Primary
Waterside Primary Academy
Blackhorse Avenue, Waterside, Chesham, Chesham, HP5 1QU
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 225 of 242 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 30.1
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- KINGS EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 6.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 12.7
- Pupils per adult
- 15.7
- Pupils
- 199
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected December 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
34%
31 points below the Chesham average (65% across 7 schools)
103.0
4.7 below the Chesham average (107.7 across 7 schools)
6th of 7 by our score, among the primary schools in Chesham we can score - 9 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 97 |
| Average reading score | 103 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 34% |
| Working at a higher standard | 9% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 76% |
| 23/24 | 71% |
| 24/25 | 34% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 109.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 110.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 97.0 |
Blackhorse Avenue, Waterside, Chesham, Chesham, HP5 1QU
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Buckinghamshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Jacqui Blackmore
- Address
- Blackhorse Avenue, Waterside, Chesham, Chesham, HP5 1QU
- Telephone
- 01494786608