Heatherton School

Exam results

Independent schools are not comparable in the performance tables. Most enter pupils for international GCSEs, which are not approved qualifications for these measures, so any Attainment 8 figure would be calculated from a fraction of what pupils actually sit. We do not publish one rather than publish a misleading number.

Evidence found

No phase-compatible comparable headline measure is published here.

Source coverage

DfE 2024/25 school performance files, checked by exact URN and establishment type.

What this means

The standard mainstream measure would not support a fair comparison for this establishment.

What this does not mean

The school achieved zero, has no outcomes, or should be read as performing below a mainstream school.

Pupils

Pupils on roll

149

Places

180

How full

83% full — 149 of 180 places taken

Girls / boys

147 / 2

Free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN figures come from the state school census, which independent schools do not report into. Their records return structural zeros rather than measurements, so they are not shown here.

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not applicable to this state-funded mainstream release.

Evidence found

Not applicable to this state-funded mainstream release; this is not represented as £0.

Source coverage

DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.

What this means

The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.

What this does not mean

The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

The area around the school

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price

£750,000

postcode sector HP6 5 · 177 sales

Typical range

£466,000 to £1,107,500

middle half of sales

Detached

£1,110,000

Semi-detached

£786,000

Terraced

£675,000

Flat

£344,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of England.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree

62%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

8%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work

28%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways

9%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health

57%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier

71%

England 62.7%

Social housing

4%

England 17%

Privately rented

25%

England 19.2%

Detached homes

40%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms

41%

England 22.5%

No car

16%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for Buckinghamshire 032D and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type

Other independent school

Phase

Primary

Ages

Ages 2–11

Gender

Girls

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

None

Sixth form

No

Nursery

Yes

Boarding

Day school

Headteacher

Headteacher: Alice Fletcher

Opened as this establishment

26 October 1966

Register status

Open

Local authority

Buckinghamshire

Ward

Amersham & Chesham Bois

Constituency

Chesham and Amersham

URN

110539

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record

Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.

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