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Turnfurlong Infant School

Foundation school in Aylesbury, HP21 7PL, taking ages 2 to 7, 306 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Oct 2023
0.44 mi Admitted from, 2026/27
113% Full, over capacity

Will an address get in?

In 2026/27, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.44 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 0.44 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2026/27.

Turnfurlong Infant School: 0.44 miles, 2026/27 Aylesbury High School: 0.8 miles, 2026/27, published by Buckinghamshire

This is not a catchment area. 0.44 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Turnfurlong Infant School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2026/27, from Buckinghamshire. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Buckinghamshire, published admission distances, 2026/27

Where Turnfurlong Infant School and Aylesbury High School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Aylesbury High School admitted from 0.8 miles in 2026/27, published by Buckinghamshire. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

No postcode district has its centre inside both distances. The two schools admit from 0.44 and 0.8 miles, and the ground those circles share holds no district centre, which is a fact about where the centres fall rather than about any one address. The map above shows both, and the postcode checker answers for both.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Buckinghamshire, 67 of 496 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (13.5%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Turnfurlong Infant School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Turnfurlong Junior School Both in reach Primary 1.18 mi 2026/27 0.0 mi
Aylesbury Grammar School Both in reach Secondary 1.31 mi 2026/27 0.5 mi
Aylesbury High School Both in reach Secondary 0.8 mi 2026/27 0.5 mi
Kingsbrook View Primary Academy Both in reach Primary 0.17 mi 2026/27 1.3 mi
Bierton Church of England Combined School Both in reach Primary 1.39 mi 2026/27 1.4 mi
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School Both in reach Secondary 0.41 mi 2026/27 1.4 mi

The distance as a picture

Turnfurlong Infant School catchment area map: the 0.44 mile admission distance, 2026/27
Drawn to scale from the published figure. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 306 pupils in 270 places (113% full, over capacity)
TrustThe Aylesbury Learning Partnership
Local authorityBuckinghamshire

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 09 October 2023. Ungraded inspection, October 2023: school remains Good

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Turnfurlong Infant School

Girls and boys49.3% girls, 50.7% boys
English as an additional language33.0% of pupils
Free school meals10.1% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

Getting to Turnfurlong Infant School by bus

Best-served stop: Cam Mead, 0.3 mi away, with 2.1 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 07:09, last 21:54.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Sports Club0.3 mi1.61.00.450, 55, 55A, 55B
Sports Club0.3 mi1.91.20.450, 55, 55B, 61A, 55A, 61
Schools Coach Park0.3 mi0.50.00.061, 61A, 108, 109

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

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Checking the house as well as the school

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Common questions

What is the catchment area for Turnfurlong Infant School?

Turnfurlong Infant School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2026/27 lived 0.44 miles away, per Buckinghamshire.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Turnfurlong Infant School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.44 miles was enough in 2026/27, and at 113% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Turnfurlong Infant School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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