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Dr Challoner's High School

Academy converter secondary school in Amersham (Buckinghamshire).

Attainment 8
76.2
▲ 30.0 England 2025/26 provisional: 46.2
2025/26 provisional
English & maths 5+
100%
▲ 54pp England 2025/26 provisional: 46.3%
2025/26 provisional
Attendance rate
94.5%
▲ 3pp England 2024/25: 91.6%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
19.0
▲ 2.3 England 2025/26: 16.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
2.4%
▼ 25pp England 2025/26: 27.3%
school census 15/01/2026
Teacher turnover
7.3%
▼ 7pp England 2024/25: 14.2% (secondary schools)
2024/25
Capacity
121%
1,391 / 1,145 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Ofsted
Outstanding
last graded, 2023

Location

iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).

About

A very warm welcome to Dr Challoner's High School. We are here to provide the best possible education for girls. We are passionate about the breadth of aspiration and opportunity , and ensure that our girls are empowered with the skills, habits and attributes needed to thrive in the 21st Century and to contribute significantly to the world.

A leading selective grammar school for girls, Challoner's High has a strong tradition of academic excellence, consistently placing in the top 30 in state school examination league tables and top in Bucks for academic progress (value added). Judged by Ofsted as Outstanding , we subsequently became only the ninth school in the country to gain the Exceptional Schools Award.

Nearly all of our students choose to go to university, with most going to Russell Group institutions, including Oxford and Cambridge.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

13 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Choir
  • Dance
  • Debating
  • Drama
  • Duke of Edinburgh
  • Gardening
  • Netball
  • Stem
  • Swimming
  • Yoga
  • Young Enterprise

Awards

2 awardsiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Careers MarkRecognised award
  • Duke of EdinburghPersonal development

Key facts

URN
137219
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
11 to 18
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Chesham and Amersham
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2011

Governing body (24 current, 5 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

21 governors are linked to a profile (all confirmed).

Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Tymon Broadhead Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2026 · until 2030
Mr Graham Key Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Rakhee Unadkat Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2026 · until 2030
Ms Nicola Astbury Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2026 · until 2030
Ms Rachel Clare Williams Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Christine Preston Confirmed same personChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2025 · until 2029
Mrs Sarah Payne Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2025 · until 2029
Mrs Hannah Lane Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2025 · until 2029
Mr Lyn WilliamsMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2024
Mr Andrew Milburn Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mrs Fiona Mayhew Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2024 · until 2028
Ms Victoria McNeill Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Ms Rebecca SwindellsTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Jeremy Rhodes Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mrs Nanci Medeleine Lister Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mrs Janet John Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2022
Ms Kate LockeChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2022
Mrs Khorshed Dinshaw Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2022
Mrs Pip WoodMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2022
Mrs Christine Preston Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2021
Mr Nicholas Canney Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2016 · until 2028
Ms Sheena Singla Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2016 · until 2028
Mr Alan Roe Confirmed same personAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2015
Mr Alan Roe Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2015
Mr Jonathan Simons Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2025 · term ended 2026
Mr Tymon Broadhead Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2022 · term ended 2026
Miss Evie Vennix Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022 · term ended 2026
Mrs Asha Harding Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022 · term ended 2026
Mrs Christine Preston Confirmed same person FormerChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2021 · term ended 2025

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record