Carrington Junior School
4 Chapel Road, Flackwell Heath, High Wycombe, HP10 9AA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Interim Head Teacher
- Mrs Kate Cliffe
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 248
- Pupils on roll
- 231
- URN
- 110274
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01628521457
About this school
Carrington Junior School is a community primary school in High Wycombe. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 231 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. 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
- Good
- Leadership and management
- 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 | 61 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 63% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 5% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 80% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 61% | 78% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 67% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| 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 Carrington Junior 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 | 59% | 59.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 61.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 239 |
| 2023/24 | 236 |
| 2024/25 | 233 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Carrington Junior School compares
Carrington Junior School ranked 77th of 142 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 5.3% | 32.2% | 231 | — |
| Carrington Infant School | — | 5.1% | 22% | 162 | 0.0 miles |
| Loudwater Combined School | 62% | 6.3% | 23.8% | 200 | 0.6 miles |
| Juniper Hill School | 67% | 3.6% | 7.6% | 431 | 0.6 miles |
| Marsh School | — | 7.2% | 23.8% | 119 | 1.1 miles |
| Claytons Primary School | 30% | 6.9% | 20.6% | 252 | 1.2 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)
- 32.19%
- English as an additional language
- 9.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.34%
- Persistent absence
- 9.54%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Carrington Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · High Wycombe
-
Loudwater Combined School0.6 miles
Primary · High Wycombe
-
Juniper Hill School0.6 miles
Primary · High Wycombe
-
Marsh School1.1 miles
Primary · High Wycombe
-
Claytons Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Bourne End
Other schools in High Wycombe
Carrington Junior School ranks 18th of the 36 ranked primary schools in High Wycombe.
- Abbey View Primary Academy Primary
- Ash Hill Primary School Primary
- Ash Hill Primary School Primary
- Beechview Academy Primary
- Bledlow Ridge School Primary
- Booker Hill Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Cadmore End CofE School Primary
- Carrington Infant School Primary
- Castlefield School Primary
- Cedar Park School & Nursery Primary
- Chepping View Primary Academy Primary
- Great Kingshill Church of England Combined School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Carrington Junior School teach?
- Carrington Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in High Wycombe.
- Who is the interim head teacher of Carrington Junior School?
- The interim head teacher of Carrington Junior School is Mrs Kate Cliffe, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Carrington Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Carrington Junior 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 Carrington Junior School?
- Carrington Junior School has 231 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Carrington Junior School full?
- Carrington Junior School has capacity for 248 pupils and 231 on roll (93%), 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 Carrington Junior School a faith school?
- No. Carrington Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Carrington Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Carrington Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Carrington Junior School have?
- The schools register lists Carrington Junior School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Carrington Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Carrington Junior School rank locally?
- Carrington Junior School ranked 77th of 142 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Carrington Junior School's absence rate?
- Carrington Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Carrington Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Carrington Junior 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.