Dr Challoner's High School A GSG School
- Dr Challoner's High School
Cokes Lane
Little Chalfont
Buckinghamshire
HP7 9QB - Head: Mr Roe
- T 01494 763296
- F 01494 766023
- E [email protected]
- W www.challonershigh.com
- A state school for girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Read about the best schools in Buckinghamshire
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Buckinghamshire
- Pupils: 1,358; sixth formers: 414
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Open days: September and June
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Outstanding 1
- 16-19 study programmes Outstanding 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Outstanding 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Outstanding 1
- 1 Full inspection 21st November 2023
- Previous Ofsted grade: Outstanding on 29th May 2012
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The pupils we meet are really engaged with their studies; one year 9 girl explains eloquently that she loves history, RE and drama because they focus on the exploration of other people’s perspectives. Others enthuse about classics and psychology - ‘and not just because of the amazing classrooms!’ Homework kicks in after half a term; before then, parents say there’s ‘much more emphasis on year 7s getting stuck in, making friends, extracurricular activities.’ So is the school pushy? ‘Some think it might be, but academic pressure actually...
What the school says...
Dr Challoner's High School 11+ entrance examinations consist of 2 VR tests administered by the LA.
Converted to an academy 2011.
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School associations
State grammar school
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headteacher
Since 2015, Alan Roe. Taught geography at a west Berkshire comprehensive before spending nine years at Dr Challoner’s Grammar School, moving to Chesham Grammar in 2011. Still teaches geography, currently to year 9s.
Believes that Bucks grammars are ‘very specialised - there aren't many schools in the country like them’ and talks about Challoner’s with huge emotion and pride. ‘It has a heart and soul,’ he told us - so special that ‘all the Ofsted inspectors cried’, moved to tears by the atmosphere at the house dance competition. ‘We are such a strong and, at times quirky, community’ he adds, also calling it ‘warm’, ‘close’, ‘amazing’ and ‘unusual’. He says the staff’s raison d’etre is to ensure girls love school and prepare them for real life – ‘there’s still massive gender...
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Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Interpreting catchment maps
The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.
Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained
Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
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most years
quite often
infrequently
sometimes, but not in this year
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Berkhamsted Pre-Prep and Prep School | 2024 | 1 |
| Heatherton School | 2024 | 5 |
| High March School | 2024 | 2 |
| St Martin's School | 2024 | 2 |
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