Chesham High School
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| Chesham High School | |
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| Established | 1960s |
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| School type | Co-Educational Grammar School |
| Headteacher | Mr Tim Andrew |
| Location | Chesham, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
| Students | 1,200 |
| Colours | Red, Black, White, Blue |
| office@cheshamhigh.bucks.sch.uk | |
| Website | www.cheshamhigh.bucks.sch.uk |
Chesham High School is a grammar school on White Hill, Chesham, Buckinghamshire. It comprises over 900 male and female students aged between eleven and sixteen. It also has a very large Sixth Form of 340 students, which is well known locally for academic excellence and exceedingly high A-level results and university entries. Ofsted recently praised the school saying "The quality of teaching is high and a strength of the school" and noting other strengths such as a "supportive atmosphere", "well behaved and attentive students" and "a clear sense of direction".
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[edit] History
Chesham High school was originally an all boys school comprised of only one building, which is now the sixth form block. During the 1960s there was a huge development and it then became a mixed grammar school. Recent years have seen vast expansion of the school including a new maths block, a textiles block, an art block, expansion of the English block, a new library, and new Drama/Psychology Block. There is now a new technology/art building built over what was A1, the main art room.
[edit] Admissions
As a grammar school Chesham High operates admissions criteria.
Pupils have to pass the 11+ to enter the school. Other than that they have to live within the school's catchment area which spans several miles around the school in to Amersham, Chorleywood and Chesham Bois. The school also accepts large numbers of students in to the sixth form but these have to meet a high average of GCSE grades to get in. Typically the school accepts no student with an average less than 5.5.
[edit] Uniform
[edit] Lower School
CHS (as it is otherwise known locally) operates a strict dress code that all pupils must conform to. In recent years this uniform has developed so that it is now much smarter. Boys wear black blazers, white shirts, black trousers and black shoes with a tie containing the school colours red, white, black and blue. Whereas girls wore jumpers a few years ago they now wear blazers like the boys but with the option of skirts.
[edit] Sixth Form
A dress code for sixth formers was implemented in 2004 by the then acting Headteacher Nigel Fox, which is described by teachers as smart-casual. All denim and hooded tops (hoodies) are banned. Girls are forbidden to wear revealing clothes and smart shoes must be donned by all.
[edit] Leaver Destinations
In 2003 94.4% of the students in year 11 chose to stay at the school to continue in to the sixth form. In the same year 97% of year 13 sixth formers went in to further or higher education and 1% went straight in to employment.
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