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Chesham Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Talbot Grove, Bury BL9 6PH · cha.northerneducationtrust.org · 0161 764 4927
Overview
- Ofsted
- Inadequate
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 70%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Bury 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Bury Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 293
- 93% of 315 places
- Local authority
- Bury
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 18.8%
- First language not English
- 26.6%
- 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: Bury Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 39 families put the school first and 42 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 | 42 | 39 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 35 | 35 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 35 | 36 | 1▲ | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 45 | 51 | 1.1▲ | 84% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 45 | 48 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
Results
In 2024/25, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Bury it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲70% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 105293)
Ofsted
Chesham Primary Academy was judged Inadequate at its last graded inspection, on 1 March 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Inadequate
- Inspected
- 1 Mar 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105293)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Apr 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 105293), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105293)
Apr 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105293)
Oct 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 105293)
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (67 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 67
- 22% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 52% who had a child bullied