Chesham Primary Academy
Primary school in Bury. Inadequate (Mar 2023). Serious weaknesses.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 1 March 2023, report published 4 July 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Serious weaknesses. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
This grade was given to Chesham Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Chesham Primary Academy hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Inadequate overall. The lowest grade. The school had serious problems. 2% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Inadequate.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around March 2027
The last inspection was in March 2023. Schools are usually inspected about every four years. That’s within the next six months.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.5 milesSt Joseph and St Bede RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Report card, Jul 2026: 1 strong, 6 expected
- 0.5 milesSt John with St Mark CofE Primary School
School remains Good (Nov 2022)
- 0.6 milesSt Paul's Church of England Primary School
Requires improvement (Mar 2023)
- 0.7 milesSpringside Primary School
No overall grade. Quality of education good (Feb 2025)
- 1.0 milesWoodbank Primary School
School remains Good (Jan 2020)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.