Adeyfield School
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Adeyfield School is an 11-18 secondary school in Adeyfield
, Hemel Hempstead
, Hertfordshire
. The school has specialist status as a Business and Enterprise College. There are approximately 770 students on roll at the school.
The school was founded in 1953, initially as a modern secondary school and is now an all ability - comprehensive school
.
The school works in consortium with two neighboring schools to enhance post-16 provision. The consortium consists of Adeyfield School, Astley Cooper School
and Longdean School
. Staff development and wellbeing is also coordinated at consortium level.
The school also has many awards including an International Schools Status. As a result of this, a club called "The YEC", standing for "Young Earth Citizen" was formed to link Adeyfield with other schools around the world. One project that they work on is to write articles for an online magazine.
Adeyfield
Adeyfield was the first planned neighbourhood to be built in the postwar new town expansion of Hemel Hempstead, in the English county of Hertfordshire. The keys to the first houses to be occupied, in Homefield Road, were handed over to their tenants in February 1950...
, Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead is a town in Hertfordshire in the East of England, to the north west of London and part of the Greater London Urban Area. The population at the 2001 Census was 81,143 ....
, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
. The school has specialist status as a Business and Enterprise College. There are approximately 770 students on roll at the school.
The school was founded in 1953, initially as a modern secondary school and is now an all ability - comprehensive school
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
.
The school works in consortium with two neighboring schools to enhance post-16 provision. The consortium consists of Adeyfield School, Astley Cooper School
Astley Cooper School
The Astley Cooper School is an 11-18 comprehensive school on the edge of Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire. It was established in 1984 following a merger of two local schools, Grove Hill School and Highfield School. It occupies the former Grove Hill site on St Agnells Lane. The former Highfield...
and Longdean School
Longdean School
Longdean School is a academy in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. The academy has specialist status as a Maths and Computing College.-Grammar school:Originally called Apsley Grammar School, it began as a state grammar school in Hemel Hempstead...
. Staff development and wellbeing is also coordinated at consortium level.
The school also has many awards including an International Schools Status. As a result of this, a club called "The YEC", standing for "Young Earth Citizen" was formed to link Adeyfield with other schools around the world. One project that they work on is to write articles for an online magazine.
Uniform
Adeyfield School was one of the last secondary schools to have school jumpers. This change in late 2007 to school ties (of the school colours, jade green and silver) and black blazers.External links
- http://www.adeyfieldschool.org/
- http://theyec.org