Schools in Gerrards Cross
Gerrards Cross is an affluent town in south Buckinghamshire with 10 schools, including 5 primaries and one secondary — The Chalfonts Community College. Buckinghamshire is a selective county: grammar school entry requires the Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test (Year 5), and there are no Gerrards Cross grammar schools; the nearest grammars are in Slough and the Chalfonts area. Four schools carry a faith designation, including Chalfont St Peter CofE Academy.
Four of the 10 schools operate as academies. One school is currently at or above capacity. Buckinghamshire County Council coordinates primary admissions; secondary applications go through the council's co-ordinated process, though grammar schools set their own selection tests. Families in Gerrards Cross should be aware that the M40 and rail corridor to London make schools in neighbouring Beaconsfield and the Chalfonts also popular secondary choices, and competition for grammar places across south Bucks is among the highest in England.
School demand in Gerrards Cross
Across the 10 schools in Gerrards Cross with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 87%. 1 of them is currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
4 schools in Gerrards Cross have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
4 of the schools in Gerrards Cross are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Buckinghamshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
3 of the schools in Gerrards Cross have a current Ofsted rating, of which 3 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Gerrards Cross: 1 oversubscribed (5)
Chalfont St Peter Infant School
Primary · Community school
Gerrards Cross · SL9 9PB
Robertswood School
Primary · Community school
Gerrards Cross · SL9 0EW
Chalfont St Peter CofE Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Gerrards Cross · SL9 9SS
The Gerrards Cross CofE School
Primary · Academy converter
Gerrards Cross · SL9 8BD
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Gerrards Cross · SL9 8SB
Secondary Schools in Gerrards Cross (1)
Other Schools in Gerrards Cross (4)
Gayhurst School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Gerrards Cross · SL9 8RJ
Maltman's Green School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Gerrards Cross · SL9 8RR
St Mary's School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Gerrards Cross · SL9 8JQ
Thorpe House School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Gerrards Cross · SL9 8QA
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Gerrards Cross are set by Buckinghamshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.