Chalfont St Peter CofE Academy

About Chalfont St Peter CofE Academy

Chalfont St Peter CofE Academy’s headline KS2 metric – the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths – sits at 67%, which is three percentage points above the Buckinghamshire local authority average of 64%. That’s a modest but meaningful edge, placing the school 61st out of 137 primaries in the county, or around the 45th percentile. It’s not a standout performer at the very top of the table, but it’s comfortably above the middle of the pack, and for a junior school taking children from age 7 to 11, that consistency matters. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, in 2025, rated it Good overall, with behaviour and attitudes judged Outstanding – a strong signal for parents worried about classroom culture. The previous graded inspection in 2019 also awarded Good, though the school had been rated Outstanding in 2009. The 2025 ungraded inspection noted some aspects were not as strong, but the core judgement held.

Digging into the 2023/24 SATs results, the picture is one of solid, if not spectacular, performance. In reading, 77% of pupils met the expected standard and 41% reached the higher standard, with an average score of 107. Maths saw 71% at expected and 43% at the higher level, averaging 106. Writing was the strongest subject for expected standards, with 86% meeting the benchmark, though only 26% hit the higher mark. The combined expected standard of 67% is a touch above the LA average of 64%, and the school ranks in the top 50% nationally. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it’s hard to say how much value the school adds relative to starting points, but the raw attainment figures are respectable. Parents seem broadly satisfied: 89% would recommend the school, and 96% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy here.

The school operates from a site with a chapel, forest school area, playing fields, an ICT suite, art studios and music rooms, plus clubs including choir, gardening, book club and film club. Sports on offer include football, netball, cricket, cross country and dance. SEND provision covers specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulty, social and emotional needs, speech and language needs, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder – though the parent view data on SEND support is mixed: 76% strongly agreed children get the support they need, but 18% strongly disagreed, which is a notable split. With 313 pupils against a capacity of 360, the school is not oversubscribed, and 11.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, slightly below the national average. This is a Church of England academy that suits families looking for a well-behaved, broadly achieving junior school in Buckinghamshire, with strong pastoral care and a decent range of enrichment, but without the academic intensity of the very top performers in the LA.

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