Denham Village School
Cheapside Lane, Denham, Uxbridge, UB9 5AE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Seema Sharma
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 100
- URN
- 110219
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01895832768
About this school
Denham Village School is a community primary school in Uxbridge. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 100 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 8 | 14 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 64% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 21% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.70 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - |
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 Denham Village 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 | 50% | 59.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | — | 61.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 64% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 78 |
| 2023/24 | 85 |
| 2024/25 | 100 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Denham Village School compares
Denham Village School ranked 87th of 142 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 64% | 6.4% | 14% | 100 | — |
| Denham Green E-ACT Primary Academy | 73% | 4.1% | 29.7% | 226 | 1.1 miles |
| Hermitage Primary School | 83% | 4.3% | 23.9% | 426 | 1.8 miles |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 83% | 4.8% | 14.4% | 235 | 1.8 miles |
| St Andrew's C of E Primary School | 59% | 5.9% | 35.1% | 197 | 2.1 miles |
| The Breakspear School | 77% | 3.8% | 6.4% | 680 | 2.2 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 14%
- English as an additional language
- 12%
- Overall absence
- 6.42%
- Persistent absence
- 20.45%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Denham Green E-ACT Primary Academy1.1 miles
Primary · Denham Green
-
Hermitage Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Uxbridge
-
St Mary's Catholic Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Uxbridge
-
St Andrew's C of E Primary School2.1 miles
Primary · Uxbridge
-
The Breakspear School2.2 miles
Primary · Ickenham
Other schools in Uxbridge
Denham Village School ranks 7th of the 12 ranked primary schools in Uxbridge.
- Colham Manor Primary School Primary
- Cowley St Laurence CofE Primary School Primary
- Glebe Primary School Primary
- Hermitage Primary School Primary
- Highfield Primary School Primary
- Hillingdon Primary School Primary
- John Locke Academy Primary
- Oak Farm Primary School Primary
- Ryefield Primary School Primary
- St Andrew's C of E Primary School Primary
- St Bernadette Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Denham Village School teach?
- Denham Village School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Uxbridge.
- Who is the headteacher of Denham Village School?
- The headteacher of Denham Village School is Mrs Seema Sharma, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Denham Village School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Denham Village 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 big is Denham Village School?
- Denham Village School has 100 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Denham Village School full?
- Denham Village School has capacity for 105 pupils and 100 on roll (95%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Denham Village School a faith school?
- No. Denham Village School has no designated religious character.
- Does Denham Village School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Denham Village School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Denham Village School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 64% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Denham Village School rank locally?
- Denham Village School ranked 87th of 142 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 50% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Denham Village School's absence rate?
- Denham Village School's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Denham Village School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Denham Village 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.