Elmtree Infant and Nursery School
Elmtree Infant and Nursery School is a converter academy in Chesham for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 160 pupils and room for 228. About 26 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England.
Elmtree Hill, Chesham, HP5 2PA01494 771474elmtreeschoolandnursery.co.ukMrs Diana Ohene acting headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
41 places were empty (23% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 15% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.
In 2026 every child who applied got a place, so how far away you live didn't matter. That could change if the school gets more popular.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. Every child who applied got a place.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Specialist SEND provision. Resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) with 1 pupils, for speech, language and communication.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Buckinghamshire with speech, language and communication provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (25), Autistic spectrum disorder (3), emotional and mental health (3), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 160 | 190 | 198 | 207 | 227 | 224 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 24% | 18% | 20% | 18% | 13% | 15% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 26% | 26% | 29% | 33% | 37% | 38% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 16% | 19% | 16% | 20% | 9% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 5% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 5% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.4% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 5.6% | 6.1% | 6.2% | 9.4% | 6.1% | 4.6% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 4.1% | 4.8% | 5.0% | 8.0% | 5.0% | 3.6% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.0% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 14.1% | 18.2% | 18.5% | 38.5% | 15.8% | 7.4% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.5 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 7.9 | 4.0 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
† These attendance figures are for Elmtree Infant and Nursery School, the school this one replaced in July 2020. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown School | Council | 720 m | 234 | No overall grade 2025 | 21 | Compare |
| Ivingswood Academy | Academy | 0.6 miles | 149 | No overall grade 2025 | 9 | Compare |
| Thomas Harding Junior School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 238 | Report card 2026 | 75 | Compare |
| Brushwood Junior School | Foundation | 0.9 miles | 257 | Outstanding 2024 | 93 | Compare |
| Waterside Primary Academy | Academy | 1.3 miles | 225 | No overall grade 2024 | 19 | Compare |
| Our Lady's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 1.5 miles | 212 | Not inspected | 95 | Compare |
| Chesham Bois Church of England School | Academy | 1.8 miles | 218 | Good 2022 | 92 | Compare |
| Chartridge Combined School | Council | 1.8 miles | 212 | Not inspected | 95 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Elmtree Infant and Nursery School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Elmtree Infant and Nursery School yet.
How many pupils does Elmtree Infant and Nursery School have?
160 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 228 places, so it is 70% full.
Is Elmtree Infant and Nursery School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 41 places were empty in 2024/25 (23% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Elmtree Infant and Nursery School?
Pupils were in school 94.4% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 14% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Elmtree Infant and Nursery School?
The average class had 16.6 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
Does Elmtree Infant and Nursery School have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It has resourced provision (extra staff and funding within a mainstream school) for speech, language and communication. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Elmtree Hill, Chesham, HP5 2PA
- Telephone
- 01494 771474
- Website
- www.elmtreeschoolandnursery.co.uk
- Acting Headteacher
- Mrs Diana Ohene
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust (15 schools)
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Ward
- Chesham North
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 July 2020 (academy converter)
- URN
- 148015 · LAESTAB 8252213 · UKPRN 10086256
- Formerly
- Elmtree Infant and Nursery School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Buckinghamshire council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.