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Manor Farm Junior School, High Wycombe

Primary
Academy sponsor led
Mixed
Ages 7–11

Manor Farm Junior School is a primary school for pupils aged 7 to 11 in High Wycombe, part of Great Learners Trust. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 26th-highest of the 36 schools in High Wycombe with published results, and 9,159th of 14,452 across England. It was 92% full in 2025.

SATs results
In line with England
Capacity
92% full
Attendance
In line with England
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Data last updated 27 Oct 2026

Manor Farm Junior School in detail

Manor Farm Junior School in its own words

From the headteacher's welcome: "A very warm welcome to Manor Farm Junior School. We are a friendly 2 form entry Junior School in the heart of Hazelmere. At our school, our dedicated staff strive to create the best possible environment for our children, in which they can learn and flourish."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, tennis, gymnastics, dance, choir, STEM and gardening.

Coming up: an open day on Wednesday 4 November 2026 at 9.10am and an open day on Wednesday 2 December 2026 at 9.10am. 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)Open days on the school's site (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at Manor Farm Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 69% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 77% in Buckinghamshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (77% in reading, 71% in maths).

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

Getting a place at Manor Farm Junior School

Across Buckinghamshire, 92% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Buckinghamshire lodged 117 appeals against primary school offers; 61 reached a hearing and 12 succeeded (19.7% of those heard).

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Manor Farm Junior School are Manor Farm Community Infant School (under 0.1 miles, Good); Hazlemere Church of England Combined School (0.6 miles, Good, 81% reading, 78% maths); Tylers Green Middle School (0.6 miles, Good, 89% reading, 88% maths); and Tylers Green First School (0.8 miles, Good).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Manor Farm Junior School.

Manor Farm Community Infant SchoolHazlemere Church of England Combined SchoolTylers Green Middle SchoolTylers Green First School

The trust

Manor Farm Junior School is one of 11 schools run by Great Learners Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

All 11 schools in Great Learners Trust

What parents say

98 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Manor Farm Junior School (as of September 2025): 82% would recommend the school, 92% say their child is happy there and 80% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (93%); the weakest, that the school has high expectations for their child (80%).

Who goes there

12.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 8.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

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

In 2026, 61 pupils (30.2%) received SEN support and 8 (4%) 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 a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is High Wycombe Rail Station, about 2 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rose Avenue Shops (opposite), 90 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Manor Farm Junior 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

Manor Farm Junior School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Manor Farm Junior School are Sir William Ramsay School (0.4 miles); Holmer Green Senior School (1.4 miles); The Highcrest Academy (1.5 miles); and The Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe (1.6 miles).

Sir William Ramsay SchoolHolmer Green Senior SchoolThe Highcrest AcademyThe Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe

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

Location

Likely (~408m)Possible (~583m)Unlikely (~758m)

Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Natalie Benton
Pupils:202
LA:Buckinghamshire
Phone:01494814622
Address:Rose Avenue, Hazlemere, High Wycombe, HP15 7PH
Trust:GREAT LEARNERS TRUST (11 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 May 2022

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago
-

Overall

Requires Improvement

Quality of Education

Good

Behaviour & Attitudes

Good

Personal Development

Requires Improvement

Leadership & Management

Inspected 21 January 2025View full report

Manor Farm Junior School has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in May 2022. Before that, as Manor Farm Community Junior School (URN 110340), it was rated Inadequate in October 2021.

URN:149116
UKPRN:10090468
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Chesham and Amersham
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

From Ofsted's January 2025 inspection report.

What This School Does Well

Manor Farm provides a caring environment where pupils feel safe and valued. The school excels at helping pupils understand different cultures and beliefs, develop leadership skills, and learn about healthy relationships and online safety. Pupils enjoy coming to school and behave respectfully.

Key Strengths

  • Pupils are kind, caring and respectful with strong relationships between them
  • Personal development is a strength with pupils gaining broad understanding of modern Britain and developing leadership skills
  • Behaviour is good with calm lessons and effective support for pupils with specific behaviour needs
  • Wide range of enriching activities and opportunities that broaden pupils' horizons

Areas for Improvement

  • Teaching approaches are not consistently effective - pupils are not fully engaged and teacher expectations vary between subjects and year groups
  • Support for weaker readers is not effective enough - reading books are not matched closely to pupils' abilities
  • Most pupils with SEND do not receive adequate academic support in lessons
  • Governance arrangements lack a clear, coherent process for holding the school to account

Safeguarding

Safeguarding arrangements are effective, with staff keeping pupils safe and pupils trusting staff to respond quickly to any concerns.

Extracurricular Activities

Pupil parliament, library activities, online safety education

Manor Farm Junior School is a junior school for pupils aged 7-11 in Buckinghamshire. Although pupils enjoy school and behaviour is good, the quality of education requires improvement due to inconsistent teaching approaches and variable pupil achievement.

At a Glance

12.4%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

98 responses
Would recommend82%
Child is happy92%
Child does well82%
High expectations80%
Feels safe93%
Well behaved88%
Bullying dealt with (of parents with a view)80%
Kept informed80%
Handles concerns (of parents who raised one)76%
Wider development83%

Source: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
ReadingMaths-2ppWriting-3pp

Reading has remained stable at around 77% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 69% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 66% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

25.3

Avg class size

25.3

KS2

8

Total classes

1 class with more than 30 pupils

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Manor Farm Junior School.

  • Manor Farm Holiday CampAt the school · Not yet graded

Term dates

Manor Farm Junior School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Buckinghamshire's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Bus Stops

Rose Avenue Shops (opp)
87m · 1 min walk
Pine Walk (Opp)
320m · 5 min walk
Curzon Avenue (opp 32)
335m · 5 min walk
Hazlemere Road (Northbound)
443m · 7 min walk
Coppice Farm Road (adj)
517m · 8 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
2
Fatal
0
Serious
1
Children hurt
0

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

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

92%

Near capacity

221 pupils

240 places

19 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - High Wycombe

Low pressure
New homes approved:2,632
Projected new pupils:658

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

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.

Inspection History

21 January 2025
Quality of EducationRequires Improvement
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementRequires Improvement

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

61

SEN Support

8

EHC Plans

34.2%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Specific Learning Difficulty35
Social, Emotional & Mental Health10
Speech, Language & Communication9
Autistic Spectrum Disorder8
Moderate Learning Difficulty6
Multi-Sensory Impairment1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
79.2%
Asian
3.5%
Black
2.0%
Mixed
6.5%
Chinese
1.0%
Unclassified
2.0%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals12.4%
English as Additional Language8.9%

202

Total Pupils

90

Boys

112

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

12

Teachers

16.8:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£44,717

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,356

Per pupil

£1274k

Total funding

£44k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£52,115
EAL funding£1,829
Lump sum£148,638

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

4.3%

Overall absence

4.9%

Persistent absence

225

Enrolments

Authorised3.3%
Unauthorised0.9%
Persistent (10%+)4.9%
Severe (50%+)1.3%

Absence trend

5.7%
21/22
4.8%
22/23
5.1%
23/24
4.3%
24/25
Overall absence rate

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

Questions parents ask about Manor Farm Junior School

What are SATs results like at Manor Farm Junior School?

Of the pupils at Manor Farm Junior School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 77% reached the expected standard in reading and 69% did so in maths.

What is Manor Farm Junior School's Ofsted rating?

Manor Farm Junior School has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in May 2022. Before that, as Manor Farm Community Junior School (URN 110340), it was rated Inadequate in October 2021.

What is the catchment area for Manor Farm Junior School?

No fixed boundary. When Manor Farm Junior 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 Manor Farm Junior School?

Manor Farm Junior School was not full in 2025: it ran at 92% of its 240 places.

How big are the classes at Manor Farm Junior School?

Classes at Manor Farm Junior School average 25.3 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.

How many pupils go to Manor Farm Junior School?

Manor Farm Junior School has around 202 pupils on roll. 12% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Manor Farm Junior School?

4.3% of sessions were missed at Manor Farm Junior School in 2024/25. 4.9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Manor Farm Junior School?

Apply through Buckinghamshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Manor Farm Junior School on your application. The national closing date in England is 31 October for secondary places and 15 January for primary places, in the year before your child starts.

Does Manor Farm Junior School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Manor Farm Holiday Camp (registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.

How many road collisions happen near Manor Farm Junior School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 2 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 1 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 Manor Farm Junior School?

Manor Farm Junior School is at Rose Avenue, Hazlemere, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP15 7PH.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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