Prestwood Junior School
Clare Road, Prestwood, Great Missenden, HP16 0NR
This school is closed (it closed in July 2023).
It was replaced by Prestwood Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Michael Smith
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 206
- URN
- 110304
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
About this school
Prestwood Junior School was a community primary school in Great Missenden. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 206 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Prestwood Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 59 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.20 |
| Writing progress | -6.00 |
| Maths progress | -0.50 |
How Prestwood Junior School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.2% | 11.7% | 206 | — |
| Prestwood Junior School | 66% | 5% | 17.1% | 142 | 0.0 miles |
| Prestwood Infant School | — | 5.3% | 10.8% | 156 | 0.3 miles |
| Great Missenden CofE Combined School | 73% | 4.6% | 8.6% | 394 | 1.6 miles |
| Little Kingshill Combined School | 66% | 4% | 5.2% | 240 | 1.9 miles |
| Speen CofE VA School | — | 3.8% | 7% | 44 | 2.1 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11.7%
- English as an additional language
- 2.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.2%
- Persistent absence
- 9.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Prestwood Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Great Missenden
-
Prestwood Infant School0.3 miles
Primary · Great Missenden
-
Great Missenden CofE Combined School1.6 miles
Primary · Great Missenden
-
Little Kingshill Combined School1.9 miles
Primary · Great Missenden
-
Speen CofE VA School2.1 miles
Primary · Princes Risborough
Other schools in Great Missenden
- Great Missenden CofE Combined School Primary
- Lee Common Church of England School Primary
- Little Kingshill Combined School Primary
- Prestwood Infant School Primary
- Prestwood Junior School Primary
- The Misbourne School Secondary
- Gateway School Independent schools
- Missenden Abbey Adult Education College Other types
Common questions
- What ages does Prestwood Junior School teach?
- Prestwood Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Great Missenden.
- Has Prestwood Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Prestwood Junior 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 Prestwood Junior School?
- Prestwood Junior School had 206 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- What are Prestwood Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Prestwood 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 11 September 2023.