Aldenham School A GSG School
- Aldenham School
Elstree
Borehamwood
Hertfordshire
WD6 3AJ - Head: James Fowler
- T 01923 858122
- F 01923 854410
- E [email protected]
- W www.aldenham.com
- A mainstream independent school for pupils aged from 11 to 18 with a linked junior school
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Hertfordshire
- Pupils: 638 (470 boys; 168 girls); sixth formers: 173
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day: £17,241 - £23,364; Boarding: £25,686 - £34,449 pa
- Open days: June & October
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Aldenham Prep School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Perhaps not a destination for the single minded scholar, although pupils say they are strongly encouraged to hit their own personal best; ‘the natural spread of ability makes for breadth and roundedness,’ according to head. School known for its footie prowess, with a handful of boys training with top academies, and also embryonic links with Southgate Hockey Club, but parents say it suits students less inclined towards team pursuits well too. Two compulsory activities a week, ranging from bell ringing, horse riding and film club to a very popular CCF...
What the school says...
Established over 420 years ago, Aldenham School still occupies the same site of more than 110 acres of beautiful Hertfordshire countryside. Aldenham offers uninterrupted co-education for 3-18 year olds. Boarders (from age 11) and day pupils benefit from individual attention in small classes, with a personal tutor for each pupil.
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2006, Mr James Fowler MA PGCE (50s). Educated at Merchant Taylors’ School, Northwood and New College, Oxford where he was a choral scholar. Previously head of sixth form at Brentwood School and deputy head at Highgate. Permeates every facet of school with his relaxed charisma and understanding of what makes parents and pupils tick. Unusually, interviews every candidate with their parents before admission. Is he interviewing the parents as well as the child, we asked? ‘Of course,’ he says. ‘I spend a lot of time helping people understand what we are and are not.’ And it’s to this level of mutual soul searching that he attributes the happy, enthusiastic nature of his cohort in evidence all over the school, almost all of whom he knows by name and who claim that their voice...
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Special Education Needs
We have an extremely good SEN Department. However, pupils do need to be able to cope in the normal classroom situation; they are not taught separately, but have extra individual tuition as and when necessary with qualified SEN teachers. Study skills support is provided in small groups. 10-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
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Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beechwood Park School | 2019 | 1 | 1 | Scholarships: 1 Sport |
| Edge Grove Preparatory School | 2019 | 5 | 1 | Art Scholarship |
| Maple Walk School | 2019 | 2 | 1 | Sports Scholarship |
| Orley Farm School | 2019 | 1 | ||
| St Hilda's Preparatory School for Girls | 2019 | 2 | 1 | Music scholarship |
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