New Hall School A GSG School
- New Hall School
The Avenue
Boreham
Chelmsford
Essex
CM3 3HS - Head: Mrs Katherine A Jeffrey
- T 01245 467 588
- F 01245 464 348
- E [email protected]
- W www.newhallschool.co.uk
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 11 to 18 with a linked junior school
- Read about the best schools in Essex
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Essex
- Pupils: 935; sixth formers: 240
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Fees: Day £20,880 - £22,617 pa; Boarding £26,415 - £35,973 pa
- Open days: September, May
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: New Hall School Preparatory School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
‘Teaching is dynamic and exciting and not all done the same way here,’ says principal. ‘It’s creative because we don’t want to bore children.’ Judging by the bright-eyed, smiley and engaged students we met, this is far from the case, and parents are happy – ‘Our son, a scholar, has felt stimulated and challenged,’ says one. ‘The teachers are passionate about what they do and this rubs off on the children.’...
What the school says...
The exceptional pastoral care, combined with excellent academic provision makes New Hall very special. We focus on the individual, ensuring that each person fulfills his or her potential academically, creatively and socially.
A Catholic Foundation, faith lies at the heart of this foundation and remains essential to the character of the school today. A sense of responsibility and a spirit of service to others is fostered through it's award-winning and nationally recognised organisation the New Hall Voluntary Service.
New Hall operates the Diamond structure: a Co-Educational Preparatory Division (3-11), Boys Division (11-16), Girls Division (11-16) and Co-Educational Sixth Form. Girls and Boys between the ages of 11-16 are educated in a single-sex classes but with the benefit of a mixed environment.
Founded in 1642, New Hall is one of the oldest Catholic schools in England. The campus offers exceptional facilities including a beautiful Chapel, 25m 6-Lane swimming pool, a National standard running track & floodlit Astroturf, the Walkfares Performing Arts Centre, excellent boarding accommodation, and a new Technology Centre. The co-educational Preparatory Division and Pre-Reception are situated on the same 85 acre campus as the Senior School.
We pride ourselves on being a community which allows each individual to flourish and become confident and happy young adults. ...Read more
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Principal
Since 2001, Katherine Jeffrey MA PGCE MA (EdMg) NPQH. Previously an RE teacher at St Mary’s School, Shaftesbury, head of RE at Woldingham School and deputy head at the Marist School, Ascot before coming to New Hall as its first ever lay principal and teacher of theology. Now the longest-serving head at the same HMC school. She is also executive head of New Hall’s multi-academy trust. Awarded the Institute of Directors’ East of England Businesswoman of the Year award, followed by a national Independent Schools Award for Outstanding Strategic Initiative and the TES Overall School of the Year. She has been a committee member of the Catholic Independent Schools’ Conference and a governor of St Mary’s School, Hampstead. She is currently a director of The Tablet, the international Catholic weekly, and a member of...
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Please contact the registrar on 01245 467588 for information on SEN provision at New Hall.
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