Overstone Combined School
Church Street, Wing, LU7 0NY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kirsty Eales
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Aylesbury
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 218
- Pupils on roll
- 180
- URN
- 110519
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01296688799
About this school
Overstone Combined School is a foundation primary school in Wing. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 180 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Overstone Combined School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 30 | 41 | 32 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 54% | 44% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 57% | 66% | 53% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | 59% | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 50% | 71% | 47% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 101.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.50 | - | - |
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 Overstone 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 | 50% | 59.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 61.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 44% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 212 |
| 2023/24 | 199 |
| 2024/25 | 179 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Overstone Combined School compares
Overstone Combined School ranked 133rd of 142 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 15% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44% | 6.4% | 19.6% | 180 | — |
| Wingrave Church of England Combined School | 56% | 3.7% | 13.9% | 202 | 2.1 miles |
| Greenleas School | — | 3.6% | 8.8% | 664 | 2.2 miles |
| Southcott Lower School | — | 3.5% | 3.7% | 312 | 2.5 miles |
| Linslade Lower School | — | 2.7% | 3.3% | 181 | 2.5 miles |
| Pulford CofE VA Lower School | — | 3% | 4.5% | 259 | 2.9 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.55%
- English as an additional language
- 2.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.36%
- Persistent absence
- 18.82%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wingrave Church of England Combined School2.1 miles
Primary · Aylesbury
-
Greenleas School2.2 miles
Primary · Leighton Buzzard
-
Southcott Lower School2.5 miles
Primary · Leighton Buzzard
-
Linslade Lower School2.5 miles
Primary · Leighton Buzzard
-
Pulford CofE VA Lower School2.9 miles
Primary · Leighton Buzzard
Common questions
- What ages does Overstone Combined School teach?
- Overstone Combined School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Wing.
- Who is the headteacher of Overstone Combined School?
- The headteacher of Overstone Combined School is Mrs Kirsty Eales, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Overstone Combined School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Overstone Combined 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 Overstone Combined School?
- Overstone Combined School has 180 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Overstone Combined School full?
- Overstone Combined School has capacity for 218 pupils and 180 on roll (83%), 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 Overstone Combined School a faith school?
- No. Overstone Combined School has no designated religious character.
- Does Overstone Combined School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Overstone Combined School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Overstone Combined School have?
- The schools register lists Overstone Combined School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Overstone Combined School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 44% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Overstone Combined School compare with other schools in Buckinghamshire?
- Overstone Combined School ranked 133rd of 142 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 15% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Overstone Combined School's absence rate?
- Overstone Combined School's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Overstone Combined School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Overstone 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 29 June 2026.