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Dr Challoner's Grammar School (also known as DCGS, Challoner's Boys or simply Challoner's) is a selective grammar school for boys, with a co-educational Sixth Form, in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. It was given academy status in January 2011. It was founded in 1624 in accordance with the last will and testament of Robert Chaloner.
- 1624; 399 years ago
- Robert Chaloner
- Buckinghamshire
Tickets are selling fast and we have just 20 tickets left! Whilst sales officially close at 15:00 on Tuesday 14th May 2024, we will sell out soon. We recommend that you book to avoid disappointment. In celebration of the 400th anniversary of Dr Challoner’s Grammar School, the Friends of DCGS are hosting a ball on Saturday 15th June 2024.
Amersham. Buckinghamshire. HP6 5HA. Head: David Atkinson. T 01494 787500. F 01494 721862. E admin@challoners.com. W www.challoners.com. A state school for boys aged from 11 to 18.
- Chesham Road Amersham Buckinghamshire HP6 5HA
- [email protected]
- 01494 787500
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Student Development: 01494 787556 student-development@challoners.org. Sixth Form: 01494 787569 sixth-form@challoners.org. Alumni/Development: 01494 787570 oldchalloners@challoners.org. Finance Office: 01494 787526 finance@challoners.org. Safeguarding: 01494 787558 sro@challoners.org (for confidential matters)
Headmaster's Welcome. Dr Challoner's reputation extends back to the early 17th century when the school began educating the boys of Amersham and the surrounding area. Now the school is widely recognised as one of the leading state grammar schools in the country, and is home to 1300 students aged 11-18, including girls in our co-educational Sixth ...
The history of Challoner’s is characterised by one thing: change. It is 394 years since Robert Chaloner, rector of St Mary’s Church, wrote in his will the command to his friends ‘to erect a free gramar scoole [sic] in Amersham in Bucks’ and, for 390 years, Doctor Challoner’s Grammar School has survived and in fact thrived, becoming a centre of academic excellence.
Dr Challoner's reputation extends back to the early 17th century when the school began educating the boys of Amersham and the surrounding area. Now the school is widely recognised as one of the leading state grammar schools in the country, and is home to 1300 students aged 11-18, including girls in our co-educational Sixth Form.
