Chesham Primary School
Talbot Grove, Bury, BL9 6PH
This school is closed (it closed in February 2024).
It was replaced by Chesham Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr James Howard
- Constituency
- Bury North
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 303
- URN
- 105293
- Local authority
- Bury
About this school
Chesham Primary School was a community primary school in Bury. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 303 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Chesham Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 46 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 61% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.10 | - |
| Writing progress | -2.70 | - |
| Maths progress | -2.60 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Chesham Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Bury average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 52% | 58.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 63% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 63.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 312 |
| 2023/24 | 303 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Chesham Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 67% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5% | 21.1% | 303 | — |
| Chesham Primary Academy | 70% | 5.4% | 21.9% | 293 | 0.0 miles |
| St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | 64% | 5.1% | 26.2% | 342 | 0.5 miles |
| St John with St Mark CofE Primary School | 43% | 6.4% | 33.8% | 357 | 0.5 miles |
| St Paul's Church of England Primary School | 43% | 6.2% | 64.3% | 184 | 0.6 miles |
| Springside Primary School | 66% | 5.6% | 24.9% | 239 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.1%
- English as an additional language
- 20.5%
- Overall absence
- 5%
- Persistent absence
- 15.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Chesham Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Bury
-
St Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Bury
-
St John with St Mark CofE Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Bury
-
St Paul's Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Bury
-
Springside Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Bury
Other schools in Bury
- Bury and Whitefield Jewish Primary School Primary
- Chantlers Primary School Primary
- Chesham Primary Academy Primary
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- East Ward Community Primary School Primary
- Edenfield Church of England Primary School Primary
- Elton Community Primary School Primary
- Emmanuel Holcombe Church of England Primary School Primary
- Fairfield Community Primary School Primary
- Greenhill Primary School Primary
- Greenmount Primary School Primary
- Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Chesham Primary School teach?
- Chesham Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Bury.
- Has Chesham Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Chesham Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Chesham Primary School?
- Chesham Primary School had 303 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Chesham Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Chesham Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Chesham Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2024.