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Elmtree Infant and Nursery School

PrimaryAges 3–7Academy

Chesham, HP5 2PA · Buckinghamshire local authority

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

Getting in
28/28
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
160 pupils
70% of its 228 places
Free school meals
26%
26 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Elmtree Infant and Nursery School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 160 pupils for 228 places
  • Ofsted: Inspected, March 2025 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (28 of 28)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (HP5 2) sold for a median £475,000; Chesham’s is £440,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Elmtree Infant and Nursery School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

28
families put it first for September 2026
29
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (3). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Buckinghamshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Chesham, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

Elmtree Infant and Nursery
0.97 per place
100% got their first choice
0.96 per place
100% got their first choice
0.93 per place
100% got their first choice
0.82 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

190 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
16.3%England 15.3%
EHC plan
4.7%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
26.3%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
23.6%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 59%Boys 41%
Its letter

No letter for Elmtree Infant and Nursery School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

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: Standards maintained, March 2025.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Elmtree Infant and Nursery School

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

Home prices in HP5 2, the school’s postcode sector

Chesham property prices →
£475,000
median sale, 347 sales in 36 months · Chesham £440,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K2010201520202025HP5 2Chesham
HP5 2Chesham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£769K
Semi-detached
£505K
Terraced
£403K
Flat
£270K
HP5 2Chesham

Homes in HP5 2 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

8 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA−A+C−B+ADB−Elmtree Infant and Nursery …
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Chesham, HP5 2PA

Elmtree Infant and Nursery School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Elmtree Infant and Nursery School?

For September 2026, 28 families put Elmtree Infant and Nursery School first and all of them were offered a place; 29 places were offered in all.

What is Elmtree Infant and Nursery School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inspected (March 2025).

How much do houses cost near Elmtree Infant and Nursery School?

Homes in its postcode sector, HP5 2, sold for a median £475,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (347 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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