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The Chalfonts Community College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 41 41.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
41.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
32.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
5.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.54 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 38.9[6] 34.3%[6]
2023/24 39.5[4] 35.1%[4] -0.54[4]
2022/23 41.1[7] 32%[7] -0.34[7]
2021/22 45.1[8] 49%[8] -0.23[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C-[10] 0%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 1.6%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 3.8%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 3.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
32% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
9% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
44% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[15] 40%[15] 3%[15] 36%[15] 9%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 47%[16] 6%[16] 35%[16] 5%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 50%[17] 4%[17] 33%[17] 6%[17] 3%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 46%[18] 7%[18] 33%[18] 6%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[19]
Education
49% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
7% 2022/23[19]
Employment
32% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 85%[20] 48%[20] 10%[20] 27%[20]
2020/21 84%[21] 55%[21] 11%[21] 19%[21]
2019/20 90%[22] 55%[22] 8%[22] 27%[22]
2018/19 91%[23] 47%[23] 13%[23] 32%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
54% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
9% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
8% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 62%[26] 14%[26]
2019/20 61%[25] 9%[25] 8%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 50%[27] 7%[27] 5%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 70%[28] 13%[28] 10%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
1 Nov 2022[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
14 Dec 2022[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
25 May 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
250 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
73 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
235 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 243[31] 80[31] 247[31] 1.0[31] 0.3[31]
Entry Sept 2024 292[31] 95[31] 205[31] 1.4[31] 0.5[31]
Entry Sept 2023 391[31] 150[31] 271[31] 1.4[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2022 432[31] 174[31] 280[31] 1.5[31] 0.6[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
240 Entry Sept 2026[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1531[1]
Trust
THE CHALFONTS COMMUNITY COLLEGE[1]
Local authority
Buckinghamshire[1]
Website
www.chalfonts.org[1]
District
Buckinghamshire[33]
Postcode
SL9 8TP[1]
URN
137215[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1134 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
10.2% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
9.1% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
4.1% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
23% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
76.8%[35]
Mixed
6.3%[35]
Asian
11.1%[35]
Black
2.7%[35]
Any other ethnic group
2%[35]
Unclassified
1%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  32. chalfonts.org: chalfonts.org — Admissions Policy 2026-2027 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    The College's Published Admission Number (PAN) for Year 7 is 240. (p. 3)
  33. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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