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Aston Clinton School, Aylesbury

Good
Primary
Community school
Mixed
Ages 4–11

Aston Clinton School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Aylesbury. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in September 2022. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 29th-highest of the 34 schools in Aylesbury with published results, and 11,486th of 14,452 across England. It was full in 2025.

SATs results
Below England average
Ofsted
Good (2022)
Demand
Every first choice offered
Attendance
In line with England
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Buckinghamshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Aston Clinton School in detail

Aston Clinton School in its own words

From the headteacher's welcome: "Aston Clinton School is a primary school, teaching children from 4 to 11 years old. We are a very special community, where every child is valued for their own wonderful uniqueness. We work in collaboration with parents, carers and the wider community to ensure that each of those children has the opportunity to flourish socially, academically and emotionally."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, gymnastics, dance, drama, choir, recorder, French and Spanish.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:50am and after-school care.

Coming up: an admissions event on Wednesday 4 November 2026 and an admissions event on Friday 20 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

All school open days in Buckinghamshire

Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils at Aston Clinton School reached the expected standard in reading and 66% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 77% in Buckinghamshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 71% in reading and 71% in maths in 2024.

Getting a place at Aston Clinton School

For September 2026 entry, 51 families put Aston Clinton School as their first choice and 143 named it as one of their preferences, for 54 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Admissions history and your chances at Aston Clinton School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Aston Clinton School are Weston Turville Church of England School (1.7 miles, Good, 74% reading, 77% maths); Halton Community Combined School (2 miles, Good, 90% reading, 84% maths); Bedgrove Infant School (2.4 miles, Outstanding); and Bedgrove Junior School (2.4 miles, Good, 83% reading, 74% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Aston Clinton School.

Weston Turville Church of England SchoolHalton Community Combined SchoolBedgrove Infant SchoolBedgrove Junior School

Who goes there

9.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 5.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (79%), Mixed (7%) and Asian (5%).

Aston Clinton School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 10 places, 10 pupils on roll.

Staffing

Aston Clinton School had 26 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Stoke Mandeville Rail Station, about 2.7 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Combined School (outside), 120 metres away.

The area around the school

In August 2026, police recorded 19 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Buckinghamshire (44).

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Aston Clinton School issued 6 suspensions, 1.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Offered a place in 2019 (~4.3km)Unlikely (~5.5km)

Buckinghamshire published that the last place for 2019 entry went to a family 2.644 miles away (straight line). The cut-off moves every year.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Carol Macdonald
Pupils:402
LA:Buckinghamshire
Phone:01296630276
Address:Twitchell Lane, Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, HP22 5JJ
Status:open

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 4 years ago
Good

Overall

Good

Quality of Education

Good

Behaviour & Attitudes

Good

Personal Development

Good

Leadership & Management

Good

Early Years

Inspected 21 September 2022View full report
URN:110332
UKPRN:10077306
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Aylesbury
Urban/Rural:Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Good at its September 2022 inspection.

Rated Good for

Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management, Early years.

At a Glance

9.7%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

Resourced provision: Speech and language

SEN Provision

No

Special Measures

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading-4ppMaths-5ppWriting+6pp

Reading has declined from 71% to 67% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 71% to 66% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 53% to 59% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

28.7

Avg class size

28.8

Infant (KS1)

28.6

KS2

12

Total classes

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Term dates

Aston Clinton School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Buckinghamshire. Training (INSET) days, when pupils are not in school, vary by school: check the school's own calendar.

2026 to 2027

  • Autumn term: Wednesday 2 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026)
  • Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027)
  • Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027)

2027 to 2028

  • Autumn term: Wednesday 1 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027)
  • Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028)
  • Summer term: Tuesday 18 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028)

Source: Buckinghamshire term dates

Getting There

Bus Stops

Combined School (o/s)
119m · 2 min walk
Long Plough (adj)
196m · 3 min walk
The Bell (adj)
238m · 4 min walk
Weston Road (adj)
445m · 7 min walk
Chestnut Close (Opp)
558m · 9 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
3
Fatal
0
Serious
1
Children hurt
0

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight.

No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.

0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Buckinghamshire is 4 (the median across 274 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Aston Clinton School

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What the report includes for Aston Clinton School:

  • The straight-line distance from your home to Aston Clinton School.
  • Last distance offered for 2019 entry, from Buckinghamshire's own figures, and how your distance compares each year.
  • Applications, first choices and offers at Aston Clinton School for 2014 to 2026 entry.
  • How many families in Buckinghamshire got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
  • The nearest state schools to your home, with Ofsted rating, demand and last distance offered where published.
  • Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

100%

Full

406 pupils

406 places

No spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Aylesbury

High pressure
New homes approved:2,855
Projected new pupils:714

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Aylesbury

Across Buckinghamshire council

Low demand council-wide0.84 applications per place

Places available

6,722

Applications

5,630

Got 1st preference

91.6%

Got preferred school

98.6%

All primary applications across Buckinghamshire council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Every first choice offered

Inspection History(7)

21 September 2022
Quality of EducationGood
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementGood
Early YearsGood
29 January 2019
Requires ImprovementReport
Leadership & ManagementRequires Improvement
5 February 2015
Quality of EducationGood
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementGood
Early YearsGood

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

55

SEN Support

20

EHC Plans

18.7%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

Aston Clinton School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 10 places, 10 pupils on roll.

Source: GIAS, Department for Education.

Resourced Provision

Pupils by Need Type

Speech, Language & Communication21
Social, Emotional & Mental Health15
Autistic Spectrum Disorder11
Specific Learning Difficulty10
Physical Disability6
Moderate Learning Difficulty5
Hearing Impairment4
Profound & Multiple LD1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
78.6%
Asian
5.4%
Black
2.2%
Mixed
6.9%
Unclassified
2.0%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals9.7%
English as Additional Language5.7%

402

Total Pupils

207

Boys

195

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

26

Teachers

15.5:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£43,866

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,072

Per pupil

£2243k

Total funding

£61k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£64,439
EAL funding£12,789
Lump sum£148,638

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

4.9%

Overall absence

9.4%

Persistent absence

363

Enrolments

Authorised4.1%
Unauthorised0.8%
Persistent (10%+)9.4%
Severe (50%+)1.4%

Absence trend

3.5%
18/19
2.4%
20/21
5.8%
21/22
5.4%
22/23
5.4%
23/24
4.9%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about Aston Clinton School

What are SATs results like at Aston Clinton School?

Of the pupils at Aston Clinton School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 67% reached the expected standard in reading and 66% did so in maths.

What is Aston Clinton School's Ofsted rating?

Aston Clinton School was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in September 2022. At its previous graded inspection in 2019 it was rated Requires Improvement.

How close to Aston Clinton School do you need to live?

Buckinghamshire published for September 2019 entry that the last place offered at Aston Clinton School on distance went to a family 2.644 miles away. This is the authority's own figure for one year, not a fixed boundary - the cut-off moves with the number of applications, so treat it as a guide rather than a guarantee.

Is it hard to get a place at Aston Clinton School?

Aston Clinton School was full in 2025, at 100% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.

How big are the classes at Aston Clinton School?

Classes at Aston Clinton School average 28.7 pupils (2025/26).

How many pupils go to Aston Clinton School?

Aston Clinton School has around 402 pupils on roll. 10% are eligible for free school meals.

Does Aston Clinton School have specialist SEN provision?

Aston Clinton School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 10 places, 10 pupils on roll.

What is attendance like at Aston Clinton School?

4.9% of sessions were missed at Aston Clinton School in 2024/25. 9.4% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Aston Clinton School?

Apply through Buckinghamshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Aston Clinton School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

What are Aston Clinton School's term dates?

Aston Clinton School is a community school, so its term dates are set by Buckinghamshire. In 2026 to 2027: Autumn term: Wednesday 2 September to Friday 18 December 2026 (half term Monday 26 October to Friday 30 October 2026); Spring term: Monday 4 January to Thursday 25 March 2027 (half term Monday 15 February to Friday 19 February 2027); Summer term: Monday 12 April to Wednesday 21 July 2027 (half term Monday 31 May to Friday 4 June 2027). In 2027 to 2028: Autumn term: Wednesday 1 September to Friday 17 December 2027 (half term Monday 25 October to Friday 29 October 2027); Spring term: Tuesday 4 January to Friday 31 March 2028 (half term Monday 14 February to Friday 18 February 2028); Summer term: Tuesday 18 April to Friday 21 July 2028 (half term Monday 29 May to Friday 2 June 2028).

How many road collisions happen near Aston Clinton School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 3 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 2 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 0 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Buckinghamshire is 4 (the median across 274 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Aston Clinton School?

Aston Clinton School is at Twitchell Lane, Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP22 5JJ.

Sources: Buckinghamshire admissions booklet; Buckinghamshire term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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