Admissions
Admission to the school is brokered through Buckinghamshire County Council, which operates a selective secondary education system throughout the county.
Pupils have to achieve a mark of 121 or above in the 11+ examination to be eligible to attend the school, although some acquire a place via the appeals process. The school's catchment area spans several miles around the school in to Amersham, Chorleywood and Chesham Bois, though as with many Grammar Schools on county borders, a significant proportion of its pupil population comes from Hertfordshire. As Chesham town is a terminus on the Metropolitan Line of the London Underground, many pupils travel from North London. Traditionally with five forms in year 7, and capacity of 180, the school will accommodate pupils who sit the 12 plus exam. The school's progress profile shows that these pupils perform just as well at GCSE and A level. The new 2009/10 academic year saw the highest number of admissions into Year 12 in the history of the school, with 233 pupils being accepted. Although this was atypically large, the school will accept sixth form applications from its own pupils and from elsewhere with a grade B in the relevant subject and with a minimum of grade C in English and Maths (B, if they are to be taken at A level). There is also a requirement for an average of 46 points from the best eight GCSE examinations.
The school is currently consulting on some of its admission arrangements which will ease the transfer to CGS within a school year.
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