Chestnut Lane School
Community primary school in Amersham (Buckinghamshire).
Ofsted
No overall grade
inspected Jan 2025
Early years (EYFS)
Outstanding
Ofsted, Jan 2025
Attendance rate
95.6%
▲ 1pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
20.5
▼ 0.2 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
3.4%
▼ 22pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
SEN support
4.4%
▼ 11pp England 2025/26: 15.4%
2025/26
Capacity
98%
206 / 210 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Teacher turnover
0.0%
▼ 15pp England 2024/25: 14.5% (primary schools)
2024/25
Who runs this school
iGet Information about Schools (DfE), via WhatSchool, record last changed 17-09-2026.- Maintained by
- Buckinghamshire (local council)
- Type of school
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Admissions authority
- Local council
- Federation
- Not part of a federation
- Trust
- Not part of an academy trust
On Governance Register
iGovernors: Get Information about Schools governance data, as held on Governance Register. School counts: Get Information about Schools, extract of 24 Oct 2026.- 13 governors are listed for this school on Governance Register. See the Overview.
- Buckinghamshire has 273 schools on the register, including 119 council-maintained primary schools. See them all.
What this means
- Funding
- Funded by the local council from the government's school funding, using a local formula. The council also provides some central services.
- Staff and buildings
- The local council employs the staff and owns the land and buildings.
- Admissions
- The local council is the admissions authority and sets the admissions policy.
- Governance
- A governing body, usually with parent, staff, council and community governors, is responsible for running the school.
General explanation of how this type of school works in England, not a statement about this school. See GOV.UK types of school.