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Heritage House School

Special schoolAges 2–19CommunitySixth form

Chesham, HP5 3BP · Buckinghamshire local authority

Chesham’s School Grade A− better than 81% of towns in England

How full
140 pupils
109% of its 129 places
Free school meals
33%
33 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Heritage House School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 140 pupils for 129 places
  • Ofsted: Inspected, October 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (HP5 3) sold for a median £472,250; Chesham’s is £440,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

135 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
25.9%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
28.2%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 25%Boys 75%
Its letter

No letter for Heritage House School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly, October 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Heritage House School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in HP5 3, the school’s postcode sector

Chesham property prices →
£472,250
median sale, 254 sales in 36 months · Chesham £440,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K£500K2010201520202025HP5 3Chesham
HP5 3Chesham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£840K
Semi-detached
£495K
Terraced
£415K
Flat
£256K
HP5 3Chesham

Homes in HP5 3 sell for a little over Chesham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

9 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−A−A+C−B+DB−Heritage House School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Chesham, HP5 3BP

Heritage House School: common questions

What is Heritage House School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (October 2024).

How much do houses cost near Heritage House School?

Homes in its postcode sector, HP5 3, sold for a median £472,250 over the 36 months to August 2026 (254 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Chesham’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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