Hockerill Anglo-European College

Hockerill Anglo-European College, is the highest ranked comprehensive school in the country according to a Sunday Times report published in November 2012. It is an international boarding school with academy status located in Bishop's Stortford. It was formally known as Hockerill Boarding School when it under local authority control. It became an Academy in 2011.

In 1850, Hockerill was founded as a teacher training school for women by the first vicar of the parish of All Saints, Hockerill, the Reverend John Menet. The training school was closed in 1978 and, in 1980, was reopened as Hockerill School when Fyfield School (in Essex) and Kennylands School (in Berkshire) merged. In 1995 it achieved Grant Maintained status and in 1998 became known as Hockerill Anglo-European College.

Hockerill has more than 800 students, with about a third boarding. It offers the International Baccalaureate (IB). In this way the college is unique: it is the only international boarding IB school in England. The school also gained Music College status. The Music College was officially opened by Lord David Puttnam on 8 October 2006.

The boarding section is divided into five boarding houses. The boarding houses are named after places in England: Thames House (for boys in Years 11-13); Roding House (girls in Years 12-13); Canterbury House (boys in Years 7-8); Canterbury Upper House (boys in Years 9-10); and Winchester House (girls in Years 7-10). A new Boarding House for Year 11 girls is opening in September 2012 and will be called Rochester House.

The academic side of Hockerill is divided into four équipes, named after four pioneers in their own fields, and are also given a colour: Brunel (blue), da Vinci (red), Goethe (green) and Pascal (white).