Dr Challoner's Grammar School

State-Funded School

dr-challoners-grammar-school-buckinghamshire-south-east

South EastRegion

BuckinghamshireLocal Authority

Chesham and AmershamConstituency

HP6 5HAPostcode

10.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Dr Challoner's Grammar School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Buckinghamshire, South East.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 1,384 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 73.9
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 96.2%
EBacc average point score: 7.12

Ethnicity

White

51%

Asian

34%

Black

<1%

Mixed

11%

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

1,384

Total Pupils

93%Boys

7%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

18%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 1,384
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 6 November 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
28 Feb 2020	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.