Berkhamsted School 

About Berkhamsted School 

School Overview

Founded in 1541 with a long history and proud traditions with current best educational practice Berkhamsted utilises leading-edge teaching technologies. With excellent academic standards alongside the development of life skills, our students have a rounded education and opportunities to become remarkable people.

We offer a “Diamond Model” with co-educational and single-sex tuition for boys and girls at the Pre-Prep and Prep, with Senior Schools Berkhamsted Boys and Berkhamsted Girls for students in years 7-11. Berkhamsted Sixth is co-educational.

The school sits within the historic market town of Berkhamsted, recently voted the best place to live in the South-East. The town’s traditional High Street bustles with well-known brands and independent shops.

Berkhamsted offers GCSE and A-level courses with a choice from 28 A-level subjects.

A family of six leading independent schools close to London. Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire – 30min direct by train from London and 40min by car from Heathrow.

Boarding Overview

Berkhamsted is a group of schools with a thriving boarding community with flexible boarding from Year 7 and full and weekly boarding from Year 9.

There are 2 boarding houses (total capacity 85), one for girls and one for boys, which are located in the heart of the town very close to the campuses.

Berkhamsted does not have exeat weekends.

Every boarding student is a member of a Day House during the school day and is fully immersed into a British education with IELTS lessons as part of their weekly timetable.

There is a high ratio of boarding staff to students which provides a strong pastoral support network with safety at the heart of the provision.

There is a home-from-home atmosphere and evening activities include quiet study, and use of the school facilities such as the swimming pool, sports hall, gym, and various activities in the common room.

Extracurricular overview

Students across the schools have numerous opportunities to participate in sport, music and drama, with a number of programmes to cater for various interests and hobbies. Concerts, plays and musicals and art exhibitions take place across the school year.  Sports include Basketball, Badminton, Golf, Rugby, Lacrosse, Football, Netball, Cricket, Squash, Tennis and Fives.

Students have access to a wider range of academic subject enrichment opportunities with a dedicated careers support team.

Our dedicated Outdoor Education team offer pupils across all year groups the opportunity to learn basic outdoor skills, challenge themselves on the school’s high ropes course, and participate in numerous adventures on school trips or as part of the Duke of Edinburgh scheme.

This extensive extracurricular programme allows pupils to develop leadership, teamwork and social skills which they can develop and take forwards beyond their time at Berkhamsted.