Schools
There are six state maintained secondary schools in the town:
- Adeyfield School — Business and Enterprise College
- Astley Cooper School — A Specialist College for the Visual Arts.
- Cavendish School — A Specialist Sports College
- The Hemel Hempstead School — A Specialist Performing Arts, Maths & Science School
- John F Kennedy Catholic School — A Specialist Technology and Modern Foreign Languages College (Roman Catholic)
- Longdean School — A Maths and Computing College
There are also independent (fee-paying) schools in, or adjacent, to the town:
- Abbot's Hill School — a day and boarding school for girls
- Lockers Park School — a day and boarding school for boys aged 5–13
- Westbrook Hay School — a co-educational school for children aged 3–13
In addition there is a West Herts College Campus based in the town centre.
In 2006, the local education authority has judged that there are too many primary school places in the town and has published proposals to reduce them. The options involved school amalgamations and closures. A list of schools taking children of primary age is at Primary schools in Dacorum.
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