Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy

Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy has been rated as good overall, demonstrating solid performance across key areas such as the quality of education, personal development, and leadership. The school supports pupils well in their early years and has made significant improvements in teaching reading, leading to better outcomes for students. However, while many pupils enjoy coming to school and feel safe, there are concerns regarding behaviour in some classes, which can disrupt learning. The school's vision focuses on broadening pupils' horizons, and efforts to enhance the curriculum and strengthen the sequencing of subjects are underway.

Strengths

• Strong focus on early years education with caring and warm adults.
• Effective teaching of reading with new resources and staff training.
• Broad and interesting curriculum in reading, writing, and mathematics.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils.
• Memorable enrichment experiences like residential sailing visits.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent application of behaviour policy leading to disruptions in some classes.
• Curriculum planning for subjects beyond reading, writing, and mathematics is not well developed.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.7% of pupils at Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.3% of pupils at Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy received £7,745 and spent £7,900 for each of its 141 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £151,000 (£1,074 per pupil).

Across all 37 schools of E-Act, income was £8,727 and spending £8,448 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Amersham · Buckinghamshire local authority: places and applications

Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy is part of E-Act, which runs 37 schools. The nearest others:

• Denham Green E-ACT Primary Academy Denham Green
• E-Act Bourne End Academy Bourne End
• Braintcroft E-ACT Primary Academy London
• E-ACT Crest Academy London
• City Heights E-ACT Academy London
• E-Act Ousedale School Newport Pagnell
• DSLV E-ACT Academy Daventry
• E-ACT The Grange School Daventry
• The Parker E-ACT Academy Daventry
• E-ACT Heartlands Academy Birmingham

What is Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy have?

Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy has 168 pupils on roll.

What age range does Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy cover?

Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy?

Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy is at Bell Lane, Little Chalfont, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, HP6 6PF.