Amersham School

About Amersham School

Amersham School is a mixed secondary in Buckinghamshire that is comfortably oversubscribed, a clear signal of local demand. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 705 applications for 175 places, with 191 families putting it as their first preference and 137 of those receiving offers. That works out at roughly four applications for every place. The school currently has 1,052 pupils on roll, just above its official capacity of 1,040, so it is running full. Its free school meals rate sits at 13.8%, which is slightly above the national average for secondary schools and suggests a genuinely comprehensive intake. The school is non-denominational and serves the 11-18 age range, with a dedicated sixth form centre on site. Headteacher Sharon Jarrett has been in post since at least the last full inspection, and the school has held a Good rating from Ofsted across both its 2016 graded inspection and the 2021 ungraded visit, which confirmed it remains Good.

Academically, Amersham School performs solidly above the local average. Its Progress 8 score of 0.34 is well above the Buckinghamshire average of 0.25, and the national average of zero, placing it 17th out of 34 schools in the local authority. The Attainment 8 score of 50.3 means the average pupil achieves around five strong passes across their best eight subjects, and 72.8% of pupils secured a grade 4 or above in both English and maths. The EBacc entry rate is 34.3%, with 30.2% achieving the full EBacc at grade 4 or above. In the sixth form, the picture is even stronger: the value added score of 0.41 is rated well above average, and the average grade across the best three A-levels is a B-, with points per entry sitting at a C+ grade. The school’s Progress 8 banding is officially above average, and its national percentile of around 25 means it outperforms three-quarters of schools nationally.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a swimming pool, sports hall, tennis courts, art studios, music rooms and a sixth form centre. Sports on offer include rowing, rugby, hockey and dance, while extracurricular clubs range from Eco Club and Coding to Model UN, DofE and orchestra. SEND provision is well developed, covering dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language needs, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. The school is not selective and sits within Buckinghamshire’s heavily selective system, where grammar schools dominate the top of the league tables. For families who want a strong, non-selective option with proven academic value added and a genuinely comprehensive intake, Amersham School is a practical choice. The nearest outstanding-rated school is Dr Challoner’s Grammar School, 1.5 km away, but Amersham offers a very different, inclusive environment.

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