Hockerill Anglo-European College A GSG School
- Hockerill Anglo-European College
Dunmow Road
Bishop's Stortford
Hertfordshire
CM23 5HX - Head: David Woods
- T 01279 658451
- F 01279 755918
- E admin@hockerill.com
- W www.hockerill.com
- A state school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 18.
- Read about the best schools in East Hertfordshire and West Hertfordshire
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Hertfordshire
- Pupils: 920; sixth formers: 233
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Fees: Day: free; Boarding £8,397 - £18,957 pa
- Open days: September
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Good 1
- 16-19 study programmes Outstanding 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Outstanding 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 1
- 1 Full inspection 14th June 2022
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The IB requires a mood of involvement and pupils here lap this up, with over 70 popular clubs, including fencing, public speaking, knitting and dance. ‘Younger students really get stuck in, trying new things out before they find where their interests lie,’ said one student. A traditional but non-denominational school, where teachers are called Sir or Ma’am and everyone has sensible haircuts and wears uniform (blue in the lower school, black and white in the sixth form). Not excessive on…
What the school says...
David Woods MSc NPQH became Principal at the start of the 2020/21 academic year. Previously he was Campus Principal for 10 years at the International School of Geneva (the original 'home' of the International Baccalaureate) and before that Head of Senior School at Tanglin Trust School, Singapore. Both of David's daughters completed the IB Diploma and he is a passionate advocate of the benefits of the programme for students of all abilities. The availability of the IB post-16 at Hockerill was what attracted David to join Hockerill as well as the excellent facilities and the subject specialisms. David studied Physical Geography which he was able to pursue in Switzerland, less so in Bishop's Stortford. ...Read more
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Curricula
International Baccalaureate: diploma - the diploma is the familiar A-level equivalent.
International Baccalaureate: middle years - middle Years is a programme for ages 11-16.
School associations
State boarding school
What The Good Schools Guide says
Principal
Since 2020, David Woods, previously campus and secondary principal at the International School of Geneva. Before that, head of senior school at Tanglin Trust School in Singapore, which followed positions as assistant principal, head of sixth form and teacher in various English state schools. BSc in geography from Liverpool; MSc in rural resources and environmental policy from the University of London. Was a boarder himself, having attended Wymondham College, a state boarding school in Norfolk. Married with two children, currently at UK universities. Enjoys all sport, notably cycling, table tennis and skiing.
Entrance
Over 1,000 applications from over 60 primary schools for 120 places in year 7. Hertfordshire residents are allowed four choices at year 7, and you can use two of these to apply for both a day and boarding place. Places are allocated on...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
A SENCO and small learning support facility for students with relatively mild SEN.
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Interpreting catchment maps
The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.
Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained
Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
Children get into the school from here:
regularly
most years
quite often
infrequently
sometimes, but not in this year
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Stephen Perse Junior School Dame Bradbury's | 2023 | 1 |
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