Berkhamsted
As an exception within the district, in Berkhamsted there operates a three-tier school system, comprising 6 first schools (ages 5–9), 2 middle schools (9–13) and an upper school (Ashlyns School). The middle schools are classed as secondary schools for statistical purposes.
Name | Faith | Type | Gov | Opened | Intake | DCSF number | Ofsted number | Web | Coordinates |
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Bridgewater | – | Middle | CY | 1972 | 95 | 4144 | 117541 | W | 51°46′15″N 0°34′30″W / 51.7708°N 0.5751°W / 51.7708; -0.5751 (Bridgewater School) |
Greenway | – | First | CY | 1966 | 60 | 2326 | 117276 | W | 51°45′30″N 0°34′53″W / 51.7582°N 0.5813°W / 51.7582; -0.5813 (Greenway First and Nursery School) |
Potten End | CE | First | VC | 1856 | 30 | 3042 | 117414 | W | 51°46′13″N 0°31′36″W / 51.7703°N 0.5266°W / 51.7703; -0.5266 (Potten End C of E First School) |
Northchurch St Mary's | CE | First | VA | 1864 | 30 | 3315 | 117424 | W | 51°46′13″N 0°35′22″W / 51.7702°N 0.5895°W / 51.7702; -0.5895 (St Mary's VA C of E First School) |
St Thomas More | RC | Primary | VA | 1966 | 30 | 3402 | 117479 | W | 51°45′32″N 0°34′49″W / 51.7590°N 0.5804°W / 51.7590; -0.5804 (St Thomas More RC Primary School) |
Swing Gate | – | First | CY | 1968 | 30 | 2301 | 117260 | W | 51°45′26″N 0°33′18″W / 51.7571°N 0.5551°W / 51.7571; -0.5551 (Swing Gate First and Nursery School) |
Thomas Coram | CE | Middle | VA | 1970 | 95 | 4627 | 117559 | W | 51°45′05″N 0°33′27″W / 51.7514°N 0.5575°W / 51.7514; -0.5575 (The Thomas Coram C of E VA School) |
Victoria | CE | First | VA | 1897 | 42 | 3314 | 117423 | W | 51°45′33″N 0°33′53″W / 51.7592°N 0.5646°W / 51.7592; -0.5646 (Victoria C of E First School) |
Westfield | – | First | CY | 1962 | 30 | 2288 | 117254 | W | 51°45′59″N 0°35′06″W / 51.7664°N 0.5851°W / 51.7664; -0.5851 (Westfield First School) |
A British school was established on the corner of Park View Road in 1834, becoming a board school in 1870 and renamed Park View School in 1948. It closed in 1971.
A national school was built in 1838 behind the courthouse, expanding to Gossoms End in 1844. The boys and girls schools moved to the new Victoria schools in 1898 and 1903 respectively. In 1945 these schools were reorganised as a mixed junior schoor and a secondary modern school (closed in 1951).
St Mary's VA C of E First School was founded in 1864 as a national school in the Northchurch part of Berkhamsted. The original building with its Victorian stained glass window remains in use for communal purposes with modern classrooms added in the 1960s. The school field borders the Grand Union Canal and encloses a section of the River Bulbourne.
In 1970 the town adopted the three-tier system, converting the existing primary schools to first schools and building three new middle schools. Two of these, Augustus Smith Middle School and Thomas Bourne Middle School, amalgamated in 1988 on the Augustus Smith site as Thomas Coram Middle School. The former Thomas Bourne building was purchased by Egerton Rothesay School.
St Thomas More RC Primary School, situated in the Shootersway district adjacent to Greenway First and Nursery School, serves the parishes of Berkhamsted and Tring. It has just over 200 pupils and covers the full primary school age range.
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