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Academy sponsor led · Buckinghamshire

Chiltern Hills Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,047Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137280URN

Chartridge Lane, Chesham, HP5 2RG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodFeb 2017
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Sep 2022
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.0per place
2.1 below Buckinghamshire median (3.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in BuckinghamshireSelective

205 applications for 212 places · 35th of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
40.9of 90
31st of 36 in Buckinghamshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodFeb 2017
School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Sep 2022

Inspection history

  1. 22 September 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
  2. 21 February 2017
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.0applications per place, Year 7
2.1 below Buckinghamshire median (3.1) 1.3 below England median (2.2)

205 applications · 212 places offered · 95 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 1.0; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  2. 2025 1.2; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  3. 2024 1.2; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
  4. 2023 1.3; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  5. 2022 1.5; Buckinghamshire median median 3.0
  6. 2021 1.9; Buckinghamshire median median 4.0
  7. 2020 1.7; Buckinghamshire median median 3.4
  8. 2019 1.6; Buckinghamshire median median 3.3
  9. 2018 1.7; Buckinghamshire median median 3.6
  10. 2017 1.7; Buckinghamshire median median 3.2
  11. 2016 1.6; Buckinghamshire median median 3.1
  12. 2015 1.3; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
  13. 2014 1.4; Buckinghamshire median median 2.9
More applications per place than the Buckinghamshire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262122051.0950.45
Sep 20252032381.21040.51
Sep 20242342681.21340.57
Sep 20232102751.31270.60
Sep 20222103051.51530.73
Sep 20211873511.91130.60
Sep 20201773001.71380.78
Sep 20191862931.61360.73
Sep 20181823031.71360.75
Sep 20171522561.71060.70
Sep 20161572441.6950.61
Sep 20151652181.3990.60
Sep 20141411901.41130.80

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

192 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)40.931st of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths29%31st of 36 in Buckinghamshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths53%
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.45
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19240.929%53%–
2024/2517240.331%49%–
2023/2418337.621%49%−0.45
2022/2318643.439%62%−0.26

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137280 · 825/4000
Trust
Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
1,350 pupils · 1,047 on roll
Free school meals
23.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2011
Replaced
Chesham Park Community College (URN 110510)
Address
Chartridge Lane, Chesham, HP5 2RG
Local authority
Buckinghamshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources