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Waterside Primary Academy

  • 3–11Ages
  • 225Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 149097URN

Blackhorse Avenue, Waterside, Chesham, Waterside Primary Academy, Black Horse Avenue, Chesham, HP5 1QU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.6 below Buckinghamshire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Buckinghamshire

52 applications for 28 places · 107th of 132 in Buckinghamshire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
34%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 3 December 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
1.9applications per place, Reception
0.6 below Buckinghamshire median (2.5) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

52 applications · 28 places offered · 27 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  2. 2025 1.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  4. 2023 2.4; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  5. 2022 2.1; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.4; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.4; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.0; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.9; Buckinghamshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.7; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.9; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.2; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.2; Buckinghamshire median median 2.4; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Buckinghamshire median in 1 of 5 years.
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median

Dashed bars: as Waterside Primary Academy (URN 144341), Waterside Combined School (URN 110337), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202628521.9270.96
Sep 202528511.8240.86
Sep 202424662.8180.75
Sep 202329692.4351.21
Sep 202229612.1260.90
Sep 2021 *15362.4110.73
Sep 2020 *11262.4100.91
Sep 2019 *12242.0100.83
Sep 2018 *21401.9150.71
Sep 2017 *23381.7120.52
Sep 2016 *23441.9110.48
Sep 2015 *30351.2130.43
Sep 2014 *19221.2120.63

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 63% · Writing 59% · Maths 41% → all three 34% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard34%135th of 139 in Buckinghamshire
Reading
Expected standard63%
Higher standard19%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard59%
Greater depth9%
Maths
Expected standard41%
Higher standard9%
Average scaled score 97 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2534%9%10397
2023/2471%16%107107
2022/2376%24%109110

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary 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
Primary
URN · DfE number
149097 · 825/2054
Trust
Kings Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
242 pupils · 225 on roll
Free school meals
31.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 March 2022
Replaced
Waterside Primary Academy (URN 144341); Waterside Combined School (URN 110337)
Address
Blackhorse Avenue, Waterside, Chesham, Waterside Primary Academy, Black Horse Avenue, Chesham, HP5 1QU
Local authority
Buckinghamshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources