Berkhamsted School
Secondary school · Other independent school · ages 11 to 19 · Mixed
Overton House, 133 High Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 2DJ
- Pupils1,439
- Ages11 to 19
- Latest Ofsted–
- FundingIndependent (fee-paying)
Ofsted inspections
This is an independent school, so it isn’t in Ofsted’s data on state-funded schools, which we use. Independent schools are inspected by Ofsted or by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) — Get Information about Schools lists this school’s inspectorate as ISI. See the school’s Get Information about Schools record (opens in a new tab) or ask the school for its latest report.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at the date in About the data). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.
Results
GCSE results (end of Year 11, key stage 4)
Latest: 2025/26 (provisional) · 199 pupils. Each figure shows its year. What these mean
2025/26 results are provisional: the DfE will revise them (next update due February 2027). The provisional data has no EBacc figures, so EBacc is from an earlier year.
Attainment 8 score
Each pupil’s results across 8 qualifications (maths counts double, and English usually does too), averaged across the school. It partly reflects pupils’ starting points.
2025/26 (provisional)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs
Often called a “strong pass” in both subjects.
2025/26 (provisional)
Grade 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs
Often called a “standard pass” in both subjects.
2025/26 (provisional)
Progress 8 score
Compares pupils’ Attainment 8 results with pupils across England who had similar results at the end of primary school. 0 means about the same; above 0 means more progress, below 0 less. How to read Progress 8.
No Progress 8 score
2023/24: Not published for this type of school.
The Department for Education says Progress 8 can’t be calculated for 2024/25 or 2025/26, because those pupils had no key stage 2 test results (the tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021 because of COVID-19).
Entered for the English Baccalaureate (EBacc)
Pupils entered for all 5 EBacc “pillars”: English, maths, science, history or geography, and a language.
2024/25
EBacc average point score
Pupils’ point scores across the 5 EBacc pillars.
2024/25
Earlier years
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ English & maths | Grade 4+ English & maths | Progress 8 | EBacc entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (provisional) | 11.3 | 0% | 0% | Not available | – |
| 2024/25 | 12.2 | 0% | 0% | Not available | 0% |
| 2023/24 | 16.3 | 0% | 0% | Not published | 0% |
Results describe a different group of pupils each year. Progress 8 is a relative measure and can’t be compared year on year.
Sixth form results (16 to 18)
2024/25 · 451 students. What these mean
A level average grade
A-
Average point score per entry: 45.35 · Hertfordshire: 36.82 · England (state-funded schools): 35
Best 3 A levels: average grade
A-
A level progress (value added)
How well students did in their A levels compared with students across England with similar earlier results. 0 is about the same.
2024/25
+0.55
The DfE gives a range of +0.46 to +0.64 (95% confidence interval). The whole range is above 0, so progress was above the national average.
Progress band: Well above average (published as a number from 1 to 5; how we word it)
AAB or better at A level, with at least 2 facilitating subjects
A level students retained to the end of their course
Results describe one group of pupils in one year, so they can change a lot — especially in small schools. The DfE says “conclusions should not be drawn on a single piece of data alone.” This school on the DfE’s performance tables (opens in a new tab).
Source: Department for Education, school performance tables and Explore education statistics (key stage 4, 2025/26 provisional). England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.
Pupils and attendance
- Pupils
- 1,439 (capacity 1,505)
635 girls, 804 boys
Pupils with SEN support
Special educational needs, without an education, health and care (EHC) plan.
2024/25
Pupils with an EHC plan
An education, health and care plan sets out the support a child must get.
2024/25
Eligible for free school meals at any time in the last 6 years
2024/25
Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.
About the school
- Type
- Other independent school (Independent schools)
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Anglican/Christian (ethos: Christian)
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Opened
- 1 January 1902
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- URN
- 117604 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)
Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).
Admissions
This is an independent school, so you apply to the school directly. Ask the school about its admissions process and fees.
How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.