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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 12 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 14 November 2017Graded inspection: Good · as Elmtree Infant and Nursery School, URN 110309
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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 entry82 applications · 29 places offered · 28 named it first
- 2026 2.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
- 2025 2.1; Buckinghamshire median median 2.4
- 2024 2.2; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
- 2023 2.7; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
- 2022 2.4; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
- 2021 2.6; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
- 2020 2.1; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2019 1.9; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2018 2.0; Buckinghamshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 2.1; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2016 2.4; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2015 3.2; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2014 2.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Buckinghamshire median
Dashed bars: as Elmtree Infant and Nursery School (URN 110309), the previous school.
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 29 | 82 | 2.8 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 44 | 92 | 2.1 | 35 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2024 | 39 | 85 | 2.2 | 32 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2023 | 31 | 84 | 2.7 | 29 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 | 45 | 108 | 2.4 | 42 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 42 | 109 | 2.6 | 41 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 * | 59 | 125 | 2.1 | 57 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 * | 57 | 108 | 1.9 | 51 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2018 * | 59 | 116 | 2.0 | 47 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2017 * | 59 | 121 | 2.1 | 49 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2016 * | 59 | 140 | 2.4 | 66 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2015 * | 59 | 186 | 3.2 | 82 | 1.39 |
| Sep 2014 * | 59 | 162 | 2.8 | 66 | 1.12 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Elmtree Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.8applications per place
- 0.7 km · BuckinghamshireGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place
- 1.0 km · BuckinghamshireGraded · no overall grade20251.2applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · Buckinghamshire202681%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · BuckinghamshireOutstanding202469%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · BuckinghamshireGraded · no overall grade20241.9applications per place 34%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · BuckinghamshireImproved significantly20251.9applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · BuckinghamshireGood20224.2applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · BuckinghamshireStandards maintained20242.8applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 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 converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 148015 · 825/2213
- Capacity
- 228 pupils · 160 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2020
- Replaced
- Elmtree Infant and Nursery School (URN 110309)
- Address
- Elmtree Hill, Chesham, HP5 2PA
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources