Chiltern Hills Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 22 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Unique reference
137280
Address
Chartridge Lane, HP5 2RG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1076 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
48.8%
Girls
51.2%
First language not English
19.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.7%
Persistent absence
28.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 60.5%
Pakistani 15.5%
Other White 7.8%
Mixed 6.4%
Unclassified 1.7%
Other Asian 1.4%
Indian 1.3%
African 1.3%
Irish 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Caribbean 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Other Black 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 32%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 60%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43.4
Local authority average 54.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.7
Local authority average 4.83
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award19
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award53
Sports LeadershipTechnical Award46
Art & DesignGCSE43
BiologyGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE21
DanceGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE181
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Chiltern Hills Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
234
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
134
2nd preference
39
3rd preference
47
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
134
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
15
To another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
83
97
Year 8
209
98
111
Year 9
193
97
96
Year 10
178
88
90
Year 11
184
93
91
Year 12
80
43
37
Year 13
52
23
29
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
92.4%
86.5%
Further education
41.0%
20.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
51.0%
66.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
2.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
56.0%
76.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
20.0%
39.2%
19.7%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
0.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020