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Waterside Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Blackhorse Avenue, Waterside, Chesham, Black Horse Avenue, Chesham HP5 1QU · watersideprimaryacademy.org · 01494 786608
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 34%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Buckinghamshire 65%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Buckinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 225
- 93% of 242 places
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 31.8%
- First language not English
- 24%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Buckinghamshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 27 families put the school first and 28 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 28 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 24 | 18 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 35 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 26 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 34% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% the higher standard. Across Buckinghamshire it was 65%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼34% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼97 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 144341)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Waterside Primary Academy on 3 December 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 3 Dec 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jun 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 110337), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110337)
Nov 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 110337)
What parents said
54% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (59 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 54%
- Replies
- 59
- 30% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 59% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (29%) with SEND