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# Dr Challoner's Grammar School

Dr Challoner's Grammar School is a secondary academy in Amersham, United Kingdom with 1,384 pupils, part of Dr Challoner's Grammar School. Ofsted: Outstanding, inspected 5 November 2019. As of 7 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Examinations Invigilators (closes 31 December). It holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas.

- **Head:** David Atkinson, Headteacher
- **Trust or group:** Dr Challoner's Grammar School
- **Type:** Academy, Secondary
- **Pupils:** 1,384 pupils · 7% girls · 2.5% eligible for free school meals · 18.1% with English as an additional language — DfE school census, 2025/26
- **Special needs:** 42 (3.0%) on SEN support · 15 (1.1%) with an education, health and care plan — DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
- **Local authority:** Buckinghamshire
- **Location:** Amersham, HP6 5HA, United Kingdom
- **Telephone:** 01494787500
- **Visa sponsorship:** Holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas (rated A). — Register of licensed sponsors, 5 November 2026. A licence means the employer can sponsor; each advert says whether a post does.
- **Website:** [challoners.com](https://www.challoners.com/)
- **Register number:** URN 136419 ([register entry](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/136419))
- **Ofsted:** Outstanding, inspected 5 November 2019 — Since then: Standards maintained (ungraded inspection, 5 November 2024)

## Vacancies (1)

- [Examinations Invigilators](https://eduatlas.org/jobs/2a37vurloez-examinations-invigilators) · Salary £14.93 an hour · Closes 31 Dec · Casual contract/term time only, not applicable · Administration and business

## Exam results

| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ Eng. & maths |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 provisional | 76.2 | 98.9% |
| 2024/25 | 73.9 | 96.2% |
| 2023/24 | 77.5 | 99.5% |

Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.

## Inspections

| Date | Inspection | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 5 November 2024 | Ungraded inspection | Standards maintained |
| 5 November 2019 | Graded inspection | Outstanding |

Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.

## Staff

| Year | Teachers | Pupils per teacher | Leavers | Vacancies | Average pay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 75.8 | 18.3 | – | 0 | £57,123 |
| 2024/25 | 75.5 | 18.1 | 12% | 0 | £54,810 |
| 2023/24 | 76.9 | 17.8 | 12% | 0 | £52,474 |
| 2022/23 | 74.4 | 18.4 | 14% | 0 | £49,038 |
| 2021/22 | 76.3 | 17.8 | 12% | 0 | £46,590 |
| 2020/21 | 71.2 | 19.2 | 11% | 0 | £46,828 |

Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.

## Attendance

| Year | Sessions missed | Unauthorised | Persistently absent | Severely absent |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 4.6% | 0.2% | 10.7% | 0.3% |
| 2024/25 | 4.2% | 0.2% | 8.3% | 0.1% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 0.2% | 8.8% | 0.1% |
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 0.2% | 9.5% | 0.3% |
| 2021/22 | 4.7% | 0.1% | 8.9% | 0.2% |
| 2020/21 | 2.5% | 0.3% | 3.1% | 0.1% |

Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).

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## Sources

Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.

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