Chartridge Combined School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Chesham, Buckinghamshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

1.59 miles

Published by Buckinghamshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

All

1.47

All

2.34

1.50

1.69

1.46

1.59

20192020202120222023202420252026

All: every applicant was offered a place.

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Chartridge Combined School is a primary school in Chesham, Buckinghamshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 4 December 2024. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.

Chartridge Combined 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	1.59 mi
Reception 2025	1.458 mi
Reception 2024	1.69 mi
Reception 2023	1.498 mi
Reception 2022	2.336 mi
Reception 2021	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2020	1.467 mi
Reception 2019	Every applicant was offered a place
Reception 2018	Every applicant was offered a place

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

What the figures show

Reception 2026 had 41 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families (27%) were not offered a place.
In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.59 miles away, the 21st longest of 57 Buckinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance.
In 2024/25, 87% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
That 87% expected-standard figure for 2024/25 was the highest of 5 schools: this one and the 4 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Buckinghamshire 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: Cogdells Lane, Chartridge, Chesham, HP5 2TW
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Buckinghamshire
Pupils on roll: 212 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 8.5% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 23.6

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

Ofsted

Standards maintained Inspected 4 December 2024

Strengths

“Pupils enjoy attending this caring and nurturing school.”
“They thrive at this school and benefit from everything the school has to offer.”
“The school’s vision of ‘Space to learn, grow and achieve’ is central to life at Chartridge Combined School.”

To improve

“But, in some subjects, these links are not consistently strong.”
“This means that pupils cannot routinely see how their learning connects over time.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2025 (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)	87%	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: 41 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 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.

Lee Common Church of England School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
Ivingswood Academy 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Elmtree Infant and Nursery School 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
Hyde Heath Infant School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
Newtown School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
Thomas Harding Junior School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade
Great Missenden CofE Combined School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published