Education Berkhamsted

1 education

1.1 state schools
1.2 independent schools
1.3 business school

education
state schools

the neoclassical portico of ashlyns school (1935) bearing foundling hospital coat of arms

in 1970s, town adopted three-tier state school education system, reverting two-tier system of primary , secondary schools in 2013. primary stage provided bridgewater, greenway, st thomas more, swing gate, thomas coram, victoria (founded in 1838) , westfield.

ashlyns school foundation school 1,200 pupils aged 11 19 years; specialist language college. school s history began in 18th century when thomas coram, philanthropic ship s captain, appalled abandoned babies , children starving , dying in london. campaigned hospital accommodate them , granted royal charter maintenance , education of exposed , deserted children in 1739. 3 years later in 1742 established foundling hospital @ lamb’s conduit fields in bloomsbury, london. first children s charity in country , precedent incorporated associational charities everywhere. school moved purpose built location in berkhamsted in 1935. residential home side @ berkhamsted closed following children act 1948, when family centered care replaced institutional care. in 1951 hertfordshire county council took on running school. large school contains stained glass windows, around chapel, staircase , many monuments original london hospital. school s chapel formerly housed organ donated george frideric handel. school used backdrop 2007 comedy film, son of rambow.

the grade 1 listed berkhamsted school old hall, described william camden structure in berkhamsted worth second glance .


independent schools

berkhamsted school independent public school, on 475 years of history. founded in 1541 dean john incent, (c. 1480–1545) english clergyman, born in berkhamsted in 16th century, 1540 1545 dean of st paul s cathedral in london (during years of english reformation). incent noted being 1 of agents of lord chancellor thomas cromwell responsible sequestration of religious properties during dissolution of monasteries incent financed setting of school combined revenues of town s 2 medieval hospitals, st john baptist , st john evangelist had survived until 1516, had closed down. in 1523 appropriated brotherhood s lands , joined own land, donating creation of school. in 1541 obtained royal charter 1 chauntry perpetual , schools boys not exceeding 144 called dean incent’s free school in berkhamstedde . incent died intestate 18 months after school opened, in order protect school legal challenges, school incorporated act of parliament free schole of king edwarde sixte in berkhampstedde. amongst school s former students author graham greene. schools oldest building old hall built in 1544 , grade listed, records of time state incent builded speed fair schoole lartge , great of brick sumptuously , , when ye said school finished, ye deane sent ye cheafe men of ye towne ye school kneeling gave almighty god . in 1988 school merged berkhamsted school girls (another large independent private school in town), had been founded in 1888. school has 1,500 fee paying pupils, aged 3 18.

egerton rothesay school, independent school founded in 1922, has 150 pupils between ages of 5 , 19.

business school

spire of chapel @ grade 1 ashridge house, showing natural trust ashridge estate behind

ashridge executive education prestigious business school divine location , occupying grade 1 listed ashridge house, former stately home of duke of bridgewater, set in 190 acres of rolling parkland, 2 miles outside berkhamsted. house occupies site of earlier ashridge priory, college of monastic order of bonhommes founded in 1283 edmund, 2nd earl of cornwall, resided in castle. after dissolution of monasteries, henry viii bequeathed property daughter, elizabeth. in 1800, home of francis egerton, 3rd duke of bridgewater, affectionately known father of inland navigation.ashridge house constructed between 1808 , 1814 design james wyatt later work nephew jeffrey wyattville. architecture critic nikolaus pevsner described largest of romantic palaces near london ... spectacular composition . in 1928 urban hanlon broughton purchased house gift conservative party intended commemorate bonar law first 15 years, became college of citizenship established conservative party develop intellectual forces in struggles left-wing organisations such fabian society. became cross between think-tank , training centre , had arthur bryant educational adviser. in 2015 ashridge merged hult international business school, american business school campuses in 7 cities around world. activities include open , tailored executive education programmes, mba, msc , diploma qualifications, organisation consulting, applied research , online learning. ashridge uk specialist business school degree awarding powers, giving equivalent status university in awarding degrees.