Monks Risborough CofE Primary School
Princes Risborough, HP27 9LZ · Buckinghamshire local authority
Princes Risborough’s School Grade C+ better than 37% of towns in England
What stands out about Monks Risborough CofE Primary School
- Its own letter, C: Key Stage 2 results better than 31% of England’s primary schools
- 56% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 6 points below England’s schools
- 13% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
- Ofsted report card, June 2026: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
- 90% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (28 of 31)
- Homes in its postcode sector (HP27 9) sold for a median £510,000; Princes Risborough’s is £435,000
Results
DfE · Key Stage 2Reading, writing and maths 56%
Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 31% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Buckinghamshire avg 64%
Each subject, 2025
Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 105, maths 106 (100 = the expected standard)
England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.
How hard is it to get a place at Monks Risborough CofE Primary School?
90% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.
Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (10), 2022 (17), 2023 (13), 2024 (2), 2025 (5), 2026 (3). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Buckinghamshire council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Buckinghamshire council’s coordinated admissions.
Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places
90% got their first choice
Princes Risborough and Buckinghamshire, side by side
2023–2025All 139 graded primaries in Buckinghamshire. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Princes Risborough’s schools are coloured by their letter.
Show as a table
| School | Letter | Free school meals | KS2 expected standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ickford School | A+ | 4% | 98% |
| Danesfield School | A+ | 3% | 90% |
| Padbury Church of England School | A+ | 14% | 89% |
| Elangeni School | A+ | 8% | 87% |
| Chartridge Combined School | A+ | 9% | 85% |
| Little Chalfont Primary School | A+ | 2% | 85% |
| Chesham Bois Church of England School | A+ | 10% | 84% |
| Frieth Church of England Combined School | A+ | 4% | 83% |
| Seer Green Church of England School | A | 3% | 82% |
| Our Lady's Catholic Primary School | A | 11% | 82% |
| Highworth Combined School and Nursery | A | 27% | 81% |
| St Nicolas' Church of England Combined School | A | 12% | 81% |
| Butlers Court School | A | 7% | 80% |
| Cedar Park School & Nursery | A | 5% | 80% |
| Brookmead School | A | 14% | 79% |
| Chepping View Primary Academy | A | 14% | 79% |
| Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy | A | 26% | 79% |
| Long Crendon School | A | 4% | 78% |
| Radnage Church of England Primary School | A | 8% | 78% |
| Chalfont St Peter CofE Academy | A | 15% | 77% |
| The Gerrards Cross CofE School | A | 5% | 77% |
| Curzon Church of England Combined School | A | 6% | 77% |
| St Edward's Catholic Junior School | A | 22% | 77% |
| The Iver Village Junior School | A− | 33% | 75% |
| Swanbourne Church of England VA School | A− | 9% | 75% |
| St Mary and All Saints CofE Primary School | A− | 11% | 75% |
| Brill Church of England School | A− | 3% | 75% |
| St John's Church of England Primary School, Lacey Green | A− | 7% | 75% |
| Woodside Junior School | A− | 14% | 74% |
| Bledlow Ridge School | A− | 5% | 73% |
| Hazlemere Church of England Combined School | A− | 14% | 73% |
| Loudwater Combined School | A− | 23% | 73% |
| East Claydon Church of England School | A− | 12% | 73% |
| St Michael's Catholic School | A− | 20% | 72% |
| Whitchurch Combined School | A− | 12% | 71% |
| Brushwood Junior School | A− | 24% | 71% |
| The Aylesbury Vale Academy | A− | 26% | 71% |
| Juniper Hill School | B+ | 9% | 70% |
| Castlefield School | B+ | 32% | 70% |
| Denham Green E-ACT Primary Academy | B+ | 33% | 70% |
| Lace Hill Academy | B+ | 17% | 70% |
| Great Kimble Church of England School | B+ | 12% | 70% |
| Wooburn Green Primary School | B+ | 26% | 70% |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | B+ | 17% | 70% |
| St Louis Catholic Primary School | B+ | 11% | 70% |
| Turnfurlong Junior School | B+ | 15% | 69% |
| Bierton Church of England Combined School | B+ | 13% | 69% |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School, Amersham | B+ | 9% | 69% |
| Grendon Underwood School | B+ | 15% | 69% |
| Little Kingshill Combined School | B+ | 5% | 68% |
| Farnham Common Junior School | B+ | 11% | 68% |
| Marsh Gibbon CofE Primary School | B+ | 12% | 68% |
| High Ash Church of England Primary School | B+ | 19% | 68% |
| Cuddington and Dinton CofE School | B+ | 5% | 68% |
| Great Missenden CofE Combined School | B+ | 9% | 68% |
| Thomas Harding Junior School | B+ | 29% | 68% |
| Ashmead Combined School | B+ | 31% | 68% |
| Tylers Green Middle School | B | 11% | 67% |
| Bourton Meadow Academy | B | 10% | 67% |
| Bedgrove Junior School | B | 12% | 67% |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | B | 5% | 67% |
| Broughton Junior School | B | 21% | 66% |
| Holmer Green Junior School | B | 9% | 66% |
| Weston Turville Church of England School | B | 13% | 66% |
| The Stoke Poges School | B | 12% | 66% |
| West Wycombe School | B | 27% | 66% |
| Green Ridge Primary Academy | B | 10% | 66% |
| Edlesborough Primary Academy | B | 11% | 66% |
| Iver Heath Junior School | B | 30% | 65% |
| High Wycombe Church of England Combined School | B | 14% | 65% |
| Chalfont St Giles Junior School | B− | 15% | 64% |
| William Harding School | B− | 20% | 64% |
| Wingrave Church of England Combined School | B− | 12% | 64% |
| Holy Trinity Church of England (Aided) School | B− | 8% | 64% |
| Lent Rise School | B− | 16% | 64% |
| Great Kingshill Church of England Combined School | B− | 6% | 64% |
| Hughenden Primary School | B− | 12% | 64% |
| Stoke Mandeville Combined School | B− | 18% | 63% |
| Carrington Junior School | B− | 33% | 63% |
| Buckingham Primary School | B− | 19% | 63% |
| Robertswood School | B− | 16% | 63% |
| Naphill and Walters Ash School | B− | 7% | 63% |
| Holtspur School & Pre-School | B− | 22% | 63% |
| St Paul's Church of England Combined School, Wooburn | B− | 11% | 63% |
| Ley Hill School | B− | 13% | 62% |
| Buckingham Park Church of England Primary School | B− | 27% | 62% |
| Princes Risborough Primary School | B− | 29% | 62% |
| Chenies School | B− | 12% | 62% |
| St Peter's Church of England Primary School | B− | 31% | 61% |
| Hamilton Academy | B− | 25% | 61% |
| Waterside Primary Academy | B− | 32% | 61% |
| St Mary's Church of England School | C+ | 10% | 60% |
| Cheddington Combined School | C+ | 13% | 59% |
| Booker Hill Primary School & Nursery | C+ | 28% | 59% |
| Haddenham Community Junior School | C+ | 18% | 59% |
| Halton Community Combined School | C+ | 6% | 59% |
| Wendover Church of England Junior School | C+ | 13% | 59% |
| Stokenchurch Primary School | C+ | 15% | 58% |
| St Michael's Church of England Combined School | C+ | 12% | 58% |
| Quainton Church of England School | C+ | 19% | 58% |
| Foxes Piece School | C+ | 43% | 58% |
| Dorney School | C+ | 17% | 58% |
| Manor Farm Junior School | C+ | 12% | 58% |
| Stone Church of England Combined School | C | 10% | 57% |
| Roundwood Primary School | C | 18% | 56% |
| Monks Risborough CofE Primary School | C | 13% | 56% |
| Newton Longville Church of England Primary School | C | 9% | 56% |
| Widmer End Community Combined School | C | 9% | 55% |
| Ibstone CofE Primary School | C | 5% | 55% |
| Great Horwood Church of England School | C | 14% | 55% |
| Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England School | C | 16% | 54% |
| Oakley Church of England Combined School | C | 15% | 54% |
| Thomas Hickman School | C− | 38% | 53% |
| Aston Clinton School | C− | 10% | 53% |
| Twyford C of E School | C− | 17% | 53% |
| George Grenville Academy | C− | 50% | 53% |
| Waddesdon Village Primary School | C− | 19% | 51% |
| St James and St John CofE Primary School | C− | 12% | 51% |
| Elmhurst School | C− | 34% | 51% |
| Bearbrook Combined School | C− | 32% | 51% |
| Prestwood Junior School | C− | 18% | 51% |
| Overstone Combined School | C− | 25% | 50% |
| Winslow Church of England School | C− | 26% | 49% |
| The Disraeli School | C− | 24% | 49% |
| Kings Wood School and Nursery | C− | 34% | 49% |
| Oakridge School | C− | 30% | 48% |
| Steeple Claydon School and Pre-School | D | 23% | 47% |
| North Marston Church of England School | D | 16% | 46% |
| St Mary's Farnham Royal CofE Primary School | D | 29% | 46% |
| Beechview Academy | D | 37% | 45% |
| Longwick Church of England Combined School | D | 20% | 45% |
| Ash Hill Primary School | D | 46% | 44% |
| Oak Green School | D | 39% | 43% |
| Millbrook Combined School | D | 30% | 42% |
| Ivingswood Academy | D | 53% | 40% |
| Haydon Abbey School and Pre-School | D− | 33% | 38% |
| Claytons Primary School | D− | 15% | 37% |
| Dagnall VA Church of England School | D− | 6% | 28% |
| Cadmore End CofE School | D− | 35% | 16% |
Who goes here
DfE school census, January 2025209 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.
Girls and boys
Monks Risborough CofE Primary School’s letter
Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.
How school letters are worked out
Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.
Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.
Ofsted inspections
Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.
Report card, inspection starting June 2026.
Before the report card: Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, December 2021.
Living near Monks Risborough CofE Primary School
For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.
Home prices in HP27 9, the school’s postcode sector
Princes Risborough property prices →Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025
By type, the 36 months to August 2026
Homes in HP27 9 sell for well over Princes Risborough’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.
Schools within 1.6 miles
3 state schoolsLocation
Directions ↗Princes Risborough, HP27 9LZ
Monks Risborough CofE Primary School: common questions
Is Monks Risborough CofE Primary School a good school?
By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 31% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C), with 56% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: a report card in June 2026.
How hard is it to get into Monks Risborough CofE Primary School?
For September 2026, 31 families put Monks Risborough CofE Primary School first and 28 of them were offered a place; 30 places were offered in all.
What is Monks Risborough CofE Primary School’s Ofsted rating?
Its latest inspection (June 2026) gave a report card: achievement expected standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.
How much do houses cost near Monks Risborough CofE Primary School?
Homes in its postcode sector, HP27 9, sold for a median £510,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (368 sales).
Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.
A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Princes Risborough’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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