Prestwood Junior School, Great Missenden

Ofsted's report card from its 14 July 2026 inspection grades Prestwood Junior School on 6 areas: 5 expected standard and 1 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "The majority of pupils, including those who are disadvantaged, achieve well by the end of key stage 2."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The school has a broad and ambitious curriculum."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders identify pupils' needs promptly and ensure that support is put in place quickly."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders share a firm ambition for all pupils to achieve their potential."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed a coherent and effective personal development programme that is supported by an established pastoral offer."

Attendance and behaviour - Needs attention. "Attendance is below national averages and not consistently improving over time."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should refine attendance strategies for all pupils, including those who are disadvantaged or have special educational needs and/or disabilities, to secure sustained improvements in attendance"; "Leaders should ensure that assessment in the wider curriculum is consistently effective in supporting pupils' progress"; "Leaders should sustain and embed their work to improve the accuracy of pupils' writing, including spelling".

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils at Prestwood Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 85% 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 (79% in reading, 90% in maths).

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

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).

The nearest other state primary schools to Prestwood Junior School are Prestwood Infant School (0.3 miles); Great Missenden CofE Combined School (1.6 miles, Good, 85% reading, 79% maths); Little Kingshill Combined School (1.9 miles, Outstanding, 91% reading, 81% maths); and Speen CofE VA School (2.1 miles, Good).

Prestwood Junior School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

Prestwood 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.

2.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (81%) and Mixed (12%).

Prestwood Junior School had 13 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Great Missenden Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Blacksmith Lane (opposite), 210 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 16 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, other theft and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Buckinghamshire (44).

In 2024/25, Prestwood Junior School issued 8 suspensions, 4.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.