Hannah Ball School
Philip Road, High Wycombe, HP13 7JS
This school is closed (it closed in January 2024).
It was replaced by Hannah Ball Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Nicholas Hingley
- Constituency
- Wycombe
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 190
- URN
- 110324
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
About this school
Hannah Ball School was a foundation primary school in High Wycombe. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 190 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Hannah Ball 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 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 27 | 25 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 80% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 12% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 96% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 92% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.00 | - |
| Writing progress | +3.80 | - |
| Maths progress | +1.30 | - |
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 Hannah Ball 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 | 80% | 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 | 8.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 174 |
| 2023/24 | 190 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hannah Ball School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.4% | 27.9% | 190 | — |
| Hannah Ball Academy | 78% | 7.1% | 35.2% | 176 | 0.0 miles |
| Kings Wood School and Nursery | 54% | 6.6% | 35.7% | 446 | 0.5 miles |
| Beechview Academy | 50% | 7.7% | 44.7% | 183 | 0.6 miles |
| Highworth Combined School and Nursery | 86% | 6.1% | 27.6% | 455 | 0.8 miles |
| Hamilton Academy | 59% | 6.7% | 22.5% | 643 | 0.8 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)
- 27.9%
- English as an additional language
- 42.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.4%
- Persistent absence
- 21.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hannah Ball Academy0.0 miles
Primary · High Wycombe
-
Kings Wood School and Nursery0.5 miles
Primary · High Wycombe
-
Beechview Academy0.6 miles
Primary · High Wycombe
-
Highworth Combined School and Nursery0.8 miles
Primary · High Wycombe
-
Hamilton Academy0.8 miles
Primary · High Wycombe
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 Infant School Primary
- Carrington Junior School Primary
- Castlefield School Primary
- Cedar Park School & Nursery Primary
- Chepping View Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Hannah Ball School teach?
- Hannah Ball School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in High Wycombe.
- Has Hannah Ball School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hannah Ball 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 Hannah Ball School?
- Hannah Ball School had 190 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Hannah Ball 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 80% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hannah Ball School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hannah Ball 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 28 October 2024.