Heatherton School A GSG School
- Heatherton School
10 Copperkins Lane
Amersham
Buckinghamshire
HP6 5QB - Head: Mrs Nicola Nicoll
- T 01494 726433
- F 01494 729 628
- E office@heatherton.com
- W www.berkhamste…com/heatherton/
- An independent school for girls aged from 3 to 11. Co-ed nursery aged 3-4.
- Read about the best schools in Buckinghamshire
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Buckinghamshire
- Pupils: 158
- Religion: None
- Fees: £10,575 - £15,900 pa
- Open days: Virtual Event: June / On-Site Event: September
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Berkhamsted School, Berkhamsted Pre-Prep and Prep School, Berkhamsted School (girls), Berkhamsted School (boys)
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Girls are taught it’s ok to fail – that failure is how you learn – and accountability is encouraged, with pupils choosing their own level of challenge from mild, spicy or hot. Cross-curricular looms large eg girls learn about biodegradability in science and art and even get a junk orchestra together in music. The small size of the school allows for flexibility and spontaneity – teachers had recently whisked off a class to the design museum at short notice. ‘They do their best,’ said a parent about sport. On the plus side is the connection with the Berkhamsted schools and breadth. On the downside…
What the school says...
Heatherton is a girls’ independent prep school with co-educational nursery for pupils aged rising 3-11 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. It has a family environment and is within easy reach of London. It is an IAPS school with a kitemark for excellence and an enviable record for success.
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Other features
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 2020, Nicola Nicoll (40s), previously deputy head at Badminton Junior School, Bristol, and before that head of science and head of middle school at Westminster Under. BSc in biomedical sciences and PGCE, both from Liverpool; MEd in educational leadership from Buckingham.
State educated in Norfolk, she initially resisted the inevitable pull of teaching (both parents were teachers), with her love of Agatha Christie novels responsible for sights set on forensic science. Until, that is, she found herself so traumatised by being handed bits of brain during a post-mortem she observed at the tender age of 21 that she switched career choice to teaching. It was, she explains, the ‘interacting with and enabling of others’ that really put fire in her belly. Cut teeth as science teacher at Thomas’ Prep,...
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Special Education Needs
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | Y |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | Y |
| 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 | Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Berkhamsted School (girls) | 2023 | 9 |
| Dr Challoner's High School | 2023 | 8 |
| Royal Masonic School for Girls | 2023 | 2 |
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