Manor Farm Junior School, High Wycombe
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
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.
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
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 GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
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.
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 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
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
Keep up with Manor Farm Junior School
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
Free school transport
Check free transport to Manor Farm Junior School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Manor Farm Junior 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
- 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.
Commute and house prices
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
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.
Inspection History
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
61
SEN Support
8
EHC Plans
34.2%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
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
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
4.3%
Overall absence
4.9%
Persistent absence
225
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
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)