Chesham Grammar School | Secondary with sixth form in Chesham, Buckinghamshire | Ofsted & DfE | Sipuha

Chesham Grammar School

SecondaryPost 16

Buckinghamshire · Chesham · HP5 1BA http://www.cheshamgrammar.org

Pupils
1,331
cap. 1,219
Ages
11 - 18
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Academy

The latest DfE performance data shown is from 2024/25.

Ofsted

Ofsted report card

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Latest inspection
4 Mar 2025
Area judgements only

Ofsted no longer gives state-funded schools a single overall grade.

Area judgements

Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Sixth form provision
Outstanding

Other Ofsted reports

3 reports
12 Mar 2014
Full inspectionOutstanding
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14 Feb 2012
Academy conversion letter
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9 Jan 2012
Interim assessment
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This history covers the current school only. Reports for predecessor schools are not included.

Admissions

Can I get my child into this school?

Last published allocation was 5,987 m (straight line).

Offer day 2 Mar 2026 · Sep 2026 entry · Last criterion: Last-offer (miles) for the final distance-limited category: 3.72 in rule 7 (Distance). Also offered: rule 2 Catchment & Pupil Premium; rules 3-6 siblings/staff/catchment/exceptional. 2 places allocated over PAN to in-catchment free-school-meals children scoring 110-120 — those scores are not metres. Stored figure is the published last-offer for the final distance-limited category only — not a blended figure across categories or score bands. Straight-line from the child's normal home address point (OS Address-Base) to the nearest open school gate (Buckinghamshire Council). National Offer Day 2 March 2026 secondary snapshot only. Grammar 11+ / Pupil Premium score bands in the allocation prose are admission-rule text — not metres.

This does not guarantee you will get a place.

Buckinghamshire allocation table

Admissions policy · Selective

This school is in Buckinghamshire. You apply through the education LA where you live, even if that is a different council.

Results vs local authority and England

This school's latest published figures, once. Local authority and England averages when we have them.

GCSE 9–4
99%
-1pp
LA
75%
England
66%
100%99%98%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
GCSE 5+
97%
-3pp
LA
59%
England
46%
100%98%96%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
Attainment 8
74.0
-2.7
LA
54.1
England
46.8
78.174.370.5
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
EBacc entry
94%
+3pp
LA
44%
England
41%
94%89%85%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
EBacc APS
13.1
-0.5
LA
8.7
England
7.7
13.612.311.1
'18'19'22'23'24'25

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

Progress 8 compared with other schools

Progress 8 (2023/24 cohort)+0.84
Well above average
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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS
46.3
+0.7
LA
33.2
England
32.4
46.342.639.0
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
A-level value added
+0.34
+0.2
LA
-0.07
+0.3+0.1-0.1
'17'18'19'24'25
AAB+ in facilitating subjects
43%
-0pp
LA
21%
England
14%
44%32%21%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
Average A-level grade
A-
0
AA-B
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25

Value added compared with other schools

A-level value added+0.34
Above average
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Destinations

Pupils staying in education or entering apprenticeships or employment

After Key Stage 4 · 2024/25

99%

staying in education or employment

1% did not stay in education or employment

Education98%
Apprenticeships0%
Employment1%

After 16 to 18 study · 2024/25

92%

staying in education or employment

3% did not stay in education or employment

5% no destination recorded

Education71%
Apprenticeships3%
Employment19%

Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll
1,326
cap. 1,219
1,3261,2841,242
'17'18'19'21'22'23'24'25
Pupil : teacher ratio
18.6
LA AVG 19.54:1
19.018.317.6
'17'18'19'21'22'23'24'25
EAL
12%
LA AVG 19.08%
12%10%8%
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FSM eligible
2%
LA AVG 16.33%
4%2%1%
'17'18'19'21'22'23'24'25
SEN
4%
LA AVG 14.87%
10%6%3%
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Overall absence
6%
LA
9%
England
9%
6%5%4%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
Persistent absence
13%
LA
24%
England
24%
18%12%6%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25

Overview

AddressWhite Hill, Chesham, HP5 1BA
Telephone01494782854
Local authorityBuckinghamshire
PhaseSecondary with sixth form
School typeAcademy
Pupil : teacher ratio18.6:1
AdmissionsSelective
Religious characterDoes not apply
Finance£6983 spend / pupil£6594 income / pupil2024-25 · AARView on FBIT

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Became an academy 1 Aug 2011 (was URN 110504)

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

YearGCSE 9–4GCSE 5+Attainment 8Progress 8EBacc entryEBacc APSCohort
2024/2599%97%74.0Not applicable94%13.1180
2023/24100%100%76.7+0.8491%13.6181
2022/2399%98%76.0+0.8889%13.2179
2021/2298%97%78.1+0.7585%13.3177
2018/1999%96%73.6+0.6288%12.8181
2017/18100%99%74.3+0.9486%11.1155
2016/1799%97%70.5+0.6687%175
More fields
YearEBacc lang entry
2024/2597%
2023/2493%
2022/2396%
2021/2295%
2018/1991%
2017/1890%
2016/1790%

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

YearA-level APSAvg gradeVA progressAAB+Cohort
2024/2546.3A-+0.3443%214
2023/2445.6A-+0.1944%191
2022/2343.8B+36%209
2021/2245.5A-42%208
2018/1941.3B+0.0620%194
2017/1840.5B-0.0326%183
2016/1739.0B-0.1022%208

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/251,32618.64%12%2%6%13%
2023/241,31717.83%11%2%5%12%
2022/231,31318.63%11%2%6%13%
2021/221,32219.03%11%1%6%18%
2020/211,31618.38%10%1%
2018/191,27717.610%9%2%4%6%
2017/181,24218.99%8%2%4%10%
2016/171,25618.98%8%4%4%9%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.