Abbot's Hill School A GSG School
- Abbot's Hill School
Bunkers Lane
Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
HP3 8RP - Head: Mrs Sharon Schanschieff
- T 01442 240333
- F 01442 269981
- E [email protected]
- W www.abbotshill.herts.sch.uk
- An independent school for girls aged from 0 to 16.
- Read about the best schools in Hertfordshire
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Hertfordshire
- Pupils: 426
- Religion: None
- Fees: £14,910 - £27,675 pa (last updated on 04/11/2024)
- Open days: September
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
‘Friendly atmosphere’ and ‘sense of community’ are recurring themes from parents and pupils. Small size of school, year groups and classes mean every child is known. Known for performing arts, with terrific facilities including the 200-seat Judi Dench theatre where a group of girls were acting out an unfriendly scene so well that, for a moment, we thought we’d walked in on an almighty row. Parents like that the school is unpressured, though it’s more academic than when we last visited. ‘Learning objectives are clearer,’ parents tell us, ‘and they’ve got a lot of new teachers in who are really on it.’ There are sportier local schools, but parents say sport is ‘no longer the bugbear it was when we joined’, with ‘more ambition and...
What the school says...
Abbot’s Hill is a happy, dynamic and thriving school offering an all-round education for girls aged 4-16 years. Our Day Nursery & Pre-School caters for girls and boys from 6 months. Our historic campus offers modern facilities in a magnificent country setting, situated in over 70 acres of beautiful parkland on the outskirts of Hemel Hempstead.
The school has an excellent record of academic success and an outstanding reputation for pastoral care. Throughout the school, pupils are taught in small classes in which excellent teaching and personalised support ensure that everyone is inspired to exceed their potential. ...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
Head
Since April 2024, Sharon Schanschieff BSc QTS. Joined the school in 2015 as a part-time maths teacher, progressing to head of year, director of teaching and learning, then head of senior school. Always wanted to teach (and still teaches now), following in the footsteps of her two aunts ‘who I’d often go and help out’. So, after her education at St Ursula’s Convent school, a London girls’ school, she studied maths at Exeter then taught maths at Longsands Community College, Cambridgeshire before moving to Campion School, Northamptonshire. Later upped sticks to Suffolk with her family to take on her first independent school role at Old Buckingham Hall for 13 years, becoming head of day pupils then assistant head.
An understated head, she exudes a calm, quiet confidence and has one...
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Special Education Needs
Girls with mild specific learning difficulties and average or above-average intelligence are very successful at Abbot's Hill with its caring, sympathetic and nurturing environment and the setting of high expectations for all. Small classes and skilled teachers ensure that girls thrive, as strengths are recognised and strategies are put into place.
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westbrook Hay Prep School | 2024 | 1 | 1 | Drama Scholarship |
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