# Highworth Combined School and Nursery

Highworth Combined School and Nursery is a primary school in Buckinghamshire, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 455 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E110403. [Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 455
- Council: Buckinghamshire
- URN: 110403

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, February 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, 8 February 2024
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 86% of pupils at Highworth Combined School and Nursery met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 65% in Buckinghamshire and 62% in England.
17% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Buckinghamshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 86% | 65% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 17% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 106 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-royal-grammar-school-high-wycombe-e136484): 880 m. Secondary. Improved significantly, February 2025. Attainment 8 of 71.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Kings Wood School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kings-wood-school-and-nursery-e133756): 940 m. Primary. Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Hazlemere Church of England Combined School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hazlemere-church-of-england-combined-school-e110462): 1.1 km. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Sir William Ramsay School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sir-william-ramsay-school-e150611): 1.2 km. Secondary. Inadequate (overall), June 2022, before the school changed, serious weaknesses. Attainment 8 of 35.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Hannah Ball Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hannah-ball-academy-e150283): 1.3 km. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), November 2021, before the school changed. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Highcrest Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-highcrest-academy-e136858): 1.4 km. Secondary. Some aspects not as strong, December 2024. Attainment 8 of 42.0 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/110403)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/110403)

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