Green Ridge Primary Academy, Aylesbury

Ofsted's report card from its 9 June 2026 inspection grades Green Ridge Primary Academy on 7 areas: 6 strong standard and 1 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Pupils attend school regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "The curriculum is broad, balanced and ambitious."

Early years - Strong standard. "Children thrive in the early years."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders are ambitious for all pupils."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders are highly effective."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Pupils are very well prepared for life beyond school."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils generally achieve well."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to embed the highest standards of teaching so that all pupils, particularly those who are disadvantaged, achieve consistently well in core subjects of English and mathematics"; "Leaders should continue to implement their robust plans to ensure that notable improvements in attendance for disadvantaged pupils are sustained"; "Leaders should continue to embed the impactful approach to personal development and wellbeing in order to develop the very best practice and to contribute to system-wide improvement".

In its own words: "Green Ridge is an inclusive setting that is committed to ensuring all children have the opportunity to reach their fullest potential within a stimulating and physically and emotionally safe environment. All children are suitably challenged and supported and are given what they need equitably in order to thrive."

Coming up: an open day on Friday 15 January 2027. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils at Green Ridge Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 82% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 77% in Buckinghamshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 71% in reading and 77% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 109 families put Green Ridge Primary Academy as their first choice and 196 named it as one of their preferences, for 90 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 23 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Green Ridge Primary Academy are Thomas Hickman School (1.2 miles, Good, 66% reading, 58% maths); Buckingham Park Church of England Primary School (1.6 miles, Good, 76% reading, 76% maths); Haydon Abbey School and Pre-School (1.8 miles, Requires improvement, 74% reading, 74% maths); and St Mary's Church of England School (1.9 miles, 79% reading, 76% maths).

Green Ridge Primary Academy's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Green Ridge Primary Academy is one of 65 schools run by Reach2 Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

9.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 30.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (47%), Asian (25%) and Mixed (12%).

In 2026, 84 pupils (12.7%) received SEN support and 17 (2.6%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

The nearest railway station is Aylesbury Vale Parkway Rail Station, about 1090 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Worcester Street (southbound), 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Green Ridge Primary Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 7th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Green Ridge Primary Academy issued 18 suspensions, 3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.