Fully selective state school · Buckinghamshire
Dr Challoner's High School 11+ admissions
September 2027 entryEvidence reviewed 1 October 2026Current entrance requirements, dates and school facts with links to the official evidence used. Unknown information is labelled rather than estimated.
At a glance
- Address
- Cokes Lane, Amersham, South East, HP7 9QB
- Year 7 admission
- Girls for Year 7 admission
- School type
- Fully selective state school
- Funding
- State-funded
- Day or boarding
- Day school
- Religion or denomination
- GIAS records no applicable religious character.
- Published admission number
- 180September 2027 entry
- Academically selected places
- 180September 2027 entry
- Preferences per offer
- 3.7DfE National Offer Day, September 2026 entry. This is not a pass probability.
- Assessment provider
- GL AssessmentGL Assessment is verified for the linked assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessment provider.
Selection route
- Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test
Formal consortium · GL Assessment · Two school-administered Transfer Test papers, with practice and test sessions in September 2026
Age-standardised scores are weighted 50% verbal, 25% mathematical and 25% non-verbal; a total of 121 or more qualifies. Score is not used as an oversubscription priority rule.
Official registration page
- Eligibility
- Girls with STT score 121 or above, or deemed qualified by Selection Review or exceptional appeal.
- Score policy
- STT weighting is 50% verbal, 25% non-verbal and 25% mathematics. 121 qualifies automatically; lower-score places within PAN accept 115+, with up to 6 accepting 110-114 if unfilled.
- Registration
- GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.
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Who gets priority
Published area: Catchment shown in Appendix 2 of the 2027 admissions policy, PDF page 13.
Use the blue school catchment boundary, not the red Buckinghamshire boundary. Catchment-category residence must be continuous from 1 April 2026, with residence at entry intended. Appendix 5 also applies continuous residence to distance priority. For shared homes, use the address where the child spends most of the school week. Retaining a former normal home within 20 miles used after 1 April 2026 prevents a closer address qualifying, even if rented out or sold to a parent-controlled company. Complete supplementary residence form 2; rented-home evidence normally covers at least six months after entry, with further proof allowed for periodic tenancies or missing agreements. Forces/Crown servants follow the County Scheme. Ask the admissions authority to confirm the full address; a postcode alone does not prove membership.
Open the official boundary informationNormal Year 7 qualification is 121 or a qualifying selection review/appeal. Qualifying EHCP-named admissions come first. The order is policy-defined looked-after or previously looked-after girls, including its international care/adoption cases; qualifying catchment Pupil Premium girls, including Service Pupil Premium; the limited score-concession category; qualifying staff daughters; other catchment girls; sisters of continuing Years 7-12 pupils; evidenced exceptional medical/social needs that only this school can meet; then others by distance. The concession reserves up to 12 of the 180 places for eligible catchment premium/service-premium or care-status girls scoring at least 115. If these are unfilled, up to six of those 12 can go to eligible girls scoring 110-114; care-status applicants come first within this category, then distance. Premium evidence relates to the most recent school census: send proof with the application and notify [email protected] for the concession category. Staff need two years of service at application and/or a demonstrable shortage post; staff form 1 is due by 31 October 2026 for first-round Year 7 allocation. Sisters must attend at March allocation and remain on roll at entry, under Appendix 3. Send independent professional medical/social evidence to Buckinghamshire Council with the application. Where a category is oversubscribed, apply the subsequent criteria as the policy directs, then straight-line normal-home distance to the Cokes Lane main entrance; identical distance uses an independently supervised ballot. The in-year aggregate-score rule is not a Year 7 criterion. Qualifying female twins/multiple births can exceed PAN if the final place would split them. Catchment residence rules apply.
For September 2027 entry. Policy checked 2026-10-01. A priority category does not guarantee an offer.
Read the admissions policyApplications and offers over time
DfE preferences and offers at National Offer Day. Each preference is a school named on an application; a child can name several schools. These figures describe past demand and do not predict an offer.
| September entry | Preferences | Offers | Preferences per offer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Preferences703 | Offers189 | Preferences per offer3.72 |
| 2025 | Preferences658 | Offers188 | Preferences per offer3.50 |
| 2024 | Preferences644 | Offers184 | Preferences per offer3.50 |
| 2023 | Preferences688 | Offers186 | Preferences per offer3.70 |
| 2022 | Preferences692 | Offers179 | Preferences per offer3.87 |
| 2021 | Preferences756 | Offers180 | Preferences per offer4.20 |
| 2020 | Preferences688 | Offers180 | Preferences per offer3.82 |
| 2019 | Preferences695 | Offers180 | Preferences per offer3.86 |
| 2018 | Preferences722 | Offers180 | Preferences per offer4.01 |
| 2017 | Preferences619 | Offers179 | Preferences per offer3.46 |
| 2016 | Preferences528 | Offers180 | Preferences per offer2.93 |
| 2015 | Preferences498 | Offers180 | Preferences per offer2.77 |
| 2014 | Preferences461 | Offers150 | Preferences per offer3.07 |
School identifiers are joined across documented predecessor links. Missing and suppressed values stay unpublished. Latest dataset: September 2026 entry. Checked 2026-10-01.
- Compare other schools and read the method
- Department for Education: School level secondary and primary applications and offers 2026 (AppsandOffers_2026_SchoolLevel29062026.csv)
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools all establishments CSV (edubasealldata20261001.csv)
- Department for Education: Get Information about Schools establishment links CSV (links_edubasealldata20261001.csv)
What the assessment covers
These subjects are verified for the linked shared assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessed subjects.
- Verbal skills
- Mathematical skills
- Non-verbal skills
These stages are verified for the linked shared assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessment stages.
1. Secondary Transfer Test
Year 6 children take the test for grammar-school entry in September 2027.
Key dates
- Registration opens
- GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.
- Registration deadline
- GIAS does not publish the current registration deadline.
- Test date
- GIAS does not publish the current test dates.
- CAF deadline
- GIAS does not publish the current CAF deadline.
- National Offer Day
- GIAS does not publish the current offer date.
Shared assessment-route dates
| Date | Route | When |
|---|---|---|
| Registration opens | RouteBuckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test | When1 May 2026 |
| Registration closes | RouteBuckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test | When2 June 2026 |
| Transfer Test | RouteBuckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test | When10 September 2026 |
| Results released | RouteBuckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test | When9 October 2026 |
Every 11+ test's dates are in the 11+ dates calendar. To decide where this school goes on the application form, use the school application order planner.
Fees
- Fee per term
- This is a state-funded school.
- Fee per year
- This is a state-funded school.
- Published fee context
- This is a state-funded school.
Inspection context
Inspection outcomes are maintained separately and are not present in current GIAS downloads.
Practise for this school's test
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Sample papers
Official papers for this school's test, from the school itself or the body that runs the test, linked from the publisher's own site. Trace Learn does not host copies.
| Paper | Published by | Subjects | Answers | Opens on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secondary Transfer Test familiarisation booklet | Published byBuckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test · Familiarisation booklet | SubjectsMixed subjects | Answersanswers available | Opens onopens on buckinghamshire.gov.uk |
| Secondary Transfer Test familiarisation booklet (earlier edition) | Published byBuckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test · Familiarisation booklet | SubjectsMixed subjects | Answersanswers available | Opens onopens on buckinghamshire.gov.uk |
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Questions families ask
Which 11+ test does Dr Challoner's High School use?
Dr Challoner's High School uses Buckinghamshire Secondary Transfer Test for September 2027 entry. The route names GL Assessment as the assessment provider.
How many Year 7 places does Dr Challoner's High School have?
Dr Challoner's High School's published admission number is 180 for September 2027 entry.
Who is eligible to apply to Dr Challoner's High School?
Girls with STT score 121 or above, or deemed qualified by Selection Review or exceptional appeal.
Are Dr Challoner's High School's 2027/28 oversubscription criteria published?
Normal Year 7 qualification is 121 or a qualifying selection review/appeal. Qualifying EHCP-named admissions come first. The order is policy-defined looked-after or previously looked-after girls, including its international care/adoption cases; qualifying catchment Pupil Premium girls, including Service Pupil Premium; the limited score-concession category; qualifying staff daughters; other catchment girls; sisters of continuing Years 7-12 pupils; evidenced exceptional medical/social needs that only this school can meet; then others by distance. The concession reserves up to 12 of the 180 places for eligible catchment premium/service-premium or care-status girls scoring at least 115. If these are unfilled, up to six of those 12 can go to eligible girls scoring 110-114; care-status applicants come first within this category, then distance. Premium evidence relates to the most recent school census: send proof with the application and notify [email protected] for the concession category. Staff need two years of service at application and/or a demonstrable shortage post; staff form 1 is due by 31 October 2026 for first-round Year 7 allocation. Sisters must attend at March allocation and remain on roll at entry, under Appendix 3. Send independent professional medical/social evidence to Buckinghamshire Council with the application. Where a category is oversubscribed, apply the subsequent criteria as the policy directs, then straight-line normal-home distance to the Cokes Lane main entrance; identical distance uses an independently supervised ballot. The in-year aggregate-score rule is not a Year 7 criterion. Qualifying female twins/multiple births can exceed PAN if the final place would split them. Catchment residence rules apply.
What subjects should a child prepare for Dr Challoner's High School?
The verified school or linked route evidence covers Verbal skills, Mathematical skills, and Non-verbal skills.
How current is the information for Dr Challoner's High School?
Trace Learn reviewed 5 attached evidence sources by 2026-10-01. Unknown facts stay labelled and should be checked again before applying.
Sources and review record
- Dr Challoner's High School determined admissions policy 2027
Dr Challoner's High School. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.
- Open state-funded school fields CSV
Department for Education. Accessed 25 August 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 25 August 2026.
- ONS Postcode Directory May 2026 school-postcode centroid extract
Office for National Statistics. Accessed 25 August 2026. ONS Postcode Directory, May 2026.
- Dr Challoner's High School determined admissions policy 2027
Dr Challoner's High School. Accessed 1 October 2026. September 2027 entry.
- Guide to grammar schools and the Secondary Transfer Test: timeline for entry in 2027
Buckinghamshire Council. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.
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