Carrington Infant School, High Wycombe
Carrington Infant School is a primary school for pupils aged 5 to 7 in High Wycombe. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in January 2015. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in October 2024 did not change this grade. It was 92% full in 2025.
- Ofsted
- Good (2015)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- In line with England
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
Carrington Infant School in detail
Carrington Infant School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "I am delighted to be the Executive Headteacher at Carrington Infant School, a school that puts well-being and nurture at the heart of everything it does. It is a job that I love. It is a privilege to work with children each day and see the positive differences that we make to their lives."
Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, tennis, gymnastics, basketball and dance.
The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care until 6:00pm.
Coming up: an open day on Monday 26 October 2026, an open day on Wednesday 11 November 2026 at 9.30am and an open day on Wednesday 2 December 2026 at 9.30am. 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
Getting a place at Carrington Infant School
For September 2026 entry, 32 families put Carrington Infant School as their first choice and 98 named it as one of their preferences, for 36 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 Carrington Infant School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Carrington Infant School are Carrington Junior School (under 0.1 miles, Requires improvement, 77% reading, 75% maths); Loudwater Combined School (0.6 miles, Good, 76% reading, 86% maths); Juniper Hill School (0.6 miles, Good, 85% reading, 77% maths); and Marsh School (1.1 miles, Requires improvement).
Carrington Junior SchoolLoudwater Combined SchoolJuniper Hill SchoolMarsh School
What parents say
102 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Carrington Infant School (as of September 2025): 99% would recommend the school, 99% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that the school has high expectations for their child (90%).
Who goes there
10.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are White British (69%) and Mixed (20%).
Carrington Infant School has a SEN unit for autism: 6 places, 6 pupils on roll.
Staffing
Carrington Infant School had 14 teachers in 2026, one for every 12 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Bourne End Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.
13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Common (adjacent), 220 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Carrington Infant School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Carrington Infant School issued 10 suspensions, 6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; 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
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from January 2015, 11 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted's report, in its own words
What is it like to attend this school?
Pupils thrive at this highly inclusive school. They spoke about the school's motto, 'Together we sparkle and shine', with enthusiasm. Pupils behave positively. They are calm and polite towards each other and staff. Pupils uphold the school's values deeply, such as honesty and respect. They are very clear about how they can show kindness towards each other. Pupils are keen to make everyone feel included. A typical pupil comment was, 'everyone is equal here'.
Pupils enjoy school and feel safe. They know that they have trusted adults that they can turn to if they have any worries. Pupils learn about safety well. For example, in the Reception Year, children learn to ride a bicycle and in Year 2 pupils take part in swimming lessons. Pupils appreciate the range of opportunities on offer to them such as dance, art and music activities.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
The school has an ambitious curriculum. From the beginning of Reception Year, the school has identified the key knowledge and skills that it wants children to learn. Within lessons, teachers support pupils to build their learning systematically towards clear end points matched to the National Curriculum. This ensures that pupils are well prepared for their next steps in learning.
In most subjects, staff training and professional development is effective. Staff are increasing their subject knowledge steadily. In some subjects, staff use questioning and subject-specific language well to strengthen pupils' understanding. For example, in phonics and early reading staff use terms such as 'digraph' and 'trigraph' skilfully to help pupils strengthen their reading and spelling skills. However, some training has not yet had the impact the school intends. Some subjects in the curriculum are not delivered as effectively. Some activity choices are not matched to what pupils need. At times, staff do not check pupils' understanding consistently. As a result, some pupils do not build on their learning as effectively as they could.
From Ofsted's October 2024 ungraded inspection report: the opening paragraphs of each section, quoted word for word. Read the full report Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its January 2015 inspection - unchanged since its previous inspection.
Rated Good for
Leadership & management.
At a Glance
19.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
SEN unit: Autism
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
102 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Class Sizes
20.3
Avg class size
24.8
Infant (KS1)
8
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Latest from Carrington Infant School
Open Days for 2027 entry
25 Sep 2026
Poetry Challenge
5 May 2026
Wycombe Wanderers Competition
20 Apr 2026
Easter Bonnet Parade
26 Mar 2026
Books glorious books!
20 Mar 2026
Year 2 Connection Week
2 Dec 2025
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Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Carrington Infant School.
- Flackwell Heath Kumon CentreAt the school · Not yet graded
Term dates
Carrington Infant 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)
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Carrington Infant School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Carrington Infant School is in Buckinghamshire; for families living there:
- Buckinghamshire's school travel policy: Home to School Transport Policy (0 to 25 Year Olds)
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 7
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 6 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot.
3 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.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at Carrington Infant School
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
92%
Near capacity
166 pupils
180 places
14 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - High Wycombe
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for High Wycombe
Across Buckinghamshire council
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)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
30
SEN Support
9
EHC Plans
24.1%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Carrington Infant School has a SEN unit for autism: 6 places, 6 pupils on roll.
Source: GIAS, Department for Education.
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
162
Total Pupils
87
Boys
75
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
14
Teachers
11.6:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£50,088
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,895
Per pupil
£1101k
Total funding
£52k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.0%
Overall absence
7.0%
Persistent absence
114
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Carrington Infant School
Questions parents ask about Carrington Infant School
What is Carrington Infant School's Ofsted rating?
Carrington Infant School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in October 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in January 2015, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Carrington Infant School?
No fixed boundary. When Carrington Infant School is oversubscribed, Buckinghamshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Carrington Infant School?
Carrington Infant School was not full in 2025: it ran at 92% of its 180 places.
How big are the classes at Carrington Infant School?
Classes at Carrington Infant School average 20.3 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to Carrington Infant School?
Carrington Infant School has around 162 pupils on roll. 20% are eligible for free school meals.
Does Carrington Infant School have specialist SEN provision?
Carrington Infant School has a SEN unit for autism: 6 places, 6 pupils on roll.
What is attendance like at Carrington Infant School?
5% of sessions were missed at Carrington Infant School in 2024/25. 7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Carrington Infant School?
Apply through Buckinghamshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Carrington Infant 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.
Does Carrington Infant School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Flackwell Heath Kumon Centre (registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
What are Carrington Infant School's term dates?
Carrington Infant 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 Carrington Infant School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 7 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 6 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot. 3 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 Carrington Infant School?
Carrington Infant School is at 2 Chapel Road, Flackwell Heath, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP10 9AA.
Sources: Buckinghamshire term dates; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)