Amersham School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C63
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Amersham, HP7 9HH
- Distance
- 1.7km away
Dr Challoner's High School
Cokes Lane, Little Chalfont, Amersham, HP7 9QB
Local ranking1st of 37 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1145
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Girls
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 79.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 99.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 99.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 96.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 7.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 183
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 99.0%
- Continued in education
- 99.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 72.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 11.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25A-
Avg A-Level Grade
45.7
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
45.7
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
209
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 40.7% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 414
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1358
- Girls
- 1358 (100%)
- Capacity
- 1145 (119% full)
- SEND
- 3.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 2.9%
- EAL
- 15.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.3%
- SEN Support
- 2.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,479/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Indian: 34.0%
- White British: 31.9%
- Asian Other: 12.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.4%
- White Other: 4.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.9%
- Mixed Other: 3.4%
- Asian Chinese: 1.4%
34.0%
Asian Indian
31.9%
White British
12.7%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Cokes Lane
Amersham, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 137219
- UKPRN
- 10034632
- Establishment No.
- 4061
- Trust
- DR CHALLONER'S HIGH SCHOOL
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