Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy
General Information
- Address: Bell Lane, Little Chalfont, Amersham, HP6 6PF – View on map
- Phone: 01494764521
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Mark Sykes
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 6 families put it first for 18 places – 3 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 18 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 7 · 2024 7 · 2025 6 · 2026 3
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 41
- % eligible for free school meals: 25.6%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (more mixed than the Buckinghamshire average)
- English as an additional language: 57% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 24% a year (Buckinghamshire 16.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Buckinghamshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 21 (0.5 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 8 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Buckinghamshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 3.9%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 13 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 73% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 23% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Buckinghamshire average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 79% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 79%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 80% · Maths 83% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 67%
- Average test scores: reading 105, maths 105
- Based on: 30 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 45th of 141 junior and primary schools in the area
- =41St Joseph's Catholic Primary School74%
- =41Widmer End Community Combined School74%
- =45Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy73%
- =45Denham Green E-ACT Primary Academy73%
- =45Great Missenden CofE Combined School73%
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18th of 84 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for Ofsted rating
- #16Castlefield SchoolGood
- #17Cedar Park School & NurseryGood
- #18Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary AcademyGood
- #19Chartridge Combined SchoolGood
- #20Cheddington Combined SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,039 (2024-25)
49th of 122 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for spending per pupil
- #47Great Kimble Church of England School£7,083
- #48Millbrook Combined School£7,069
- #49Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy£7,039
- #50Loudwater Combined School£7,001
- #51Stone Church of England Combined School£6,965
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