Chiltern Hills Academy

{{Short description|Secondary school in Buckinghamshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Chiltern Hills Academy | image = Chilternhillsacademy.png | image_size = 180px | coordinates = {{coord|51.70920|-0.62250|type:edu_region:GB_dim:100|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | motto = Create. Aspire. Excel | established = 2011 | closed = | type = [[Academy (English school)|Academy]] | religious_affiliation = | president = | head_label = Principal | head = Tim Dobbs | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = | chair = | founder = | specialists = [[Technology College (United Kingdom specialist schools programme)|Design]] & [[Arts College (United Kingdom specialist schools programme)|Performing Arts]] | address = Chartridge Lane | city = [[Chesham]] | county = [[Buckinghamshire]] | country = [[England]] | postal_code = HP5 2RG | local_authority = | ofsted = yes | urn = 137280 | staff = | enrolment = 851 | gender = [[Coeducational]] | lower_age = 11 | upper_age = 18 | houses = | colours = | publication = | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | website = {{URL|https://www.chilternhillsacademy.co.uk}} }}

'''Chiltern Hills Academy''' is a co-educational [[Academy (English school)|Academy School]] in [[Chesham]], [[Buckinghamshire]]. It is a Church Of England school, which takes children from the age of 11 through to the age of 18. The school has approximately 700 students. It has Design Academy [[Specialist school]] status.

==History== ''Chesham Park School'' was formed in 1988 by merging the Cestreham Boys’ School and the Lowndes Girls’ School. It was renamed ''Chesham Park Community College'' in 1993.<ref>{{cite web | last= | first= | author-link= | title=Community Liaison Officer Job Specification - Performing Arts Contextual Statement | publisher=Chesham Park Community College | date=February 2006 | url=http://www.cheshampark.bucks.sch.uk/Jobs/Vacancies%20Feb%2006/JD%20and%20Perf%20Arts%20Contextual%20Statement.doc | format= | doi= | accessdate=2006-10-04 | archive-date=3 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213024/http://www.cheshampark.bucks.sch.uk/Jobs/Vacancies%20Feb%2006/JD%20and%20Perf%20Arts%20Contextual%20Statement.doc | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2004 the [[Department for Education and Skills (United Kingdom)|Department for Education and Skills (DfES)]] awarded the school [[specialist school]] status as an [[Arts College (United Kingdom specialist schools programme)|Arts College]], specialising in the [[Performing Arts]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Specialist Schools Home |publisher=DfES |date=July 2006 |url=http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/specialistschools/ |accessdate=2006-07-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060803055309/http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/specialistschools/ |archive-date=2006-08-03 }}</ref>

In 2007 the school won three awards at a UK Rock Challenge competition at [[St Albans]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Results 2007 - UK 2007 Rock Challenge Tour Calendar | url=http://www.rockchallenge.co.uk/|website=Rockchallenge.co.uk | accessdate=2007-08-15}}</ref>

The school hosts an offshoot of [[Chickenshed]] known as "Shed@ThePark".<ref>[http://www.chickenshed.org.uk/outreach/set_up_a_shed_case/?id=181] {{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Welcome to Shed@ThePark | publisher = Shed@ThePark | url = http://www.shedatthepark.co.uk/ | accessdate = 2008-07-15}}</ref>

In 2011 the school's name was changed to ''Chiltern Hills Academy''. The specialist status of Performing Arts has been combined with Design. These specialist subjects are used to support a creative and enriched curriculum.

==School performance== In 2015, 51% of pupils achieved five or more A* to C grades including English and Mathematics at [[General Certificate of Secondary Education|GCSE]] level. At [[Advanced Level (UK)|A-Level]] and AS-Level, students attain an average 575 points. These results reflect Buckinghamshire's [[selective education]] policy, as the school shares its catchment area with three [[grammar school]]s, [[Chesham Grammar School]], [[Dr. Challoner's Grammar School]] and [[Dr. Challoner's High School]].<ref>[http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/get/assets/docs/schools/Bucks_Upper_summary.pdf]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/get/assets/docs/schools/Boys_Grammar_summary.pdf Grammar School Catchment Areas (Boys)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706051629/http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/get/assets/docs/schools/Boys_Grammar_summary.pdf |date=2008-07-06 }} Buckinghamshire County Council. Retrieved on 2008-06-11</ref>

==Academy status== The school gained approval to convert to reopen as an Academy in August 2011. The Academy, is sponsored by the [[Diocese of Oxford]], [[Buckinghamshire County Council]], [[Amersham and Wycombe College]], [[Buckinghamshire New University]], [[Pinewood Studios]], and the [[George Abbot School|George Abbot Specialist Visual Arts College]] in [[Guildford]], [[Surrey]].

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Official website}} *[http://www.education.gov.uk/cgi-bin/schools/performance/school.pl?urn=110510 Department for Education Performance Tables 2011]

[[Category:Chesham]] [[Category:Secondary schools in Buckinghamshire]] [[Category:Academies in Buckinghamshire]]