Carrington Infant School
2 Chapel Road, Flackwell Heath, High Wycombe, HP10 9AA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kate Cliffe
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 186
- Pupils on roll
- 162
- URN
- 110283
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01628523356
About this school
Carrington Infant School is a community primary school in High Wycombe. It teaches children aged 5 to 7 and has 162 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Carrington Infant 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
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Carrington Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 173 |
| 2023/24 | 169 |
| 2024/25 | 168 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Carrington Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.1% | 22% | 162 | — |
| Carrington Junior School | 67% | 5.3% | 32.2% | 231 | 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)
- 22.02%
- English as an additional language
- 8.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.05%
- Persistent absence
- 7.02%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Carrington Junior 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
- 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 Junior 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 ages does Carrington Infant School teach?
- Carrington Infant School teaches children aged 5 to 7. It is a primary school in High Wycombe.
- Who is the headteacher of Carrington Infant School?
- The headteacher of Carrington Infant School is Mrs Kate Cliffe, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Carrington Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Carrington Infant 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 Carrington Infant School?
- Carrington Infant School has 162 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 7.
- Is Carrington Infant School full?
- Carrington Infant School has capacity for 186 pupils and 162 on roll (87%), 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 Infant School a faith school?
- No. Carrington Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Carrington Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Carrington Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Carrington Infant School have?
- The schools register lists Carrington Infant School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Carrington Infant School's absence rate?
- Carrington Infant School's overall absence rate is 5.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Carrington Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Carrington Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.