Berkhamsted School

 

Contact Details

Address:
 Overton House
 133 High Street
 Berkhamsted
 Hertfordshire HP4 2DJ
Telephone: 01442 358000

School Type

Phase: Secondary and Sixth Form (ages 11-19)
Type: Independent School
Religious Denomination: Church of England
Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Established: 1902

Fees and Scholarships

Day Fees*: £4,334 to £10,380 (excl VAT)
Boarding Fees*: £14,346 to £17,156 (excl VAT)
Scholarships and Bursaries: Available
* Per term

Staff and Pupils

Principal: Mr Martin Walker (since April 2026)
Previous Headteacher: Richard Backhouse
Number of pupils: 1431
Boarders: Yes (22 boys / 26 girls)
Bording type: Weekly and full boarding
Sex: 'Diamond' school‡ (57% boys / 43% girls)
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 0% (low)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 19.7%
Local child deprivation rate: 5.5% (4km radius)
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 31.4%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 8.4km
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available
‡ Mixed-sex up to 11 years old, then single-sex at 11-16, and mixed again at 16-18

Location and Administration

Authority: Hertfordshire
Electoral Ward: Berkhamsted East
School Number: 9196005
Associations: HMC, IAPS, GSA, AGBIS and ISBA

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: None
ISI* Report: 11th February 2025 (view report)
* Independent Schools Inspectorate

External Links

DfE Record: View record
School Performance Table: View record
Independent Schools Council: View profile
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery... (0.2km) show on map
  2. Swing Gate Infant School and Nursery (0.5km) show on map
  3. Ashlyns School (0.7km) show on map
  4. St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School,... (1.3km) show on map
  5. Greenway Primary and Nursery School (1.4km) show on map
  6. Bridgewater Primary School (1.6km) show on map
  7. The Thomas Coram Church of England School (1.6km) show on map
  8. Westfield Primary School (1.7km) show on map
  9. Berkhamsted Prep and Pre-Prep School (1.7km) show on map
  10. Egerton-Rothesay School (1.9km) show on map
  11. St Mary's CofE Primary School, Northchurch (2.2km) show on map
  12. Potten End CofE Primary School (2.7km) show on map
  13. Westbrook Hay (3.9km) show on map
  14. Pixies Hill Primary School (4.3km) show on map
  15. John F Kennedy Catholic School (4.3km) show on map
  16. Chesham Preparatory School (4.3km) show on map
  17. Oakleaf Primary (4.3km) show on map
  18. Bovingdon Primary Academy (4.5km) show on map
  19. Micklem Primary School (4.8km) show on map
  20. Roman Fields Academy (4.9km) show on map
  21. Galley Hill Primary School and Nursery (5.0km) show on map
  22. Great Gaddesden Church of England Primary School (5.0km) show on map
  23. St Rose's Catholic Infant School (5.1km) show on map
  24. Hawridge and Cholesbury Church of England School (5.1km) show on map
  25. Boxmoor Primary School (5.3km) show on map
  26. Felden Hall School (5.3km) show on map
  27. St Cuthbert Mayne Voluntary Catholic Junior A... (5.4km) show on map
  28. Laureate Academy (5.4km) show on map
  29. Gade Valley Primary School (5.5km) show on map
  30. Brushwood Junior School (5.5km) show on map
  31. The Collett School (5.5km) show on map
  32. Lockers Park School (5.6km) show on map
  33. Ley Hill School (5.6km) show on map
  34. Aldbury Church of England Primary and Nursery... (5.6km) show on map
  35. Ivingswood Academy (5.7km) show on map
  36. Little Gaddesden Church of England Voluntary ... (5.8km) show on map
  37. The Hemel Hempstead School (5.8km) show on map
  38. Heath Lane Nursery School (5.8km) show on map
  39. South Hill Primary School (5.8km) show on map
  40. Newtown School (6.0km) show on map
  41. Heritage House School (6.0km) show on map
  42. St Bartholomew's Church of England Voluntary ... (6.2km) show on map
  43. Chesham Grammar School (6.2km) show on map
  44. George Street Primary School (6.4km) show on map
  45. Elmtree Infant and Nursery School (6.6km) show on map
  46. Two Waters Primary School (6.8km) show on map
  47. Chiltern Hills Academy (6.9km) show on map
  48. Tudor Primary School (6.9km) show on map
  49. Yewtree Primary School (7.1km) show on map
  50. Broadfield Academy (7.1km) show on map
  51. Aycliffe Drive Primary School (7.3km) show on map
  52. Hammond Academy (7.3km) show on map
  53. Jupiter Primary School (7.4km) show on map
  54. Redbourn Park School (7.5km) show on map
  55. Thomas Harding Junior School (7.5km) show on map
  56. Tring Park School for the Performing Arts (7.5km) show on map
  57. Lime Walk Primary School (7.5km) show on map
  58. Chartridge Combined School (7.5km) show on map
  59. Waterside Primary Academy (7.6km) show on map
  60. Tring School (7.7km) show on map
  61. Gaddesden Row JMI School (7.7km) show on map
  62. Grove Road Primary School (7.7km) show on map
  63. The Adeyfield Academy (7.8km) show on map
  64. Belswains Primary School (7.8km) show on map
  65. Hobletts Manor Junior School (7.8km) show on map
  66. Hobletts Manor Infants' School (7.8km) show on map
  67. The Reddings Primary School (7.8km) show on map
  68. St Paul's Church of England Voluntary Aided P... (7.9km) show on map
  69. Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, Tring (7.9km) show on map
  70. Haywood Grove School (7.9km) show on map
  71. Maple Grove Primary School (7.9km) show on map
  72. Saint Albert the Great Catholic Primary Schoo... (8.0km) show on map
  73. The Astley Cooper School (8.0km) show on map
  74. Nash Mills Church of England Primary School (8.0km) show on map
  75. Dacorum Education Support Centre (8.1km) show on map
  76. Goldfield Infants' and Nursery School (8.2km) show on map
  77. Dundale Primary School and Nursery (8.2km) show on map
  78. Hobbs Hill Wood Primary School (8.3km) show on map
  79. Chambersbury Primary School (8.3km) show on map
  80. Studham Village CofE Academy (8.3km) show on map
  81. Chesham Bois Church of England School (8.4km) show on map
  82. Longdean School (8.4km) show on map
  83. Dagnall VA Church of England School (8.4km) show on map
  84. Kings Langley School (8.4km) show on map
  85. Beechwood Park School (8.5km) show on map
  86. Our Lady's Catholic Primary School (8.5km) show on map
  87. Holtsmere End Junior School (8.5km) show on map
  88. Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery School (8.5km) show on map
  89. Kings Langley Primary School (8.6km) show on map
  90. Abbot's Hill School (8.8km) show on map
  91. The Beacon School (8.8km) show on map
  92. Elangeni School (8.8km) show on map
  93. Woodfield School (8.9km) show on map
  94. Chestnut Lane School (9.0km) show on map
  95. Brockswood Primary School (9.0km) show on map
  96. Leverstock Green Church of England Primary School (9.1km) show on map
  97. Heatherton School (9.3km) show on map
  98. Lee Common Church of England School (9.3km) show on map
  99. Henry Allen Nursery School (9.5km) show on map
  100. Woodside Junior School (9.5km) show on map
Note: If school locations don't appear on the map then try zooming out

Similar Schools*

  1. ES Independent School, Merseyside
  2. Kingswood School, Bath
  3. Bournemouth Collegiate School
  4. Epsom College
  5. St George's College Weybridge, Addlestone
  6. Kingham Hill School, Chipping Norton
  7. Dean Close School, Cheltenham
  8. d'Overbroeck's, Oxford
  9. Radnor House, Twickenham
  10. Southbank International School Westminster, London
  11. Stamford Endowed Schools, Lincolnshire
  12. Kent College (Canterbury)
  13. Christ's Hospital, Horsham
  14. King Edward VI School, Southampton
  15. Dunottar School, Reigate
  16. Blundell's School, Tiverton
  17. Caterham School
  18. Thames Christian School, London
  19. Brighton College
  20. Kingston Grammar School, Kingston upon Thames
  21. Bloxham School, Banbury
  22. The Leys School, Cambridge
  23. Royal Hospital School, Ipswich
  24. Truro School
  25. Uppingham School, Oakham
  26. Eastbourne College
  27. Millfield School, Street
  28. Stoke College, Sudbury
  29. Sevenoaks School
  30. Princethorpe College, Rugby
  31. Shrewsbury School
  32. Halcyon London International School
  33. The Royal Ballet School, London
  34. Worth School, Crawley
  35. Canbury School, Kingston upon Thames
  36. Prior Park College, Bath
  37. Oundle School, Northamptonshire
  38. Langley School, Norfolk
  39. Repton School, Derby
  40. Emanuel School, London
  41. Mount House School, Barnet
  42. St John's School, Leatherhead
  43. Yarm School
  44. Felixstowe International College
  45. North Bridge House Senior Canonbury School, London
  46. Akeley Wood Senior School, Buckingham
  47. The King's School Canterbury
  48. Kensington Park School, London
  49. Lancing College
  50. The Oratory School, Nr Reading
  51. St Edward's School, Oxford
  52. King's College Taunton
  53. Ealing Independent College, London
  54. Downside School, Radstock
  55. Oakham School
  56. Queen Elizabeth School
  57. St Bees School, St. Bees
  58. Rochester Independent College
  59. Rugby School
  60. Dauntsey's School, Devizes
  61. Bancroft's School, Woodford Green
  62. Stanborough Secondary School, Watford
  63. Bede's Senior School, Hailsham
  64. Break Through School, Bexley
  65. RGS Surrey Hills, Dorking
  66. King's Bruton
  67. Ashbourne College, London
  68. Earlscliffe (Sussex Summer Schools Ltd), Folkestone
  69. St Peter's Catholic School, Guildford
  70. Tring School
  71. High Storrs School, Sheffield
  72. Milton Abbey School, Blandford Forum
  73. Impact Independent School, Cradley Heath
  74. Bradfield College
  75. Tadcaster Grammar School
  76. Malvern College
  77. Hockerill Anglo-European College, Bishop's Stortford
  78. The Ashcombe School, Dorking
  79. Concord College, Shrewsbury
  80. Ampleforth College, York
  81. Taunton School
  82. Steyning Grammar School
  83. Haileybury College, Hertford
  84. Kenilworth School and Sixth Form
  85. Luckley House School, Wokingham
  86. Ilkley Grammar School
  87. Charterhouse, Godalming
  88. Harrogate Grammar School
  89. Walton High School, Stafford
  90. Holyport College
  91. Sedbergh School, Sedbergh (La10 5hg)
  92. The Bishop Wand Church of England School, Sunbury-on-Thames
  93. The Robert Smyth Academy, Market Harborough
  94. Reintegreat Education Solutions Ltd, Middlesbrough
  95. St Lawrence College, Ramsgate
  96. Mander Portman Woodward, Cambridge
  97. Lord Wandsworth College, Hook
  98. Imberhorne School, East Grinstead
  99. Hedingham School and Sixth Form, Halstead
  100. Old Swinford Hospital, Stourbridge
* Based on pupil profiles – see About page for details

 | Copyright © 2026 |