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Dr Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham

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Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Chesham Road, Amersham, Buckinghamshire HP6 5HA

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Exam data

Authority:

Buckinghamshire

Type:

Foundation

Admissions:

Selective

Gender of entry:

Boys

Age range:

11-18

Number of students:

1,290

Gender of sixth form:

Boys

Last inspection:

December 2003. Read the full inspection report.

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General information

Background: In 1624, Dr Robert Chaloner (spelt with one l) provided in his will for the building of a free grammar school in Amersham, a small town in south Buckinghamshire on the edge of the Chilterns and convenient for London. The school moved to its current site in Amersham-on-the-Hill in 1905. There were regular and extensive building programmes in the 1950s, 1980s and 1990s, though the of the 1905 block remains the hub of school. Visits abroad have included Mongolia, Iceland, Sweden, Morocco and Barbados, and there are regular visits to the link school in northern Ethiopia. There are regular choral and orchestral concerts and jazz events, often in association with Dr Challoner's High School. A major musical is staged every two years. Sports facilities enhanced by addition of sports hall, floodlit all-weather sports pitch, and new cricket ground. Available sports include soccer, cross-country, hockey, cricket and tennis. Bursaries are offered each year for students to spend three months teaching English in Ethiopia. The school was the Oxford Union national debating champion in 1997 and won the national ESU public speaking competition in 2000. The Old Challoners' Society is active, as is the parent-teacher association known as Friends. The school won the Bucks Swan Award for Outstanding Pupil Progress in 2003, and was Secondary School of the Year for Sport in 2004 (Chiltern District). Over-subscribed, with four applications per place. Specialist science college status from September 2002. Artsmark (2002, 2005); Sportsmark (2003); Investor in People status (2004); DfES achievement award (2002, 2003). Ethos: 'The school aims to offer a happy, safe and secure atmosphere in which creativity and innovation can flourish.' .

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