Chalfont St Giles Infant School and Nursery

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Chalfont St Giles Infant School and Nursery is a popular choice among local families, with 96 applications for just 37 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.59. Of those applications, 32 were first-preference choices, and exactly 32 first-preference offers were made, meaning every family who put the school first secured a spot. The school’s parentView recommend percentage is not available in the data, but the high demand suggests strong local satisfaction. Headteacher Alastair Haywood leads a mixed, state primary for children aged 3 to 7, with a nursery on site. The school is non-religious and sits within Buckinghamshire local authority. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in February 2023, confirmed the school remains Good, a rating it has held since its last graded inspection in June 2013, when it received Good for overall effectiveness, leadership and management, and quality of education.

Academically, the school’s most recent graded inspection in 2013 awarded Good for overall effectiveness, leadership and management, and quality of education, though specific breakdowns for behaviour, personal development, and early years are not recorded in that inspection. The earlier inspection in 2008 had rated the school Outstanding overall, with Outstanding for early years provision, leadership and management, and overall effectiveness. For current performance, the local authority average for Key Stage 2 attainment in Buckinghamshire is 64, but as an infant school taking pupils only up to age 7, Chalfont St Giles does not publish KS2 SATs results. Its Progress 8 score is also not applicable. The school serves 188 pupils against a capacity of 185, and 8.2 per cent of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is below the national average. The nearest outstanding-rated school is Chalfont St Giles Junior School, just 0.3 km away, which many pupils will likely feed into after Year 2.

The school offers a range of facilities including a Forest School, playing fields, music rooms, a library, and a chapel. Sports provision covers gymnastics, football, cricket, dance, rounders, and tennis, while clubs include art, coding, and chess. For children with additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions for moderate and severe learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. With nursery provision on site, it suits families looking for a single setting from age 3 through to the end of Key Stage 1. The oversubscription means applying early is wise, especially for first-preference applicants, who in the most recent round all received offers. This is a solid, well-regarded local infant school that feeds naturally into the nearby junior school, making it a practical choice for families planning a full primary journey in Chalfont St Giles.

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