Grendon Underwood Combined School
Main Street, Grendon Underwood, Aylesbury, HP18 0SP
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Grendon Underwood School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jayne Myers
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 164
- URN
- 110278
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
About this school
Grendon Underwood Combined School was a community primary school in Aylesbury. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 164 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Grendon Underwood Combined School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 28 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 68% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.00 | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.40 | - |
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 Grendon Underwood 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 | 57% | 59.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 61.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 144 |
| 2023/24 | 164 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Grendon Underwood Combined School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 80% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.5% | 12.2% | 164 | — |
| Grendon Underwood School | 79% | 5% | 15% | 188 | 0.0 miles |
| Marsh Gibbon CofE Primary School | 71% | 3.8% | 13.9% | 150 | 2.5 miles |
| Twyford C of E School | 47% | 3.4% | 22.1% | 102 | 3.8 miles |
| Quainton Church of England School | 58% | 6.4% | 16.3% | 175 | 4.0 miles |
| Steeple Claydon School and Pre-School | 62% | 5.4% | 22.2% | 217 | 4.2 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.2%
- English as an additional language
- 4.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.5%
- Persistent absence
- 11.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Grendon Underwood School0.0 miles
Primary · Aylesbury
-
Marsh Gibbon CofE Primary School2.5 miles
Primary · Bicester
-
Twyford C of E School3.8 miles
Primary · Buckingham
-
Quainton Church of England School4.0 miles
Primary · Aylesbury
-
Steeple Claydon School and Pre-School4.2 miles
Primary · Buckingham
Other schools in Aylesbury
- Ashmead Combined School Primary
- Aston Clinton School Primary
- Bearbrook Combined School Primary
- Bedgrove Infant School Primary
- Bedgrove Junior School Primary
- Bierton Church of England Combined School Primary
- Brill Church of England School Primary
- Broughton Community Schools (Infants) Primary
- Broughton Junior School Primary
- Buckingham Park Church of England Primary School Primary
- Cuddington and Dinton CofE School Primary
- Elmhurst School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Grendon Underwood Combined School teach?
- Grendon Underwood Combined School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Aylesbury.
- Has Grendon Underwood Combined School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Grendon Underwood Combined School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Grendon Underwood Combined School?
- Grendon Underwood Combined School had 164 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Grendon Underwood Combined School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Grendon Underwood Combined School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Grendon Underwood 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 31 August 2024.