Chestnut Lane School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · Amersham, Buckinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.316 miles

Published by Buckinghamshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.45

0.38

0.41

0.55

1.17

1.01

0.82

0.32

20192020202120222023202420252026

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Chestnut Lane School is a primary school in Amersham, Buckinghamshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 January 2025. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Chestnut Lane 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	0.316 mi
Reception 2025	0.821 mi
Reception 2024	1.009 mi
Reception 2023	1.167 mi
Reception 2022	0.548 mi
Reception 2021	0.405 mi
Reception 2020	0.375 mi
Reception 2019	0.445 mi
Reception 2018	0.565 mi

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

What the figures show

The last distance offered for Reception 2026 was 0.316 miles, the 6th shortest of 57 Buckinghamshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 1.27 miles).
The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2018, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 9 years with a published distance.
Reception 2026 had 79 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 60 offers went to first-choice families, and 19 first-choice families were not offered a place.
3.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Buckinghamshire is 11.3%.

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: 105 Chestnut Lane, Amersham, HP6 6EF
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Buckinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 206 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 3.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.5

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 7 January 2025

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy attending this happy school.”
“There are caring relationships between pupils and staff.”
“They say that they can tell staff about anything that worries them.”

To improve

“However, in a few subjects where the curriculum is new, the way it is implemented does not consistently support pupils to know more and remember more.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 79 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.

Elangeni School 0.1 mi School remains Good
Woodside Junior School 0.4 mi School remains Good
Chesham Bois Church of England School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
St George's Church of England Infant School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
Waterside Primary Academy 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
St Mary's CofE Primary School, Amersham 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published