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Berkhamsted · education

Best Schools in Berkhamsted

Ashlyns for the state secondary; Berkhamsted School for the independent gravity well; primaries that parents move house for.

The split shapes the town. It is not a secret. Admissions still run on HCC rules for the state side.

Read the current admissions booklet. Facebook is not a catchment map.

We do not publish a fake league table. We map the options, the admissions authority, and the honest logistics. Ofsted and HCC remain the official sources.

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Ashlyns School

Chesham Road, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted

Ashlyns is the comprehensive most Berkhamsted families actually use, sitting above the town with a Foundling Hospital history in its bones. Independent Berkhamsted School is the other gravity well; they are not substitutes for one another.

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Berkhamsted School

Overton Building, Castle Street, Berkhamsted · Berkhamsted

Founded in 1541, now a major independent with sites across Berkhamsted. It shapes the rental market, the coffee shops at 3:30pm, and the town’s sense of itself. Fees and admissions are on the school site; this listing is a map pin, not a prospectus.

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