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“Choosing the right school for your child can be a stressful time. Naturally, you want to make sure you are doing the best. You want to prepare your child for adult life. You want to provide them with many and varied opportunities. You want your child to have excellent teachers who are experts both in subject knowledge but also in teaching so that your child can reach their academic potential. You want them to mix with children who will enhance their experience and support them, rather than pull them down. You want a school which has excellent facilities. You want a school which will nurture and support your child as they grow and help to steer them on the right path as they develop. Small, smart, and with its traditional style, Aldenham is unique, charming, and always striving for excellence. Within this caring and well-disciplined community, set in over 110 acres of Hertfordshire countryside within the M25 yet only 13 miles from central London, it is our aim that each pupil should be known as an individual and encouraged to develop their all-round gifts to the full. Founded as a traditional boarding school in 1597, Aldenham today offers both Day, Boarding, and Flexi-Boarding options for girls and boys on the same original glorious site with easy access to central London and all that the capital offers. Pupils can enjoy the best of both worlds the wide-open spaces allow room to breathe, without any feeling of isolation. It is an ideal location where both boys and girls can enjoy continuity of education from 3-18 years all on the same site. Here we remember that achievement is an individual matter, be it entry to an Oxbridge college, a sporting or cultural goal or it may simply involve growing up into a well-balanced individual. Dedicated teaching is at the heart of this endeavor as we help our students to focus on their plans, while our teachers focus on our students. One of the most important factors for any parent in finding the best school for their child is in assessing how well the school will be able to recognize the potential of their child and in adding to this as the child progresses through the school. At Aldenham, we aim to add value to the pupil’s achievement not only in statistical terms but also in experiential terms. As a school, we will assess the child’s ability on entry using the data produced by the University of Durham and this will form a baseline to measure performance. We will be able to set target grades that allow a pupil to focus on exceeding the potential expressed by this data, and in most cases, we can do so, especially when a pupil is committed to working hard towards these goals. Each year we see some exceptionally strong value-added performance through the MiDYIS system to GCSE and through the ALIS system at A-Level. Yet the statistical outcomes of these results can only express a part of what can be added to a pupil when they experience a fully rounded education at Aldenham. We will of course want our pupils to be able to excel in the classroom, but the chance to take part in a very wide program of extra-curricular activities throughout their time in the school can often add the greatest value. Our program is based on four key pillars, each of which can support the education of the child. The academic pillar will be the one that forms the broadest of foundations and will occupy the largest amount of a pupil’s time in school. Yet the three other pillars: of the sport of activities and the house system will be equally important to their development. View full school