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Chesham Bois Church of England School

Primary · Amersham · HP6 6DE

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 23 November 2022

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At a glance

218 pupils · 100% of 218 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
10.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
10.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.cheshamboisschool.co.uk
URN
145033

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 28 families named it first for 29 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.268 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 23 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

29 places offered · 28 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.268 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.268 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

32 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
88%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
19%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
112
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school88%
Median of its 12 closest peers71.5%
Buckinghamshire average66.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St AlbansSt Albans · 11 miles awayOutstanding81%
Winkfield St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolBracknell · 18 miles awayGood (2019)70%
St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary School, HorshamHorsham · 44 miles awayGood83%
St John's CofE Primary SchoolWelwyn · 20 miles awayGood73%
Farnham Common Junior SchoolFarnham Common · 9 miles awayGood65%
Greatham Primary SchoolLiss · 45 miles awayGood75%
Crofton Hammond Junior SchoolFareham · 66 miles awayRequires improvement68%
Meadowside Primary SchoolGloucester · 73 miles awayRequires improvement45%
Wheatfield Primary School and NurseryWinnersh · 21 miles awayGood70%
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary SchoolWigan · 157 miles awayGood58%
Ansdell Primary SchoolLytham St Annes · 174 miles awayGood77%
All Saints' CofE Primary SchoolHalifax · 149 miles awayOutstanding77%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 69% (Buckinghamshire 56%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 10% (Buckinghamshire 7%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Buckinghamshire 10%, England 5%) · Any other White background 4% (Buckinghamshire 6%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Not recorded 3% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Buckinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Buckinghamshire 3%, England 2%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
2.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Buckinghamshire: 2.72 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
28.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

98% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

45.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £39,469; 12.5% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£5,784
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £375,000; in-year balance +£113,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher65.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications5.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work59.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways4.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health61.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier93.6%62.3%
Social housing0.7%17.1%
Privately rented5.8%20.5%
Detached houses69.4%22.9%
Flats2.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms66.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01017764 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£607,000122 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£450,000–£999,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (47)£1,050,000
Semi-detached (30)£620,000
Terraced (39)£440,000
Flat (6)£330,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
1an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
2an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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