Developments
In recent years Berkhamsted School has seen many developments to both its campuses. The Knox-Johnston Sports Centre at Kings Campus was opened by The Duke of Edinburgh in 2004, featuring a six lane swimming pool and sports hall. A new Art and Design Centre named The Chadwick Centre opened at Castle Campus in 2007, replacing the old classrooms and dining room formerly located nearby. 2007 also saw the Green Room extension to Centenary Theatre at Kings Campus, creating additional music and drama classrooms. In 2008, the former dining room at Castle Campus was converted into a new Design Techonology block. 2009 saw the addition of 'Spencer', a new Sixth Form house named after John Spencer, a prior headmaster of the school. Several improvements are being made to Castle Campus in 2010. A new sixth form house will be created and Cox's and Incent's day houses will move locations to the site of the former swimming pool. A new drama suite has been created on the current site of Cox's House and Incent's house has been converted into studies for the Headmaster and Deputy Head of Senior Boys. The School have also installed wi-fi in the Sixth Form Centre so that pupils have access to a remote internet service.
In July 2009, the Chairman of Governors announced that, in order to remain competitive with other schools, plans have been made to demolish the Nash and Harris buildings at Kings Campus and replace them with a new block containing classrooms, a 300-seat dining room, specialist DT Classrooms including a new room for food technology, an ICT Suite, and staffroom and sixth form facilities. Planning permission has now been granted and work began in March 2010 with demolition and construction completed by September 2011. The new building will also have several knock-on benefits in the existing school including the creation of a sixth girls house, several additional classrooms, an internet cafe, a designated examination space and quiet working areas for the sixth form, and a small chapel.
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