Grammar secondary schools in Buckinghamshire

[edim76]

Hello everyone!
My DS is in year 5 and attends a state primary in Islington London. We would like to move out of London (or the outskirts) but he would like to finish his Primary here first. Is the any chance he can apply to a grammar in Buckinghamshire? The best are oversubscribed, so I suppose not living there, they are out of the question? Or am I mistaken?
Do you think a grammar is harder to get in then an indepoendent? I have been looking at independents now and competition looks as fierce as grammars.
Thanks a lot in advance for any comment!
Kind regards

@Floundery

Chesham Grammar has students commuting by Tube - I’ve seen some travel from Harrow. Tbh that’s the main change since I went to a Bucks Grammar many moons ago. Many pupils were bussed from Chaldont, Jordan’s, etc but none from London.

People do need to look at recent allocations- last year the furthest Chesham allocated was 5 miles (and that was in one of the later rounds) - the info is all on the council website. The distances have shrunk in recent years.

I must be an anomaly in that I bypassed my Bucks village grammar and caught the bus into Slough 😁

@DoreenWinkings- how funny!

Mr Noakes was the Head when my boys joined JHGS but then he retired. He was a legend. He used to give the yr7’s a full size chocolate bar when it was their birthday!