Schools in Amersham
Amersham is a historic market town in the Chilterns with 21 state schools administered by Buckinghamshire Council. Buckinghamshire retains a selective secondary system, so families in the Amersham area must decide by the end of Year 5 whether to enter children for the county's selective eligibility test, held each September. Those who do not sit or do not pass the test are allocated to a non-selective secondary school via the standard distance criterion.
Primary admissions in Amersham are co-ordinated by Buckinghamshire Council using a standard distance tiebreaker. The Old Amersham area, with its conservation streetscape and popular primaries, tends to be the most competitive, with places at the most sought-after schools going to applicants within 0.6 miles in recent years. Parents should verify catchment maps via the council's admissions portal each autumn.
School demand in Amersham
Across the 18 schools in Amersham with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 92%. 5 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
7 schools in Amersham have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
9 of the schools in Amersham are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Buckinghamshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
6 of the schools in Amersham have a current Ofsted rating, of which 6 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Amersham: 2 oversubscribed (13)
Hyde Heath Infant School
Primary · Community school
Amersham · HP6 5RW
Chestnut Lane School
Primary · Community school
Amersham · HP6 6EF
Elangeni School
Primary · Community school
Amersham · HP6 6EG
St George's Church of England Infant School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Amersham · HP7 9HX
Coleshill Church of England Infant School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Amersham · HP7 0LQ
St Mary's CofE Primary School, Amersham
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Amersham · HP7 0EL
Little Missenden Church of England School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Amersham · HP7 0RA
Chalfont Valley E-ACT Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Amersham · HP6 6PF
Chesham Bois Church of England School
Primary · Academy converter
Amersham · HP6 6DE
Woodside Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Amersham · HP6 6NW
Curzon Church of England Combined School
Primary · Academy converter
Amersham · HP7 0QL
Our Lady's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Amersham · HP6 5PL
Little Chalfont Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Amersham · HP6 6SX
Secondary Schools in Amersham (3)
Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Secondary · Academy converter
Amersham · HP6 5HA
Dr Challoner's High School
Secondary · Academy converter
Amersham · HP7 9QB
Amersham School
Secondary · Academy converter
Amersham · HP7 9HH
Other Schools in Amersham (5)
Henry Allen Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school
Amersham · HP6 6NW
Heatherton School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Amersham · HP6 5QB
The Beacon School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Amersham · HP6 5PF
Stony Dean School
Not applicable · Community special school
Amersham · HP7 9JW
Home Tuition Service
Not applicable · Miscellaneous
Amersham · HP6 5BY
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Amersham are set by Buckinghamshire and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.