Monks Risborough CofE Primary School, Princes Risborough

Ofsted's report card from its 16 June 2026 inspection grades Monks Risborough CofE Primary School on 7 areas: 2 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Early years - Strong standard. "Leaders have created an ambitious curriculum for early years."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The school equips pupils well for the next stages of their education and for life in modern Britain."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Children in the early years achieve very well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders understand pupils' attendance rates and the factors that influence them."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed a curriculum that is both challenging and engaging."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders quickly identify pupils' needs and act promptly to address them, seeking external support where needed."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders are ambitious and prioritise supporting all pupils to achieve."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should further strengthen the use of assessment to identify gaps in learning, including for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), so that teaching is more precisely adapted and all pupils are supported to achieve highly"; "Leaders should sustain their work to improve attendance so that even more disadvantaged pupils and pupils with SEND attend school regularly".

Coming up: an open day on Thursday 5 November 2026 and an open day on Wednesday 11 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils at Monks Risborough CofE Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 71% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 77% in Buckinghamshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 77% in reading and 77% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 31 families put Monks Risborough CofE Primary School as their first choice and 87 named it as one of their preferences, for 30 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 3 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Monks Risborough CofE Primary School are Princes Risborough Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 81% reading, 68% maths); Great Kimble Church of England School (1.2 miles, Requires improvement, 100% reading, 100% maths); Longwick Church of England Combined School (1.8 miles, Good, 70% reading, 78% maths); and St John's Church of England Primary School, Lacey Green (2.8 miles, Good, 90% reading, 90% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Monks Risborough CofE Primary School.

13.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 3.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (82%) and Mixed (10%).

The nearest railway station is Monks Risborough Rail Station, about 720 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Mill Lane (eastbound), 100 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Monks Risborough CofE Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Monks Risborough CofE Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 1.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.