Dr Challoner's High School

State-Funded School
dr-challoners-high-school-buckinghamshire-south-eastLink
Region
South EastRegion
BuckinghamshireLocal Authority
Chesham and AmershamConstituency
Postcode
HP7 9QBPostcode
10.0
Academic Performance
Ofsted

About the School

Dr Challoner's High 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 1,391 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
79.1
+34.4 vs national average
Grade 5+ in English & maths
99.5%
+57.5% vs national average
EBacc average point score
7.74
+3.8 vs national average

Ethnicity

White
33%
Asian
53%
Black
1%
Mixed
8%
Chinese
1%
Any other group
<1%
Unclassified
3%

Pupils

1,391

Total Pupils

0%Boys
100%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals
2%
England average
27%
First language not English
15%
England average
22%
Young carers
<1%
England average
1%
0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase
Secondary
Age range
11 – 18
Deprivation band
Least deprived
Total pupils
1,391
IDACI quintile
1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published
Overall
24 Jan 2024
Outstanding
26 Jun 2012
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.

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