Primary schools in Dacorum
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This article gives brief information on schools that cater for pupils up to the age of 11 in the Dacorum
district of Hertfordshire
, England
. Most are county maintained primary schools, sometimes known as "junior mixed infant" (JMI). A small number are voluntary aided church schools or independent (fee-paying). The Local Education Authority
is Hertfordshire County Council
.
Before the mid-20th century, the area contained a scattering of villages, with the towns of Apsley
, Hemel Hempstead
, Berkhamsted
and Tring
on the Gade
and Bulbourne
rivers.
During the 19th century a Church of England
national school
was established in each town and village, supplemented by non-denominational British school
s in Apsley, Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted.
After the Elementary Education Act 1870
, the British schools and some of the national schools passed to the control of school boards, while the remaining national schools were aided.
Schools across Hertfordshire were used as billets for soldiers during World War I
, greatly disrupting their work.
The population of several of the smaller villages declined in the inter-war years, and the smaller schools were closed in the late 1930s.
The post-war years saw rapid expansion of the towns, especially Hemel Hempstead, which was designated as one of the first new towns
.
Many new schools were built at this time.
, Hemel Hempstead
was the only part of the county to exercise its right to act as an elementary education authority.
The town was designated one of the first wave of new town
s in 1947, leading to a rapid expansion the small market town that swallowed neighbouring towns and villages such as Apsley
, Boxmoor
and Leverstock Green
.
Most of the primary schools in the town date from this time.
Roman Catholic primary schools in the area serve as feeder schools to John F Kennedy Catholic School
.
After a review of primary places in the town, the county council decided to amalgamate 3 pairs of schools in 2008.
In the 19th century this area contained a number of mill towns along the River Gade
.
Nash Mills C of E Primary School was founded in 1847 by John Dickinson
, who owned the local paper mills
.
The original flint
built buildings still stand on Belswains Lane, adjacent to the modern site.
Little is known about the school's early years; the early records may have been destroyed when the mill's offices were bombed during World War II
. The earliest written record of the School is dated 1871.
Two Waters Primary School was originally a British school
, founded by Non-conformists in the mid-19th century and was subsequently moved to the northern edge of Apsley, at the confluence of the Gade and River Bulbourne
in March 1869.
It was transferred to the local school board
in 1870 and the school expanded into new buildings in 1878. A new school was built in 1913.
It serves the Apsley
district of Hemel Hempstead and is sited on the edge of the Manor Estate, on the southern edge of the town, where it was relocated in June 1976.
In the 1920s, part of the school was a selective central school
.
In World War II
, evacuee
s from the cities increased the school roll and a double shift system was introduced to manage the numbers in the existing space. In 1941, Two Waters School absorbed the pupils of Wordsworth Junior Infants School from London.
Another early school was Apsley Manor School, which operated on Thorpe Street (now Avia Close) from 1857 until it was replaced by Belswains Primary School in 1949.
Chambersbury Primary School is located off Hill Common and also borders on Chambersbury Lane. The larger site includes Longdean School
and Hobbs Hill Primary, but fencing has been installed to define each school's site and to deter use as a throughway. It serves part of the Bennetts End
district of Hemel Hempstead.
Hobbs Hill Wood Primary School was completed in 1953 and was named after the woods that pre-dated the New Town. It serves North End Farm and parts of Bennetts End
and Leverstock Green
.
Woodfield School is a school for children with severe learning difficulties. It is sited in Leverstock Green
and caters for all ages, including the primary age range.
There was a national school
in the old town at least as early as 1932, rebuilt on George Street in 1855. In 1878 the infants department moved to Queen Street. The two schools were reunited as George Street Primary School in new building in 1969.
There were also British school
s in Marlowes from the 1830s until the late 19th century.
In 2007, Brockswood Primary School was one of four primary schools in England that were implicated in malpractice in the National Curriculum assessment
tests taken by 11-year-olds. As a result, it was stripped of results in English, maths and science.
Broadfield Primary School was opened in January 2008 as the result of a voluntary amalgamation of the previous Infant and Junior Schools which originally opened in 1955.
In a re-organisation in 2008, Yewtree Primary School was formed from the amalgamation of Jupiter Drive and Bellgate Primary Schools on the Bellgate site.
At the same time, Maple Grove Primary School was formed from the amalgamation of Barncroft and Eastbrook schools in the former Eastbrook Junior School site.
The former Eastbrook Infants building is now occupied by Haywood Grove School, a special school for primary aged pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.
The original school in Boxmoor was St John's national school, split between sites on Cowper Road and St John's Road.
The school later passed to board control, and became Boxmoor Primary School.
It moved into new buildings in 1974.
Gade Valley JMI and Nursery School came into existence in 1982 when the previously separate Infant Junior schools merged. The school is sited on the boundary of the Gadebridge and Hammerfield districts in the north of the town.
In a re-organisation in 2008, Galley Hill Primary School was formed from the amalgamation of Martindale and Rossgate Primary Schools on the Rossgate site.
there operates a three-tier school system
, comprising 6 first school
s (ages 5–9), 2 middle schools (9–13) and an upper school
(Ashlyns School
).
The middle schools are classed as secondary schools for statistical purposes.
A British school
was established on the corner of Park View Road in 1834, becoming a board school in 1870 and renamed Park View School in 1948.
It closed in 1971.
A national school
was built in 1838 behind the courthouse, expanding to Gossoms End in 1844.
The boys and girls schools moved to the new Victoria schools in 1898 and 1903 respectively.
In 1945 these schools were reorganised as a mixed junior schoor and a secondary modern school
(closed in 1951).
St Mary's VA C of E First School
was founded in 1864 as a national school
in the Northchurch
part of Berkhamsted. The original building with its Victorian stained glass window remains in use for communal purposes with modern classrooms added in the 1960s. The school field borders the Grand Union Canal
and encloses a section of the River Bulbourne
.
In 1970 the town adopted the three-tier system, converting the existing primary schools to first schools and building three new middle schools.
Two of these, Augustus Smith Middle School and Thomas Bourne Middle School, amalgamated in 1988 on the Augustus Smith site as Thomas Coram Middle School.
The former Thomas Bourne building was purchased by Egerton Rothesay School
.
St Thomas More RC Primary School,
situated in the Shootersway district adjacent to Greenway First and Nursery School, serves the parishes of Berkhamsted
and Tring
. It has just over 200 pupils and covers the full primary school age range.
Tring National School originally stood on Aylesbury Road in the middle of Tring
, on the current site of Tring Library. In the 1930s the junior and secondary departments were re-organised as separate schools, though still occupying the same building. The senior school moved to the top of Mortimer Hill in 1956 as Tring School
, while the junior school became Bishop Wood C of E Junior School.
Gaddesden Row JMI School was established in 1876 to meet obligations imposed on the community by the Education Act 1876. Hertfordshire County Council
acquired the property in 1957 and improved it, creating a modern two-room school in unspoilt farmland. The only surviving part of the original school is now offices for the Headteacher and Secretary. In 2001 a new kitchen replaced the old one and a third classroom was added.
Little Gaddesden CE Voluntary Aided Primary School was initially held in a large room at the Bridgewater Arms, moving to a new building in 1858.
The original Kings Langley School was built by John Dickinson
in School Lane. The building is now The Cloisters. It was replaced by Kings Langley Primary School and Kings Langley School
, the local secondary school, in 1987.
Long Marston Voluntary Aided C of E Primary School was rebuilt in 1951 after the original building was destroyed by a bomb in World War II
.
St Bartholomew's C of E VA Primary School, located in Wigginton
, was founded in 1854 by the local vicar, the Reverend Gaisford, to provide children within the parish
with full time education. It was originally a plaiting school where children made straw plaits for the Luton
hat industry. The present school building was dedicated on 15 March 1969 by the Bishop of St Albans
, the Right Reverend Michael Gresford-Jones
.
St Paul's VA C of E Primary School is centrally sited in Chipperfield
, close to the church and village green. In 1973 the school moved from flint cottages opposite the church to a new building with an unusual circular plan.
Abbot's Hill School
is an independent school that caters for girls up to GCSE age. There are around 480 pupils. The School was founded in 1912, and is situated in John Dickinson
's house in 76 acres (30.8 ha) of parkland on the southern edge of Hemel Hempstead.
Lockers Park School
, situated between Hammerfield and the centre of Hemel Hempstead, is a day and boarding school
accommodating boys up to age 13. It was founded in 1874 by Henry Montagu Draper to prepare boys for Rugby School
, and is thus one of the earliest purpose-built preparatory school
s in England.
The Arts Educational School
is an independent day and boarding school with about 275 pupils at Tring Park
. The school includes a preparatory department taking pupils from age 8. The school provides vocational training in dance, drama and musical theatre as well as a secondary level academic curriculum.
The Rudolf Steiner School Kings Langley
is an independent school that caters for children up to age 19, including those of primary school age. It was opened in 1949 and is one of the oldest Rudolf Steiner Schools in the UK.
Dacorum
The Borough of Dacorum is a local government district in Hertfordshire, England that includes the towns of Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring and Kings Langley. The district, which was formed in 1974, had a population of 137,799 in 2001...
district of 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...
, England
England
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. Most are county maintained primary schools, sometimes known as "junior mixed infant" (JMI). A small number are voluntary aided church schools or independent (fee-paying). The Local Education Authority
Local Education Authority
A local education authority is a local authority in England and Wales that has responsibility for education within its jurisdiction...
is Hertfordshire County Council
Hertfordshire County Council
Hertfordshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire, in England, the United Kingdom. It currently consists of 77 councillors, and is controlled by the Conservative Party, which has 55 councillors, 17 Liberal Democrats, versus 3 Labour...
.
Before the mid-20th century, the area contained a scattering of villages, with the towns of Apsley
Apsley
Apsley is a 19th century mill town in the county of Hertfordshire, England. It is a historic industrial site situated in a valley of the Chiltern Hills. It is positioned below the confluence of two permanent rivers, the Gade and Bulbourne. In an area of little surface water this was an obvious site...
, 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 ....
, Berkhamsted
Berkhamsted
-Climate:Berkhamsted experiences an oceanic climate similar to almost all of the United Kingdom.-Castle:...
and Tring
Tring
Tring is a small market town and also a civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in Hertfordshire, England. Situated north-west of London and linked to London by the old Roman road of Akeman Street, by the modern A41, by the Grand Union Canal and by rail lines to Euston Station, Tring is now largely a...
on the Gade
River Gade
The River Gade is a river running almost entirely though Hertfordshire. It rises from a spring in the chalk of the Chiltern Hills at Dagnall, Buckinghamshire and flows through Hemel Hempstead, Kings Langley and Croxley Green to Rickmansworth where it joins the The River Colne...
and Bulbourne
River Bulbourne
The River Bulbourne is a river in Hertfordshire, England. It runs from Dudswell in Northchurch, through Berkhamsted , Bourne End and Boxmoor to where it joins the River Gade at Two Waters in Apsley near Hemel Hempstead. The total length of the river is 11 Km....
rivers.
During the 19th century a Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
national school
National school (England and Wales)
A national school was a school founded in 19th century England and Wales by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education.These schools provided elementary education, in accordance with the teaching of the Church of England, to the children of the poor.Together with the less numerous...
was established in each town and village, supplemented by non-denominational British school
British and Foreign School Society
The British and Foreign School Society offers charitable aid to educational projects in the UK and around the world by funding schools, other charities and educational bodies...
s in Apsley, Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted.
After the Elementary Education Act 1870
Elementary Education Act 1870
The Elementary Education Act 1870, commonly known as Forster's Education Act, set the framework for schooling of all children between ages 5 and 12 in England and Wales...
, the British schools and some of the national schools passed to the control of school boards, while the remaining national schools were aided.
Schools across Hertfordshire were used as billets for soldiers during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, greatly disrupting their work.
The population of several of the smaller villages declined in the inter-war years, and the smaller schools were closed in the late 1930s.
The post-war years saw rapid expansion of the towns, especially Hemel Hempstead, which was designated as one of the first new towns
New towns in the United Kingdom
Below is a list of some of the new towns in the United Kingdom created under the various New Town Acts of the 20th century. Some earlier towns were developed as Garden Cities or overspill estates early in the twentieth century. The New Towns proper were planned to disperse population following the...
.
Many new schools were built at this time.
Hemel Hempstead
When school boards were abolished by the Education Act 1902Education Act 1902
The Education Act 1902 , also known as Balfour's Act, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom affecting education in England and Wales. At the time of passage of the Act, the Conservative Party was in power...
, 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 ....
was the only part of the county to exercise its right to act as an elementary education authority.
The town was designated one of the first wave of new town
New towns in the United Kingdom
Below is a list of some of the new towns in the United Kingdom created under the various New Town Acts of the 20th century. Some earlier towns were developed as Garden Cities or overspill estates early in the twentieth century. The New Towns proper were planned to disperse population following the...
s in 1947, leading to a rapid expansion the small market town that swallowed neighbouring towns and villages such as Apsley
Apsley
Apsley is a 19th century mill town in the county of Hertfordshire, England. It is a historic industrial site situated in a valley of the Chiltern Hills. It is positioned below the confluence of two permanent rivers, the Gade and Bulbourne. In an area of little surface water this was an obvious site...
, Boxmoor
Boxmoor
Boxmoor, or Boxmoor Village, is a district of Dacorum in Hertfordshire, England. It is now part of Hemel Hempstead. It is a district of mainly nineteenth century housing and meadowland, repeatedly cut through by transport links from London to the The Midlands....
and Leverstock Green
Leverstock Green
Leverstock Green is a suburb in Hemel Hempstead, in the English county of Hertfordshire. It is located on the eastern edge of the town.Leverstock Green contains a village school , village cricket club, village football club , village hall, village shops, village pubs and Holy Trinity church...
.
Most of the primary schools in the town date from this time.
Roman Catholic primary schools in the area serve as feeder schools to John F Kennedy Catholic School
John F Kennedy Catholic School
John F Kennedy Catholic School is a voluntary aided Roman Catholic comprehensive secondary school located in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. It opened in 1967 and now has a student population of approximately 1100, aged 11 to 18. The headteacher is currently Bernadette Jenkins...
.
After a review of primary places in the town, the county council decided to amalgamate 3 pairs of schools in 2008.
South-east
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| Belswains | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1949 | 30 | 2466 | W | 51.7379°N 0.4540°W | |
| Chambersbury | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1954 | 30 | 2210 | W | 51.7389°N 0.4444°W | |
| Hobbs Hill Wood | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1953 | 60 | 2469 | W | 51.7437°N 0.4432°W | |
| Leverstock Green | CE Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Primary | VC Voluntary controlled school A voluntary controlled school is a state-funded school in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in which a foundation or trust has some formal influence in the running of the school... |
1931 | 30 | 3054 | W | 51.7503°N 0.4291°W | |
| Lime Walk | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
30 | 2422 | W | 51.7451°N 0.4558°W | ||
| Nash Mills | CE Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Primary | VA Voluntary aided school A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school... |
1847 | 30 | 3302 | W | 51.7319°N 0.4539°W | |
| Reddings | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
30 | 2251 | W | 51.7450°N 0.4514°W | ||
| St Albert the Great | RC Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity... |
Primary | VA Voluntary aided school A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school... |
30 | 3391 | W | 51.7471°N 0.4460°W | ||
| Tudor | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
30 | 2045 | W | 51.7462°N 0.4635°W | ||
| Two Waters | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
c.1850 | 30 | 2044 | W | 51.7334°N 0.4714°W | |
| Woodfield | – | Special | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
7025 | W | 51.7452°N 0.4352°W |
In the 19th century this area contained a number of mill towns along the River Gade
River Gade
The River Gade is a river running almost entirely though Hertfordshire. It rises from a spring in the chalk of the Chiltern Hills at Dagnall, Buckinghamshire and flows through Hemel Hempstead, Kings Langley and Croxley Green to Rickmansworth where it joins the The River Colne...
.
Nash Mills C of E Primary School was founded in 1847 by John Dickinson
John Dickinson (1782–1869)
John Dickinson invented a continuous mechanised papermaking process and founded the paper mills at Croxley Green, Apsley and Nash Mills in England, which evolved into John Dickinson Stationery Limited...
, who owned the local paper mills
Nash Mill
Nash Mill was a paper mill in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. The local residential area takes its name from the mill.-Early records:...
.
The original flint
Flint
Flint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as nodules and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones. Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white, or brown in colour, and...
built buildings still stand on Belswains Lane, adjacent to the modern site.
Little is known about the school's early years; the early records may have been destroyed when the mill's offices were bombed during World War II
World War II
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. The earliest written record of the School is dated 1871.
Two Waters Primary School was originally a British school
British and Foreign School Society
The British and Foreign School Society offers charitable aid to educational projects in the UK and around the world by funding schools, other charities and educational bodies...
, founded by Non-conformists in the mid-19th century and was subsequently moved to the northern edge of Apsley, at the confluence of the Gade and River Bulbourne
River Bulbourne
The River Bulbourne is a river in Hertfordshire, England. It runs from Dudswell in Northchurch, through Berkhamsted , Bourne End and Boxmoor to where it joins the River Gade at Two Waters in Apsley near Hemel Hempstead. The total length of the river is 11 Km....
in March 1869.
It was transferred to the local school board
School board (England & Wales)
School boards were public bodies in England and Wales between 1870 and 1902, which established and administered elementary schools.School boards were created in boroughs and parishes under the Elementary Education Act 1870 following campaigning by George Dixon, Joseph Chamberlain and the National...
in 1870 and the school expanded into new buildings in 1878. A new school was built in 1913.
It serves the Apsley
Apsley
Apsley is a 19th century mill town in the county of Hertfordshire, England. It is a historic industrial site situated in a valley of the Chiltern Hills. It is positioned below the confluence of two permanent rivers, the Gade and Bulbourne. In an area of little surface water this was an obvious site...
district of Hemel Hempstead and is sited on the edge of the Manor Estate, on the southern edge of the town, where it was relocated in June 1976.
In the 1920s, part of the school was a selective central school
Central school
In the English education system, central schools were selective secondary education schools between the more prestigious grammar schools and the secondary schools.Central schools were first established following the 1918 Education Act....
.
In World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, evacuee
Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II
Evacuation of civilians in Britain during the Second World War was designed to save the population of urban or military areas in the United Kingdom from aerial bombing of cities and military targets such as docks. Civilians, particularly children, were moved to areas thought to be less at risk....
s from the cities increased the school roll and a double shift system was introduced to manage the numbers in the existing space. In 1941, Two Waters School absorbed the pupils of Wordsworth Junior Infants School from London.
Another early school was Apsley Manor School, which operated on Thorpe Street (now Avia Close) from 1857 until it was replaced by Belswains Primary School in 1949.
Chambersbury Primary School is located off Hill Common and also borders on Chambersbury Lane. The larger site includes 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...
and Hobbs Hill Primary, but fencing has been installed to define each school's site and to deter use as a throughway. It serves part of the Bennetts End
Bennetts End
Bennetts End is a neighbourhood within Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the southeast of the town and consists almost entirely of public housing built as part of the new town in the 1950s...
district of Hemel Hempstead.
Hobbs Hill Wood Primary School was completed in 1953 and was named after the woods that pre-dated the New Town. It serves North End Farm and parts of Bennetts End
Bennetts End
Bennetts End is a neighbourhood within Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the southeast of the town and consists almost entirely of public housing built as part of the new town in the 1950s...
and Leverstock Green
Leverstock Green
Leverstock Green is a suburb in Hemel Hempstead, in the English county of Hertfordshire. It is located on the eastern edge of the town.Leverstock Green contains a village school , village cricket club, village football club , village hall, village shops, village pubs and Holy Trinity church...
.
Woodfield School is a school for children with severe learning difficulties. It is sited in Leverstock Green
Leverstock Green
Leverstock Green is a suburb in Hemel Hempstead, in the English county of Hertfordshire. It is located on the eastern edge of the town.Leverstock Green contains a village school , village cricket club, village football club , village hall, village shops, village pubs and Holy Trinity church...
and caters for all ages, including the primary age range.
North-east
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| Aycliffe Drive | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
45 | 2426 | W | 51.7715°N 0.4586°W | ||
| Broadfield | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1955 | 60 | 3991 | W | 51.7541°N 0.4574°W | |
| Brockswood | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1978 | 30 | 2448 | W | 51.7803°N 0.4356°W | |
| George Street | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1855 | 30 | 2040 | W | 51.7591°N 0.4685°W | |
| Hammond | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
30 | 2337 | W | 51.7691°N 0.4553°W | ||
| Haywood Grove | – | Special | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1996 | 7047 | W | 51.7756°N 0.4501°W | ||
| Hobletts Manor | – | Infant | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1952 | 60 | 2184 | W | 51.7589°N 0.4483°W | |
| Junior | 2023 | W | 51.7586°N 0.4496°W | ||||||
| Holtsmere End | – | Infant | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1981 | 60 | 2995 | W | 51.7766°N 0.4415°W | |
| Junior | 1976 | 2427 | W | 51.7772°N 0.4418°W | |||||
| Maple Grove | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
2008 | 30 | 3987 | W | 51.7750°N 0.4498°W | |
| Yewtree | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
2008 | 60 | 3988 | W | 51.7641°N 0.4601°W |
There was a national school
National school (England and Wales)
A national school was a school founded in 19th century England and Wales by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education.These schools provided elementary education, in accordance with the teaching of the Church of England, to the children of the poor.Together with the less numerous...
in the old town at least as early as 1932, rebuilt on George Street in 1855. In 1878 the infants department moved to Queen Street. The two schools were reunited as George Street Primary School in new building in 1969.
There were also British school
British and Foreign School Society
The British and Foreign School Society offers charitable aid to educational projects in the UK and around the world by funding schools, other charities and educational bodies...
s in Marlowes from the 1830s until the late 19th century.
In 2007, Brockswood Primary School was one of four primary schools in England that were implicated in malpractice in the National Curriculum assessment
National Curriculum assessment
National Curriculum assessments are a series of educational assessments, colloquially known as Sats or SATs, used to assess the attainment of children attending maintained schools in England...
tests taken by 11-year-olds. As a result, it was stripped of results in English, maths and science.
Broadfield Primary School was opened in January 2008 as the result of a voluntary amalgamation of the previous Infant and Junior Schools which originally opened in 1955.
In a re-organisation in 2008, Yewtree Primary School was formed from the amalgamation of Jupiter Drive and Bellgate Primary Schools on the Bellgate site.
At the same time, Maple Grove Primary School was formed from the amalgamation of Barncroft and Eastbrook schools in the former Eastbrook Junior School site.
The former Eastbrook Infants building is now occupied by Haywood Grove School, a special school for primary aged pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.
West
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| Boxmoor | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1842 | 30 | 2041 | W | 51.7493°N 0.4885°W | |
| Chaulden | – | Infants | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
50 | 2193 | W | 51.7511°N 0.4998°W | ||
| Junior | 60 | 2185 | W | 51.7506°N 0.5003°W | |||||
| Gade Valley | – | JMI | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1962 | 30 | 2274 | W | 51.7584°N 0.4816°W | |
| Galley Hill | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
2008 | 45 | 3990 | W | 51.7638°N 0.4900°W | |
| Heath Lane | – | Nursery | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1942 | 80 | 1009 | W | 51.7506°N 0.4780°W | |
| Micklem | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
30 | 2243 | W | 51.7574°N 0.4934°W | ||
| Pixies Hill | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
30 | 2293 | W | 51.7486°N 0.5010°W | ||
| St Cuthbert Mayne | RC Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity... |
Junior | VA Voluntary aided school A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school... |
1958 | 60 | 3386 | W | 51.7595°N 0.4825°W | |
| St Rose's | RC Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity... |
Infants | VA Voluntary aided school A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school... |
1967 | 60 | 3409 | W | 51.7473°N 0.4928°W | |
| South Hill | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1951 | 30 | 2047 | W | 51.7496°N 0.4772°W |
The original school in Boxmoor was St John's national school, split between sites on Cowper Road and St John's Road.
The school later passed to board control, and became Boxmoor Primary School.
It moved into new buildings in 1974.
Gade Valley JMI and Nursery School came into existence in 1982 when the previously separate Infant Junior schools merged. The school is sited on the boundary of the Gadebridge and Hammerfield districts in the north of the town.
In a re-organisation in 2008, Galley Hill Primary School was formed from the amalgamation of Martindale and Rossgate Primary Schools on the Rossgate site.
Berkhamsted
As an exception within the district, in BerkhamstedBerkhamsted
-Climate:Berkhamsted experiences an oceanic climate similar to almost all of the United Kingdom.-Castle:...
there operates a three-tier school system
Three-tier education
Three-tier education refers to those structures of schooling, which exist in some parts of England, where pupils are taught in three distinct school types. A similar experiment was also trialled in Scotland....
, comprising 6 first school
First School
First school and lower school are terms used in some areas of the United Kingdom to describe the first stage of primary education. Some English Local Education Authorities have introduced First Schools since the 1960s...
s (ages 5–9), 2 middle schools (9–13) and an upper school
Upper school
Upper Schools tend to be schools within secondary education. Outside England, the term normally refers to a section of a larger school. There is some variation in the use of the term in England.-State Maintained Schools:...
(Ashlyns School
Ashlyns School
Ashlyns School is a school for pupils aged 13–18 in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England. Unlike many other areas in the UK, schools in the Berkhamsted area operate a three-tier system of lower, middle and upper schools , in contrast to the traditional Primary School and Secondary School...
).
The middle schools are classed as secondary schools for statistical purposes.
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Ofsted Office for Standards in Education The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England .... number |
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| Bridgewater | – | Middle | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1972 | 95 | 4144 | W | 51.7708°N 0.5751°W | |
| Greenway | – | First | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1966 | 60 | 2326 | W | 51.7582°N 0.5813°W | |
| Potten End | CE Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
First | VC Voluntary controlled school A voluntary controlled school is a state-funded school in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in which a foundation or trust has some formal influence in the running of the school... |
1856 | 30 | 3042 | W | 51.7703°N 0.5266°W | |
| Northchurch Northchurch Northchurch is a village and civil parish in the Bulbourne valley in Hertfordshire lying between Berkhamsted and Tring.Situated on the Roman road Akeman Street, a major Roman villa dating from about AD 60 was discovered in the village in the 1970s. The settlement predates the neighbouring larger... St Mary's |
CE Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
First | VA Voluntary aided school A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school... |
1864 | 30 | 3315 | W | 51.7702°N 0.5895°W | |
| St Thomas More | RC Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity... |
Primary | VA Voluntary aided school A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school... |
1966 | 30 | 3402 | W | 51.7590°N 0.5804°W | |
| Swing Gate | – | First | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1968 | 30 | 2301 | W | 51.7571°N 0.5551°W | |
| Thomas Coram | CE Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Middle | VA Voluntary aided school A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school... |
1970 | 95 | 4627 | W | 51.7514°N 0.5575°W | |
| Victoria | CE Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
First | VA Voluntary aided school A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school... |
1897 | 42 | 3314 | W | 51.7592°N 0.5646°W | |
| Westfield | – | First | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1962 | 30 | 2288 | W | 51.7664°N 0.5851°W |
A British school
British and Foreign School Society
The British and Foreign School Society offers charitable aid to educational projects in the UK and around the world by funding schools, other charities and educational bodies...
was established on the corner of Park View Road in 1834, becoming a board school in 1870 and renamed Park View School in 1948.
It closed in 1971.
A national school
National school (England and Wales)
A national school was a school founded in 19th century England and Wales by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education.These schools provided elementary education, in accordance with the teaching of the Church of England, to the children of the poor.Together with the less numerous...
was built in 1838 behind the courthouse, expanding to Gossoms End in 1844.
The boys and girls schools moved to the new Victoria schools in 1898 and 1903 respectively.
In 1945 these schools were reorganised as a mixed junior schoor and a secondary modern school
Secondary modern school
A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s, under the Tripartite System, and was designed for the majority of pupils - those who do not achieve scores in the top 25% of the eleven plus examination...
(closed in 1951).
was founded in 1864 as a national school
National school (England and Wales)
A national school was a school founded in 19th century England and Wales by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education.These schools provided elementary education, in accordance with the teaching of the Church of England, to the children of the poor.Together with the less numerous...
in the Northchurch
Northchurch
Northchurch is a village and civil parish in the Bulbourne valley in Hertfordshire lying between Berkhamsted and Tring.Situated on the Roman road Akeman Street, a major Roman villa dating from about AD 60 was discovered in the village in the 1970s. The settlement predates the neighbouring larger...
part of Berkhamsted. The original building with its Victorian stained glass window remains in use for communal purposes with modern classrooms added in the 1960s. The school field borders the Grand Union Canal
Grand Union Canal
The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system. Its main line connects London and Birmingham, stretching for 137 miles with 166 locks...
and encloses a section of the River Bulbourne
River Bulbourne
The River Bulbourne is a river in Hertfordshire, England. It runs from Dudswell in Northchurch, through Berkhamsted , Bourne End and Boxmoor to where it joins the River Gade at Two Waters in Apsley near Hemel Hempstead. The total length of the river is 11 Km....
.
In 1970 the town adopted the three-tier system, converting the existing primary schools to first schools and building three new middle schools.
Two of these, Augustus Smith Middle School and Thomas Bourne Middle School, amalgamated in 1988 on the Augustus Smith site as Thomas Coram Middle School.
The former Thomas Bourne building was purchased by Egerton Rothesay School
Egerton Rothesay School
Egerton Rothesay School is an independent specialist school located in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.-History:Egerton Rothesay School arose from the amalgamation of two Berkhamsted prep schools by John and Heather Adkins....
.
St Thomas More RC Primary School,
situated in the Shootersway district adjacent to Greenway First and Nursery School, serves the parishes of Berkhamsted
Berkhamsted
-Climate:Berkhamsted experiences an oceanic climate similar to almost all of the United Kingdom.-Castle:...
and Tring
Tring
Tring is a small market town and also a civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in Hertfordshire, England. Situated north-west of London and linked to London by the old Roman road of Akeman Street, by the modern A41, by the Grand Union Canal and by rail lines to Euston Station, Tring is now largely a...
. It has just over 200 pupils and covers the full primary school age range.
Tring
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| Bishop Wood | CE Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Junior | VA Voluntary aided school A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school... |
1842 | 60 | 3371 | W | 51.7942°N 0.6641°W | |
| Dundale | – | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1968 | 30 | 2343 | W | 51.7998°N 0.6618°W | |
| Goldfield | – | Infants | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
60 | 2322 | W | 51.7941°N 0.6687°W | ||
| Grove Road Grove Road Primary School Grove Road Primary School is a Primary School located in Tring, Hertfordshire, England and is one of the four state junior schools in Tring, the others being, Bishop Wood CE Junior School, Dundale Primary and Nursery School, and Goldfield Infants and Nursery School. The current headteacher is Mr... |
– | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1973 | 60 | 2436 | W | 51.8025°N 0.6518°W |
Tring National School originally stood on Aylesbury Road in the middle of Tring
Tring
Tring is a small market town and also a civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in Hertfordshire, England. Situated north-west of London and linked to London by the old Roman road of Akeman Street, by the modern A41, by the Grand Union Canal and by rail lines to Euston Station, Tring is now largely a...
, on the current site of Tring Library. In the 1930s the junior and secondary departments were re-organised as separate schools, though still occupying the same building. The senior school moved to the top of Mortimer Hill in 1956 as Tring School
Tring School
Tring School is a state secondary school with approximately 1,500 pupils aged between 11 and 18. It is located on Mortimer Hill on the east side of the town of Tring, Hertfordshire, England. It is also a designated specialist Humanities College. Tring School includes a sixth form with approximately...
, while the junior school became Bishop Wood C of E Junior School.
Villages
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| Aldbury Aldbury Aldbury is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, near the borders of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, in a valley close to Ashridge Park. The nearest town is Tring; Tring railway station, 1 mile west, is in the parish of Aldbury... |
CE Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Primary | VC Voluntary controlled school A voluntary controlled school is a state-funded school in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in which a foundation or trust has some formal influence in the running of the school... |
1856 | 10 | 3000 | W | 51.8029°N 0.6035°W | |
| Bovingdon Bovingdon Bovingdon is a large village in the Chiltern Hills, in Hertfordshire, England, four miles south-west of Hemel Hempstead and it is a civil parish within the local authority area of Dacorum... |
– | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1927 | 60 | 2003 | W | 51.7231°N 0.5317°W | |
| Flamstead Flamstead Flamstead is a village and civil parish in north-west Hertfordshire, England, close to the junction of the A5 and the M1 motorway at junction 9. The name is thought by some historians to be a corruption of the original Verulamstead... |
– | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1867 | 15 | 2031 | W | 51.8168°N 0.4362°W | |
| Gaddesden Row | – | JMI | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1876 | 8 | 2032 | W | 51.8058°N 0.4783°W | |
| Great Gaddesden Great Gaddesden Great Gaddesden is a village and civil parish in Dacorum Hundred in Hertfordshire, England. It is located in the Chiltern Hills, north of Hemel Hempstead. The parish borders to Flamstead, Hemel Hempstead, Nettleden and Little Gaddesden and also to Studham in Bedfordshire.The Church St. John the... |
CE Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Primary | VA Voluntary aided school A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school... |
1855 | 12 | 3335 | W | 51.7905°N 0.5088°W | |
| Kings Langley Kings Langley Kings Langley is a historic English village and civil parish northwest of central London on the southern edge of the Chiltern Hills and now part of the London commuter belt. The major western portion lies in the borough of Dacorum and the east is in the Three Rivers district, both in the county of... |
– | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
1838 | 60 | 2338 | W | 51.7174°N 0.4564°W | |
| Little Gaddesden Little Gaddesden Little Gaddesden is a village and civil parish in the English county of Hertfordshire three miles north of Berkhamsted. As well as Little Gaddesden village , the parish contains the settlements of Ashridge , Hudnall , and part of Ringshall .Part of the parish was formerly in Buckinghamshire... |
CE Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Primary | VA Voluntary aided school A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school... |
1854 | 15 | 3352 | W | 51.8114°N 0.5605°W | |
| Long Marston Long Marston, Hertfordshire Long Marston is a small village to the north of Tring in Hertfordshire, in the Tring Rural parish council area. It is located roughly 5 miles east of Aylesbury and 11 miles north-west of Hemel Hempstead.... |
CE Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Primary | VA Voluntary aided school A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school... |
1951 | 20 | 3373 | W | 51.8323°N 0.6994°W | |
| Markyate Markyate Markyate is a village and civil parish in north-west Hertfordshire close to the border with Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.-Geography:Having a number of former names, including Markyate Street and Mergyate, it has been a part of all three counties since it was first founded as the county... |
– | Primary | CY Community school The term "community school" refers to types of publicly funded school in England, Wales, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand to a school that serves as both an educational institution and a centre of community life. A community school is both a place and a... |
30 | 2074 | W | 51.8377°N 0.4672°W | ||
| St Bartholomew's, Wigginton Wigginton, Hertfordshire Wigginton is a large village and civil parish running north-south and perched at on the edge of the Chiltern Hills in the county of Hertfordshire and aside the border with Buckinghamshire... |
CE Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... |
Primary | VA Voluntary aided school A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school... |
1854 | 15 | 3380 | W | 51.7823°N 0.6435°W | |
| St Paul's, Chipperfield Chipperfield Chipperfield is a village and civil parish in the Dacorum district of Hertfordshire, England, about 5 miles southwest of Hemel Hempstead and 5 miles north of Watford. The parish includes the hamlet of Tower Hill.... |
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Primary | VA Voluntary aided school A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school... |
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Gaddesden Row JMI School was established in 1876 to meet obligations imposed on the community by the Education Act 1876. Hertfordshire County Council
Hertfordshire County Council
Hertfordshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Hertfordshire, in England, the United Kingdom. It currently consists of 77 councillors, and is controlled by the Conservative Party, which has 55 councillors, 17 Liberal Democrats, versus 3 Labour...
acquired the property in 1957 and improved it, creating a modern two-room school in unspoilt farmland. The only surviving part of the original school is now offices for the Headteacher and Secretary. In 2001 a new kitchen replaced the old one and a third classroom was added.
Little Gaddesden CE Voluntary Aided Primary School was initially held in a large room at the Bridgewater Arms, moving to a new building in 1858.
The original Kings Langley School was built by John Dickinson
John Dickinson
John Dickinson may refer to:* John Dickinson , lawyer, Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania, signer of U.S. Constitution, and namesake of Dickinson College* John D. Dickinson , lawyer and U.S...
in School Lane. The building is now The Cloisters. It was replaced by Kings Langley Primary School and Kings Langley School
Kings Langley School
Kings Langley School is a comprehensive secondary school in the village of Kings Langley in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.The school caters for pupils aged 11 to 18...
, the local secondary school, in 1987.
Long Marston Voluntary Aided C of E Primary School was rebuilt in 1951 after the original building was destroyed by a bomb in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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St Bartholomew's C of E VA Primary School, located in Wigginton
Wigginton, Hertfordshire
Wigginton is a large village and civil parish running north-south and perched at on the edge of the Chiltern Hills in the county of Hertfordshire and aside the border with Buckinghamshire...
, was founded in 1854 by the local vicar, the Reverend Gaisford, to provide children within the parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
with full time education. It was originally a plaiting school where children made straw plaits for the Luton
Luton
Luton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....
hat industry. The present school building was dedicated on 15 March 1969 by the Bishop of St Albans
Bishop of St Albans
The Bishop of St Albans is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of St Albans in the Province of Canterbury. The bishop is supported in his work by two suffragan bishops, the Bishop of Hertford and the Bishop of Bedford, and three archdeacons....
, the Right Reverend Michael Gresford-Jones
Edward Michael Gresford Jones
The son of a Bishop, Edward Michael Gresford Jones KCVO, DD was enthroned as the 6th Bishop of St Albans on 28 September 1950, where he remained in office until 1970...
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St Paul's VA C of E Primary School is centrally sited in Chipperfield
Chipperfield
Chipperfield is a village and civil parish in the Dacorum district of Hertfordshire, England, about 5 miles southwest of Hemel Hempstead and 5 miles north of Watford. The parish includes the hamlet of Tower Hill....
, close to the church and village green. In 1973 the school moved from flint cottages opposite the church to a new building with an unusual circular plan.
Independent schools
A number of independent schools in the area also take children of primary age.Abbot's Hill School
Abbot's Hill School
Abbot's Hill School is an independent girls' school in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.-Abbot's Hill House:It had been the home of John Dickinson who was his own architect in its building, just east of his paper mill, Nash Mills. Construction was commenced in 1836...
is an independent school that caters for girls up to GCSE age. There are around 480 pupils. The School was founded in 1912, and is situated in John Dickinson
John Dickinson (1782–1869)
John Dickinson invented a continuous mechanised papermaking process and founded the paper mills at Croxley Green, Apsley and Nash Mills in England, which evolved into John Dickinson Stationery Limited...
's house in 76 acres (30.8 ha) of parkland on the southern edge of Hemel Hempstead.
Lockers Park School
Lockers Park School
Lockers Park School is a day and boarding preparatory school for 140 boys, situated in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. Each year it sends boys to the main public schools in the UK, including Harrow, Eton, Radley, Bradfield and Rugby. Its current headmaster is David Farquharson.-History:Lockers Park...
, situated between Hammerfield and the centre of Hemel Hempstead, is a day and boarding school
Boarding school
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accommodating boys up to age 13. It was founded in 1874 by Henry Montagu Draper to prepare boys for Rugby School
Rugby School
Rugby School is a co-educational day and boarding school located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain.-History:...
, and is thus one of the earliest purpose-built preparatory school
Preparatory school (UK)
In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...
s in England.
The Arts Educational School
The Arts Educational School, Tring Park
Tring Park School for the Performing Arts is an independent co-educational school specialising in dance and performing arts. The school was renamed in January 2009 and was previously known as the Arts Educational School, Tring Park.-Overview:...
is an independent day and boarding school with about 275 pupils at Tring Park
Tring Park
Tring Park is a large country house near Tring, Hertfordshire.The Manor of Tring is first mentioned in the Domesday Book where it is referred to as "Treunge" and was owned by Eustace III, Count of Boulogne, a countryman of William the Conqueror...
. The school includes a preparatory department taking pupils from age 8. The school provides vocational training in dance, drama and musical theatre as well as a secondary level academic curriculum.
The Rudolf Steiner School Kings Langley
Rudolf Steiner School Kings Langley
Rudolf Steiner School Kings Langley is a Steiner School located in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England, formed in 1949.The school caters for pupils aged 3 to 19 years old, and has a capacity of 440 pupils....
is an independent school that caters for children up to age 19, including those of primary school age. It was opened in 1949 and is one of the oldest Rudolf Steiner Schools in the UK.