Amersham Road, Chesham Bois, Amersham, Buckinghamshire HP6 5PL
10 reasons to choose Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Chesham Bois
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Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School, Chesham Bois has a Schoolsmith Score® of 71. It is one of the best state primary schools in Amersham and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School, Chesham Bois is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic academy converter faith school. The school is one of the 13 members of St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2013) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School, Chesham Bois has one class per year, and an average class size of 31 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School, Chesham Bois ranks in the top 5% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 14% of schools.
The Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Chesham Bois curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, French, Spanish, German. It is subject based with some cross-curricular projects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for art.
Sport at Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Chesham Bois
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Chesham Bois
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.45am to 5.30pm.
Find another school near Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Chesham Bois
The Beacon School (0.3 miles); Heatherton House School (0.8 miles); Chesham Preparatory School (3.2 miles).
Chesham Bois Church of England Combined School (1.3 miles); Elangeni School (1.3 miles); Ley Hill School (3 miles).
Berkhamsted School (5.7 miles); The Chalfonts Independent Grammar (Newland College) (6.5 miles); Pipers Corner School (7 miles).
Dr Challoner’s Grammar School (1.2 miles); Chesham Grammar School (1.7 miles); Dr Challoner’s High School (2.7 miles).