The Downley School

Academy sponsor ledPrimaryAges 4–11Mixed

Faulkner Way, Downley, High Wycombe, HP13 5AL

Headteacher · Ms Leanne Dandridge

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 2 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils350Capacity 420

OfstedInadequateInspected 22 March 2022

TrustOxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust

Free school meals14.3%

Inadequate

Graded inspection on 22 March 2022 (as The Downley School).

The school was placed in the category: Special measures.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Buckinghamshire council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

All 36 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered38

Applications75

First choice36

First-choice offers36

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).