Dr Challoner's High School, Amersham

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are here to provide the best possible education for girls. We are passionate about the breadth of aspiration and opportunity , and ensure that our girls are empowered with the skills, habits and attributes needed to thrive in the 21st Century and to contribute significantly to the world."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include netball, athletics, badminton, swimming, yoga, dance, drama, choir, debating and Duke of Edinburgh.

In 2026, pupils at Dr Challoner's High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 76.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 55 in Buckinghamshire and 47 across England.

100% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 61% in Buckinghamshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 79.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 1.11: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Physics, Biology and Chemistry.

Dr Challoner's High School is a grammar school: places go to children who reach the required standard in its entrance test, and only then are the oversubscription criteria applied.

For September 2026 entry, 302 families put Dr Challoner's High School as their first choice and 703 named it as one of their preferences, for 189 places offered. That is 1.6 first choices for every place. 118 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Dr Challoner's High School admits pupils through an entrance test - in Buckinghamshire, the Secondary Transfer Test. Children have to be registered for it in advance, normally in the spring or summer of Year 5; the test itself is usually sat in September of Year 6, and results come out in October, before the 31 October deadline for naming secondary schools.

Passing the test makes a child eligible rather than guaranteeing a place: when more children pass than there are places, Dr Challoner's High School ranks them by the criteria in its admissions policy, which can include test score and distance. Check Buckinghamshire's admissions pages and the school's own policy for this year's registration deadline - a child who is not registered in time cannot sit the test.

Buckinghamshire has 13 state grammar schools in all, so a child who passes may have several selective schools to choose between.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Dr Challoner's High School are Amersham School (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 52.4); Dr Challoner's Grammar School (1.8 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 76.2); St Clement Danes School (2.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 64); and Chesham Grammar School (3.2 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 75.6).

Dr Challoner's High School's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Of the 180 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 98% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 1% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 182 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 73% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 9% into work. 71% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

2.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 30 pupils (2.2%) received SEN support and 6 (0.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest Underground station is Chalfont & Latimer Underground Station, about 640 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dr Challoners High School, 70 metres away.

In 2024/25, Dr Challoner's High School issued 4 suspensions, 0.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Dr Challoner's High School are Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy (0.4 miles), Little Chalfont Primary School (0.7 miles), St George's Church of England Infant School (1 mile) and Woodside Junior School (1.2 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.