combined School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Buckinghamshire.
- Who is the head teacher of Cheddington Combined School?
- The head teacher of Cheddington Combined School is Mrs Gillian Brown, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Cheddington Combined School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cheddington Combined School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Cheddington Combined School?
- Cheddington Combined School has 195 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Cheddington Combined School full?
- Cheddington Combined School has capacity for 218 pupils and 195 on roll (89%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Cheddington Combined School a faith school?
- No. Cheddington Combined School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cheddington Combined School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Cheddington Combined School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Cheddington Combined School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 60% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cheddington Combined School compare with other schools in Buckinghamshire?
- Cheddington Combined School ranked 110th of 142 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cheddington Combined School's absence rate?
- Cheddington Combined School's overall absence rate is 3.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cheddington Combined School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cheddington Combined School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.