Ley Hill School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Chesham, Buckinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.827 miles

Published by Buckinghamshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

1.48

1.41

1.58

1.27

All

1.61

1.55

1.83

20192020202120222023202420252026

All: every applicant was offered a place.

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Ley Hill School is a primary school in Chesham, Buckinghamshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 26 January 2022. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Ley Hill 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	1.827 mi
Reception 2025	1.547 mi
Reception 2024	1.608 mi
Reception 2023	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2022	1.273 mi
Reception 2021	1.579 mi
Reception 2020	1.407 mi
Reception 2019	1.484 mi
Reception 2018	1.271 mi

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

What the figures show

In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.827 miles away, the 18th longest of 57 Buckinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance.
The 2026 Reception last distance was further than in 2025 and in 2018, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 8 years with a published distance.
Reception 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 29 offers: 25 offers went to first-choice families and 4 first-choice families (14%) were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 66% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3rd lowest among this school and the 6 of the 8 nearest Buckinghamshire primary schools that have results.

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: The Green, Ley Hill, Chesham, HP5 1YF
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Buckinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 210 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 12.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19.6

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 26 January 2022

Strengths

“Ley Hill is a caring and nurturing school.”
“Pupils are kind to each other, show respect and are proud of their school.”
“They are happy and confident, and speak highly of the staff.”

To improve

“Leaders need more time to fine tune and embed the planning across all year groups to ensure that the quality of education is even stronger.”
“This will enable leaders and governors to have a more precise evaluation of the knowledge and skills pupils need to build over time.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 March 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	66%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 29 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 25 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.

Brushwood Junior School 1.1 mi Outstanding
Newtown School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
Waterside Primary Academy 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
Chesham Bois Church of England School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
Thomas Harding Junior School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade
Elmtree Infant and Nursery School 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Ivingswood Academy 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
Elangeni School 2.1 mi School remains Good