Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Chesham, Buckinghamshire·HP5 2UQ
Composite score
53.4
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#6,040
National rank
#901
In South East
#84
In Buckinghamshire
Top 41%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
12 first choices, 16 places
First choices per place
0.75
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
40
any preference, for 16 places
Applications from another council area
12%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8720220.8820230.7520240.8520250.752026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
175
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,635
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England School at a glance

Located in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 175 pupils aged 4 to 11. 66% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 8.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 41% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England School their first choice was offered one of its 16 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 14.9 pupils per teacher. Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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