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Schools in Buckinghamshire

270 schools in the Buckinghamshire local authority.

Schools

270

Open schools

Pupils

97,495

2025–26 census

Good or better

92%

180 of 196 graded

Academic Performance

5.7

out of 10 · 227 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
26 13%
Good
154 79%
Requires improvement
13 7%
Inadequate
3 2%
33 inspected since 2024, no overall grade18 superseded by a report card41 not judged6 in a category of concern2 safeguarding not effective
5.7
Academic Performance

Averaged over 227 of 270 schools that can be scored

Pupils

97,495

pupils on roll

Boys 50%50% Girls

Roll from 267 of 270 schools (97,495 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
60%
Asian
24%
Black
4%
Mixed
9%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
1%
Unclassified
1%

Ethnicity from 233 of 270 schools (89,301 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
16.3%

14,518 of 89,301 pupils · 233 of 270 schools

First language not English
20.0%

17,854 of 89,301 pupils · 233 of 270 schools

Young carers
2.2%

1,946 of 89,087 pupils · 231 of 270 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
199
Secondary
41
All-through
5
Special
11
Nursery
2
PRU
3
Not recorded
9

Top primary schools in Buckinghamshire

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Buckinghamshire

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 270 schools in Buckinghamshire — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Buckinghamshire

How many schools are there in Buckinghamshire?
Buckinghamshire has 270 open schools — 199 primary, 41 secondary, 11 special, 2 nursery, teaching 97,495 pupils in total.
How many schools in Buckinghamshire are rated Good or Outstanding?
180 of the 196 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 92% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 26 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 270: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Buckinghamshire?
5.7 out of 10, averaged across the 227 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Buckinghamshire schools have no Ofsted rating?
74 schools in Buckinghamshire currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Buckinghamshire local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Buckinghamshire covers 270 schools and sits in the South East region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Buckinghamshire are eligible for free school meals?
16.3% — 14,518 of 89,301 pupils at the 233 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the South East region.