Chiltern Hills Academy

Type Secondary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 11-18
Religion Church of England
Address Chartridge Lane
Chesham
Buckinghamshire
HP5 2RG
Phone 01494782066
Reference Number 137280

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1076
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.79%
Girls: 51.21%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 20.3%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 20.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 83 97 180
8 98 111 209
9 97 96 193
10 88 90 178
11 93 91 184
12 43 37 80
13 23 29 52

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 60.5%
Pakistani 15.5%
White, Other 7.8%
White & Asian 2.1%
Mixed, Other 2%
Unclassified 1.7%
Asian, Other 1.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.3%
Indian 1.3%
African 1.3%
White & Black (African) 1%
Irish 0.8%
Caribbean 0.6%
Chinese 0.4%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2022-12-01
Date Description Report
2022-09-21 School inspection School inspection
2017-02-21 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-02-27 Full inspection: Full inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
37.6 Unlock Unlock

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 20.8% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 45.4% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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Points

Points Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Average Points 30.93 Unlock Unlock
Average Points (best 3) 30.08 Unlock Unlock

Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) C B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 4.8% Unlock Unlock

2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 39 19
Third Preference 47 15
From another Local Authority 7 3

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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