Long Crendon School
Chilton Road, Long Crendon, Aylesbury, HP18 9BZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Gareth Owens
- Constituency
- Mid Buckinghamshire
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 226
- URN
- 110338
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01844208225
About this school
Long Crendon School is a community primary school in Aylesbury. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 226 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
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 28 | 31 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 75% | 81% | 78% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 87% | 89% |
| Expected standard in maths | 82% | 84% | 93% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 89% | 87% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 111.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 109.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.80 | - | - |
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 Long Crendon 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 | 75% | 59.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 81% | 61.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 78% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 209 |
| 2023/24 | 220 |
| 2024/25 | 225 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Long Crendon School compares
Long Crendon School ranked 30th of 142 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 78% | 3.5% | 4.9% | 226 | — |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Thame | 63% | 5% | 13.5% | 162 | 2.2 miles |
| Barley Hill Primary School | 68% | 5.8% | 17.2% | 482 | 2.4 miles |
| John Hampden Primary School | 77% | 4.4% | 14.5% | 451 | 2.8 miles |
| Ickford School | 100% | 2.2% | 3% | 138 | 2.9 miles |
| Cuddington and Dinton CofE School | 81% | 4.3% | 2.8% | 179 | 3.0 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)
- 4.89%
- English as an additional language
- 4.9%
- Overall absence
- 3.45%
- Persistent absence
- 5.45%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Thame2.2 miles
Primary · Thame
-
Barley Hill Primary School2.4 miles
Primary · Thame
-
John Hampden Primary School2.8 miles
Primary · Thame
-
Ickford School2.9 miles
Primary · Aylesbury
-
Cuddington and Dinton CofE School3.0 miles
Primary · Aylesbury
Other schools in Aylesbury
Long Crendon School ranks 9th of the 34 ranked primary 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 year groups does Long Crendon School teach?
- Long Crendon School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Aylesbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Long Crendon School?
- The headteacher of Long Crendon School is Mr Gareth Owens, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Long Crendon School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Long Crendon 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 Long Crendon School?
- Long Crendon School has 226 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Long Crendon School full?
- Long Crendon School has capacity for 240 pupils and 226 on roll (94%), 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 Long Crendon School a faith school?
- No. Long Crendon School has no designated religious character.
- Does Long Crendon School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Long Crendon School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Long Crendon School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 75% in 2022/23 and 78% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Long Crendon School rank locally?
- Long Crendon School ranked 30th of 142 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 94% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Long Crendon School's absence rate?
- Long Crendon School's overall absence rate is 3.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Long Crendon School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Long Crendon 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.