Chenies School
General Information
- Address: Chenies, Rickmansworth, WD3 6ER – View on map
- Phone: 01923282546
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Rebecca Sutherland
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 1 family put it first for 2 places – 5 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 2 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2024 10 · 2025 7 · 2026 5
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 5
- % eligible for free school meals: 12.2%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (similar to the Buckinghamshire average)
- English as an additional language: 27% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 38.9% a year (Buckinghamshire 16.7%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 29% moved to another school, 71% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (one year, 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: 5.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 8.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 19.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 4.9%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Requires improvement 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 74% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 21% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points above the Buckinghamshire average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 62% against an expected 69%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 62%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 84% · Writing 74% · Maths 79% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 74%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 108
- Based on: 19 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
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SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 41st of 141 junior and primary schools in the area
- =38Radnage Church of England Primary School75%
- =41Bierton Church of England Combined School74%
- =41Chenies School74%
- =41St Joseph's Catholic Primary School74%
- =41Widmer End Community Combined School74%
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79th of 84 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for Ofsted rating
- #77Wingrave Church of England Combined SchoolGood
- #78Wooburn Green Primary SchoolGood
- #79Chenies SchoolRequires improvement
- #80Great Kimble Church of England SchoolRequires improvement
- #81Hannah Ball AcademyRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £13,796 (2024-25)
1st of 122 primary schools in Buckinghamshire for spending per pupil
- #1Chenies School£13,796
- #2Whaddon CofE School£12,564
- #3Dagnall VA Church of England School£11,361
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