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Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Secondary · Boys · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Chesham Road, Amersham HP6 5HA · challoners.com · 01494 787500
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 73.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Buckinghamshire 53.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 10.01 mi
- 16.11 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Buckinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,384
- 28 over 1,356 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Selective
- Free school meals
- 2.5%
- First language not English
- 18.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 10.01 mi (16.11 km) from the school. Source: Buckinghamshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 238 families put the school first and 185 places were offered; 71% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 185 | 238 | 1.3▲ | 71% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 177 | 278 | 1.6▲ | 61% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 177 | 286 | 1.6▲ | 62% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 182 | 281 | 1.5▲ | 63% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 179 | 297 | 1.7▲ | 59% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 10.01 mi16.11 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 73.9, and 96.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Buckinghamshire it was 53.4, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade A- (47.4 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲73.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲96.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲97.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲87.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲7.12 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 92.5 | −4.8 |
| Sixth form college | 2.2 | — |
| Further education | 3.2 | +1.6 |
| Other education | 0.5 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.5 | — |
| Employment | 0.5 | — |
| Activity not captured | 0.5 | 0 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 220 students | A- (47.4) | Above average +0.13 | |
| 220 students | A- (47.4) | Above average +0.12 | |
| 19 students | Dist+ (40.5) | Average -0.19 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 229 | A- (46.9) | +0.20 |
| 2022/23 | 216 | A- (47.1) | — |
| 2021/22 | 220 | A (51) | — |
| 2018/19 | 209 | A- (45.6) | +0.20 |
| 2017/18 | 215 | B+ (44.4) | +0.05 |
| 2016/17 | 195 | B+ (42.7) | +0.09 |
| 2015/16 | 213 | B+ (43.5) | +0.16 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 74.2 | −9.5 |
| Further and other education | 0.9 | — |
| Further education | 0.4 | — |
| Other education | 0.4 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 1.7 | −0.1 |
| Employment | 16.2 | +7.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.9 | +0.7 |
| Activity not captured | 3.1 | +0.8 |
Ofsted
Dr Challoner's Grammar School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 5 November 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Nov 2024 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 5 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Outstanding
Quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Sixth form Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding 16 to 19 study programmes Outstanding
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (298 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 298
- 22% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 60% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied
based on 39 parents (13%) with SEND