Chesham Grammar School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
A86
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Chesham, HP5 1BA
- Distance
- 1.5km away
Chiltern Hills Academy
Chartridge Lane, Chesham, HP5 2RG
Local ranking30th of 37 secondary schools in Buckinghamshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1350
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 22 September 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 40.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 28.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 192
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Higher education
- 63.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 19.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
25.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
59
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 2.9% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 26.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 119
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1073
- Boys
- 502 (48%)
- Girls
- 545 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1350 (78% full)
- SEND
- 25.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.4%
- EAL
- 20.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.7%
- SEN Support
- 20.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,314/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 61.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 16.3%
- White Other: 6.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Black African: 2.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Asian Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.5%
61.1%
White British
16.3%
Asian Pakistani
6.7%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Chartridge Lane
Chesham, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 137280
- UKPRN
- 10034974
- Establishment No.
- 4000
- Trust
- OXFORD DIOCESAN BUCKS SCHOOLS TRUST
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