Newtown School

Primary · Community school · Ages 2–7 · Chesham, Buckinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

Every applicant was offered a place

From Buckinghamshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026

Reception last distance offered, 2018–2026 (miles)

0.23

0.84

All

36.07

All

20182019202120222023202420252026

All: every applicant was offered a place.

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Newtown School is a primary school in Chesham, Buckinghamshire for ages 2–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 15 July 2025. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Newtown School catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2025	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2024	36.069 mi
Reception 2023	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2022	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2021	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2020	Not published
Reception 2019	0.845 mi
Reception 2018	0.234 mi

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 100 of the 157 other Buckinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
Places ran out, with a last distance published, in 3 of the 7 earlier Reception years, and the distances swung sharply between some years.
For Reception 2026, 56 first-choice applications were made for 60 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Buckinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Berkhampstead Road, Chesham, HP5 3AT
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 2–7
Council: Buckinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 234 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 13.2% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 24

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 15 July 2025

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy coming to this inclusive and nurturing school where the school’s values of ‘caring, curiosity and courage’ are lived by all.”
“They know that kindness and fairness are expected from everyone.”
“Relationships between staff and pupils are warm and respectful.”

To improve

“They are not used consistently across the curriculum to check understanding or address misconceptions.”
“As a result, some pupils do not build securely on prior learning or retain key knowledge over time.”
“However, absence remains too high for some key groups of pupils.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 September 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 56 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 56 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Buckinghamshire.

Elmtree Infant and Nursery School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Brushwood Junior School 0.5 mi Outstanding
Ivingswood Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
Thomas Harding Junior School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
Waterside Primary Academy 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
Ley Hill School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School 1.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
Chesham Bois Church of England School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published