Aldenham School, Borehamwood | The Good Schools Guide

Aldenham School
Elstree
Borehamwood
Hertfordshire
WD6 3AJ
Head: James Fowler
T 01923 858122
F 01923 854410
E admissions@aldenham.com
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: 565; 26 boys, 17 girls full, 89 boys, 17 girls flexi boarders; sixth formers: 165: 117 boys, 48 girls
Religion: Church of England
Fees: Day: £15,291 - £21,414; Boarding: £21,099 - £31,386 pa
Open days: June & October
Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
ISI report: View the ISI report
Linked schools: Aldenham Preparatory 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...

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What the school says...

Established over 400 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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2016 Good Schools Guide Awards

Best performance by Boys taking History at an English Independent School (Cambridge Int Certificate Level 1/Level 2)

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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
Not Applicable
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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