Chartridge Combined School
General Information
- Address: Cogdells Lane, Chartridge, Chesham, HP5 2TW – View on map
- Phone: 01494837498
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mr Nuno Alexandre
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 41 families put it first for 30 places – 14 for every 10 places. 73% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 13 · 2024 15 · 2025 12 · 2026 14
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 18
- % eligible for free school meals: 8.5%
- Pupil mix: 5 in 10 (similar to the Buckinghamshire average)
- English as an additional language: 8% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 14.7% a year (Buckinghamshire 16.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% 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: 4.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 6.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 15.1%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.3%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Specific learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2015 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 87% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 13% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 22 percentage points above the Buckinghamshire average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 85% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 85%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 97% · Writing 93% · Maths 97% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 90%
- Average test scores: reading 110, maths 109
- 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 6th of 141 junior and primary schools in the area
- #4Danesfield School90%
- #5Chesham Bois Church of England School88%
- =6Chartridge Combined School87%
- =6Seer Green Church of England School87%
- =8Highworth Combined School and Nursery86%
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19th of 84 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for Ofsted rating
- #17Cedar Park School & NurseryGood
- #18Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary AcademyGood
- #19Chartridge Combined SchoolGood
- #20Cheddington Combined SchoolGood
- #21Chesham Bois Church of England SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,148 (2024-25)
44th of 122 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for spending per pupil
- #42Haydon Abbey School and Pre-School£7,254
- #43Longwick Church of England Combined School£7,197
- #44Chartridge Combined School£7,148
- #45St James and St John CofE Primary School£7,111
- #46Highworth Combined School and Nursery£7,096
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