School admissions in Amersham
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Reception places, September 2026
11 schools. 2 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Chalfont Primary School | 1.70 | 30 | 0.474 miles |
| Chestnut Lane School | 1.32 | 60 | 0.316 miles |
| Curzon Church of England Combined School | 1.00 | 13 | 3.218 miles |
| Little Missenden Church of England School | 1.00 | 14 | 3.05 miles |
| Chesham Bois Church of England School | 0.97 | 29 | 1.268 miles |
| Our Lady's Catholic Primary School | 0.93 | 30 | 1.76 miles |
| Coleshill Church of England Infant School | 0.88 | 8 | not published |
| St George's Church of England Infant School | 0.81 | 57 | 2.807 miles |
| Hyde Heath Infant School | 0.79 | 14 | 2.949 miles |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School, Amersham | 0.76 | 33 | 1.404 miles |
| Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy | 0.33 | 18 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.
Year 7 places, September 2026
3 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Challoner's High School | 1.60 | 189 | not published |
| Dr Challoner's Grammar School | 1.29 | 185 | not published |
| Amersham School | 1.08 | 175 | 2.539 miles |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.