Buckley Southdown C.P., Flintshire
Buckley Southdown C.P. is a primary school for pupils in Flintshire.
- Estyn
- Not in follow-up
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Buckley Southdown C.P. in detail
School in Wales
Buckley Southdown C.P. is an English-medium school in Wales. Welsh schools are inspected by Estyn rather than Ofsted, and its latest report is published on Estyn's website.
It had 326 pupils in the 2025/26 school census.
21% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (three-year average).
Of its pupils, 6% have additional learning needs (19% in 2020/21); 3% are learning English as an additional language; and 7% are from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Year groups range from 28 pupils (Reception) to 56 (Year 4).
Its delegated budget for 2026-27 works out at £4,997 per pupil, against £3,645 in 2021-22. It carried forward £97k of reserves at the end of 2024-25.
What Estyn said
Estyn's most recent full inspection report on Buckley Southdown C.P. dates from 2018.
Read the full Estyn report (school website)
Source: © Crown copyright, Estyn: "Inspection report Southdown C.P. 2019 (English only)". Quoted under Estyn's re-use terms.
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Buckley Southdown C.P. are Westwood Community Primary School (0.3 miles), Mountain Lane C.P. School (0.7 miles), Ysgol Mynydd Isa (0.9 miles) and Drury C.P. School (1.5 miles).
Westwood Community Primary SchoolMountain Lane C.P. SchoolYsgol Mynydd IsaDrury C.P. School
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Buckley Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.
11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Bistre Close (before), 120 metres away.
Sources: Welsh Government school data and StatsWales (OGL); Estyn; NaPTAN (Department for Transport)
Key Information
DfE GIASInspection
Schools in Wales are inspected by Estyn, not Ofsted. Read Buckley Southdown C.P.'s Estyn reports.
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Special Measures
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Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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You apply to the council where you live. Buckley Southdown C.P. is in Flintshire; for families living there:
Apply to Flintshire for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 12
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 5
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 10 slight.
5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on a bicycle and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise.
1 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 Flintshire is 4 (the median across 82 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.
Commute and house prices
Questions parents ask about Buckley Southdown C.P.
What is the catchment area for Buckley Southdown C.P.?
In Wales catchment areas are set by the local authority, so Buckley Southdown C.P. has a defined catchment published by Flintshire. Living in it does not guarantee a place - when the school is oversubscribed Flintshire applies the published criteria, which usually put looked-after children first, then siblings, then distance - but it normally carries priority.
How do I apply to Buckley Southdown C.P.?
Apply through Flintshire, naming Buckley Southdown C.P. on your application. Welsh admission deadlines are set by each local authority rather than nationally, so check Flintshire's admissions pages for this year's closing date.
How many road collisions happen near Buckley Southdown C.P.?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 12 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 10 slight. 5 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 2 on a bicycle and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise. 1 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 Flintshire is 4 (the median across 82 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Buckley Southdown C.P.?
Buckley Southdown C.P. is at Linderick Avenue, Buckley, Flintshire, CH7 2NP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)