Chalfont St Peter Infant School

About Chalfont St Peter Infant School

If you’re looking for a school where parents are genuinely happy, the numbers at Chalfont St Peter Infant School are hard to ignore. In the most recent Parent View survey, every single respondent said they would recommend the school to other parents — a perfect 100% yes vote. That’s based on 75 responses collected between September 2024 and September 2025, so it’s a solid, recent signal. Dig into the individual questions and the picture stays just as strong: 95% of parents strongly agreed their child is happy here, 93% strongly agreed their child feels safe, and 96% strongly agreed the school keeps them informed about what their child will learn. The school is also heavily oversubscribed. For the 2025/26 intake, there were 154 applications for 59 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.61. Of those, 73 families put it as their first preference, and 55 first-preference offers were made. That level of demand tells you local families see it as a school worth fighting for.

Academically, Chalfont St Peter Infant School is a primary that only covers Reception to Year 2, so there are no KS2 SATs results to look at — the children move on to junior school before those assessments. What we do have is a very strong Ofsted record. The school was inspected in October 2024 and received a Good rating overall, but with two standout Outstanding grades: personal development was judged Outstanding, and leadership and management was also Outstanding. The quality of education, early years provision, and behaviour and attitudes were all rated Good. That’s a notable improvement on the previous inspection in 2013, when the school was judged Outstanding across the board. The current inspection didn’t give an overall effectiveness grade, but the detail suggests a school that’s performing well above the baseline. In the local authority of Buckinghamshire, which has 184 primary schools, only 10 hold an Outstanding rating — so while Chalfont St Peter Infant School is currently Good, its leadership and personal development grades put it in strong company.

The school is a mixed, non-denominational state infant school in Buckinghamshire, with 175 pupils on roll against a capacity of 180, so it’s running nearly full. It has a relatively low proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals at 6.9%, which is below the national average. Facilities are generous for an infant school: there’s a Forest School, a sports hall, a gymnasium, music rooms, a library, and an ICT suite. Sports on offer include swimming, cross country, cricket, dance, tennis, football, and netball, and there are clubs like science club, chess, and film club. The school also has SEND provisions covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, speech and language needs, social and emotional mental health, and physical disabilities. For families in the Chalfont St Peter area, this is a school that combines strong parent satisfaction with solid academic foundations and a wide range of activities — though you’ll need to apply early given the high demand.

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