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The Chalfonts Community College

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Narcot Lane, Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross SL9 8TP · chalfonts.org · 01753 882032

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
38.9
average Attainment 8 score. Buckinghamshire 53.4, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Buckinghamshire Council
Demand for places
0.3
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,058
69% of 1,531 places
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
23.4%
First language not English
11%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Chalfonts Community College

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Buckinghamshire Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 73 families put the school first and 235 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 174 (Places 280)174September 2023: 150 (Places 271)150September 2024: 95 (Places 205)95September 2025: 80 (Places 247)80September 2026: 73 (Places 235)73Places 235
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026235730.3100%
September 2025Sept 2025247800.3100%
September 2024Sept 2024205950.5100%
September 2023Sept 20232711500.6100%
September 2022Sept 20222801740.6100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 38.9, and 34.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Buckinghamshire it was 53.4, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (27.4 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 44.1 (England 46.3)44.12017/18: 46.2 (England 46.5)46.22018/19: 45.7 (England 46.7)45.72021/22: 45.1 (England 48.8)45.12022/23: 41.1 (England 46.3)41.12023/24: 39.5 (England 45.9)39.52024/25: 38.9 (England 46.0)38.9England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼38.946.0
▼34.3%45.4%
▼59.0%64.8%
▼10.5%40.5%
▼3.194.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form36.5−3.2
Sixth form college7.2+3.8
Further education34.2−1.6
Other education0.5−0.4
Apprenticeship9+0.4
Employment4.5+1.1
Not in a lasting destination5+2.4
Activity not captured3.2−2.4

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 25.3 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 26.1 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 28.7 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 29.6 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 31.2 (England 37.9)C2022/23: 29.4 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 27.4 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 27.4 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
47 studentsC- (27.4)Average +0.03
47 studentsC- (27.5)Average +0.03
14 studentsDist+ (39.2)Above average +0.54
0%AAB or better
93.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2469C- (27.4)+0.04
2022/2386C (29.4)—
2021/2279C (31.2)—
2018/1988C (29.6)-0.10
2017/18131C (28.7)-0.17
2016/17124C- (26.1)-0.37
2015/16129C- (25.3)-0.41

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University41.2−4.7
Apprenticeship5.9−4.3
Employment38.8+12.3
Not in a lasting destination8.2−1
Activity not captured5.9−0.2

Ofsted

The Chalfonts Community College was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 1 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
1 Nov 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2013

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2013Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • Jan 2011Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

59% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (213 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
59%
Replies
213
15% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school▼71% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼72% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼55% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼60% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▼69% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼59% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing▼70% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects▼85% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▼86% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼54% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼57% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 82% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●47% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 45% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼49% agreeEngland 67%

based on 38 parents (18%) with SEND

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