Foxes Piece School
Newfield Road, Marlow, SL7 1JW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs J Byron
- Constituency
- Beaconsfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 230
- Pupils on roll
- 161
- URN
- 131523
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01628483455
About this school
Foxes Piece School is a community primary school in Marlow. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 161 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
- Good
- 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 | 28 | 27 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 46% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 57% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 61% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 43% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 101.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.20 | - | - |
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 Foxes Piece 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 | 63% | 59.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 46% | 61.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 191 |
| 2023/24 | 181 |
| 2024/25 | 162 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Foxes Piece School compares
Foxes Piece School ranked 94th of 142 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 6.9% | 53.1% | 161 | — |
| Holy Trinity Church of England (Aided) School | 71% | 3.6% | 7.5% | 351 | 0.4 miles |
| Marlow Church of England Infant School | — | — | — | — | 0.4 miles |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | 71% | 7.4% | 6.7% | 40 | 0.6 miles |
| Spinfield School | — | — | — | — | 1.0 miles |
| Burford School | — | — | — | — | 1.0 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)
- 53.09%
- English as an additional language
- 21%
- Overall absence
- 6.91%
- Persistent absence
- 19.61%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Holy Trinity Church of England (Aided) School0.4 miles
Primary · Marlow
-
Marlow Church of England Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Marlow
-
St Peter's Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Marlow
-
Spinfield School1.0 miles
Primary · Marlow
-
Burford School1.0 miles
Primary · Marlow
Other schools in Marlow
Foxes Piece School ranks 4th of the 5 ranked primary schools in Marlow.
- Bisham Church of England Academy Primary
- Burford School Primary
- Danesfield School Primary
- Holy Trinity Church of England (Aided) School Primary
- Little Marlow CofE School Primary
- Marlow Church of England Infant School Primary
- Spinfield School Primary
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Great Marlow School Secondary
- Sir William Borlase's Grammar School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Foxes Piece School teach?
- Foxes Piece School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Marlow.
- Who is the headteacher of Foxes Piece School?
- The headteacher of Foxes Piece School is Mrs J Byron, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Foxes Piece School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Foxes Piece 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 Foxes Piece School?
- Foxes Piece School has 161 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Foxes Piece School full?
- Foxes Piece School has capacity for 230 pupils and 161 on roll (70%), 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 Foxes Piece School a faith school?
- No. Foxes Piece School has no designated religious character.
- Does Foxes Piece School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Foxes Piece School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Foxes Piece School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Foxes Piece School rank locally?
- Foxes Piece School ranked 94th of 142 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Foxes Piece School's absence rate?
- Foxes Piece School's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Foxes Piece School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Foxes Piece 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 30 June 2026.