Dr Challoner's High School
Cokes Lane, Little Chalfont, Amersham, HP7 9QB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- DR CHALLONER'S HIGH SCHOOL
- Head
- Alan Roe
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,145
- Pupils on roll
- 1,391
- URN
- 137219
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01494763296
About this school
Dr Challoner's High School is a girls' secondary academy in Amersham. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,391 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 183 | 180 | 183 |
| Attainment 8 score | 78.5 | 78.2 | 79.1 |
| Progress 8 score | +1.08 +0.85 to +1.31 | +1.11 +0.87 to +1.35 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 99% | 99.4% | 99.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% | 100% | 99.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 98% | 97.2% | 96.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Dr Challoner's High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Buckinghamshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 78.5 | 47.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 78.2 | 49.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 79.1 | 46.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,285 |
| 2023/24 | 1,315 |
| 2024/25 | 1,358 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Dr Challoner's High School compares
Dr Challoner's High School ranked 1st of 36 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 99% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 79.1 | 5.5% | 2.9% | 1,391 | — |
| Amersham School | 49.7 | 8.4% | 13.8% | 1,050 | 1.0 miles |
| Dr Challoner's Grammar School | 73.9 | 5.2% | 2.7% | 1,384 | 1.8 miles |
| St Clement Danes School | 65.1 | 6.5% | 5.3% | 1,585 | 2.4 miles |
| Chesham Grammar School | 74 | 5.7% | 2.1% | 1,331 | 3.2 miles |
| The Reach Free School | 44.2 | 9.2% | 21.9% | 734 | 3.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 2.86%
- English as an additional language
- 15.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.52%
- Persistent absence
- 14.15%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Amersham School1.0 miles
Secondary · Amersham
-
Dr Challoner's Grammar School1.8 miles
Secondary · Amersham
-
St Clement Danes School2.4 miles
Secondary · Rickmansworth
-
Chesham Grammar School3.2 miles
Secondary · Chesham
-
The Reach Free School3.7 miles
Secondary · Rickmansworth
Other schools in Amersham
- Amersham School Secondary
- Dr Challoner's Grammar School Secondary
- Henry Allen Nursery School Nursery
- Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy Primary
- Chesham Bois Church of England School Primary
- Chestnut Lane School Primary
- Coleshill Church of England Infant School Primary
- Curzon Church of England Combined School Primary
- Elangeni School Primary
- Hyde Heath Infant School Primary
- Little Chalfont Primary School Primary
- Little Missenden Church of England School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Dr Challoner's High School teach?
- Dr Challoner's High School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Amersham.
- Who is the head of Dr Challoner's High School?
- The head of Dr Challoner's High School is Alan Roe, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Dr Challoner's High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Dr Challoner's High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Dr Challoner's High School?
- Dr Challoner's High School has 1,391 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Dr Challoner's High School full?
- Dr Challoner's High School has capacity for 1,145 pupils and 1,391 on roll (121%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Dr Challoner's High School a faith school?
- No. Dr Challoner's High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Dr Challoner's High School a selective school?
- Yes. Dr Challoner's High School is recorded as Selective in the schools register, so entry involves selection.
- Who runs Dr Challoner's High School?
- Dr Challoner's High School is part of DR CHALLONER'S HIGH SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Dr Challoner's High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 78.5 in 2022/23 and 79.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Dr Challoner's High School rank locally?
- Dr Challoner's High School ranked 1st of 36 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 99% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Dr Challoner's High School's absence rate?
- Dr Challoner's High School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Dr Challoner's High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Dr Challoner's High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.