Dr Challoner's High School is a grammar school for girls between the ages of 11 and 18. located in Buckinghamshire, England. Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sports Colleges were introduced as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. ... Map sources for Little Chalfont at grid reference SU995975 Little Chalfont is a village in south east Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A Local Education Authority (LEA) is the part of a council in England or Wales that is responsible for education within that councils jurisdiction. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... Ofsted logo The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial government department, established in 1993 under the Education (Schools) Act 1992. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A grammar school is a school that may, depending on regional usage as exemplified below, provide either secondary education or, a much less common usage, primary education (also known as elementary). Grammar schools trace their origins back to medieval Europe, as schools in which university preparatory subjects, such as Latin... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

In September 2001, the school was awarded specialist school status as a Sports College, by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). It has also been awarded a second specialism as a Language College. September 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events September 4 - Google is awarded U.S. Patent 6,285,999, for the PageRank search algorithm used in the Google search engine September 5 - Perus attorney general files homicide charges against ex-President Alberto... The specialist schools programme is a UK government programme which encourages secondary schools to specialise in certain areas to boost acheivement. ... Sports Colleges were introduced as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. ... The Department for Education and Skills is a department in the United Kingdom government created in 2001. ... Language Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the UK. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, modern foreign languages. ...

The current headteacher is Miss Peg Hulse, who was previously the headteacher at Portsmouth High School. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

History

The school was founded in 1962 in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire as an overflow from Dr Challoner's Grammar School in Amersham due to rapid population growth in the area. In 2005, the school was used as the setting for a television thriller, "Like Father, Like Son", in which a 15-year-old schoolboy is accused of stalking a schoolgirl. Many of the pupils were used as extras for the filming including students from Dr Challoner's Grammar School in Amersham Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map sources for Little Chalfont at grid reference SU995975 Little Chalfont is a village in south east Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. ... Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is one of the home counties in South East England. ... Dr Challoners Grammar School, abbreviated to DCGS, is a Voluntary Controlled Grammar School of approximately 1,285 boys located in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. ... Amersham (previously Agmondesham) is a market town 27 miles north west of London, in the Chiltern Hills, England. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television. ... Dr Challoners Grammar School, abbreviated to DCGS, is a Voluntary Controlled Grammar School of approximately 1,285 boys located in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England. ... Amersham (previously Agmondesham) is a market town 27 miles north west of London, in the Chiltern Hills, England. ...

Notable Alumnae

• Fern Britton, television presenter

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See also

• Grammar schools in the United Kingdom

A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom. ...

External links

• School website
• OFSTED inspectors' report, 5–7 March 2001
• DfES Performance Tables
• bucksfreepress.co.uk "The day the school became a filmset" accessed 17 May 2005