Amersham School
Stanley Hill, Amersham, HP7 9HH
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- AMERSHAM SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sharon Jarrett
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,040
- Pupils on roll
- 1,050
- URN
- 137343
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01494726562
About this school
Amersham School is a secondary academy in Amersham. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,050 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 164 | 169 | 163 |
| Attainment 8 score | 51.4 | 50.3 | 49.7 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.44 +0.22 to +0.66 | +0.34 +0.12 to +0.56 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56% | 53.3% | 54.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74% | 72.8% | 73.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 28% | 34.3% | 29.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
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 Amersham 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 | 51.4 | 47.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 50.3 | 49.4 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 49.7 | 46.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,024 |
| 2023/24 | 1,051 |
| 2024/25 | 1,052 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Amersham School compares
Amersham School ranked 18th of 36 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 75% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49.7 | 8.4% | 13.8% | 1,050 | — |
| Dr Challoner's Grammar School | 73.9 | 5.2% | 2.7% | 1,384 | 0.9 miles |
| Dr Challoner's High School | 79.1 | 5.5% | 2.9% | 1,391 | 1.0 miles |
| Chesham Grammar School | 74 | 5.7% | 2.1% | 1,331 | 2.9 miles |
| Chiltern Hills Academy | 40.3 | 10.5% | 22.4% | 1,047 | 3.1 miles |
| St Clement Danes School | 65.1 | 6.5% | 5.3% | 1,585 | 3.4 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13.82%
- English as an additional language
- 8.7%
- Overall absence
- 8.44%
- Persistent absence
- 24.23%
Location
Nearby schools
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Dr Challoner's Grammar School0.9 miles
Secondary · Amersham
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Dr Challoner's High School1.0 miles
Secondary · Amersham
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Chesham Grammar School2.9 miles
Secondary · Chesham
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Chiltern Hills Academy3.1 miles
Secondary · Chesham
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St Clement Danes School3.4 miles
Secondary · Rickmansworth
Other schools in Amersham
- Dr Challoner's Grammar School Secondary
- Dr Challoner's High 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 Amersham School teach?
- Amersham School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Amersham.
- Who is the headteacher of Amersham School?
- The headteacher of Amersham School is Mrs Sharon Jarrett, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Amersham School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Amersham 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 Amersham School?
- Amersham School has 1,050 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Amersham School full?
- Amersham School has capacity for 1,040 pupils and 1,050 on roll (101%), 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 Amersham School a faith school?
- No. Amersham School has no designated religious character.
- Is Amersham School a selective school?
- No. Amersham School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Amersham School?
- Amersham School is part of AMERSHAM SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Amersham School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 51.4 in 2022/23 and 49.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Amersham School rank locally?
- Amersham School ranked 18th of 36 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 75% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 14% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Amersham School's absence rate?
- Amersham School's overall absence rate is 8.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Amersham School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Amersham 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.