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Berkhamsted School

Set in a Hertfordshire small town northwest of London, Berkhamsted School is an academic, large-scale independent boarding school very popular among local families. Catering to over 2,000 students across its prep and senior schools, it offers just around 100 boarding places, ensuring international students have ample opportunities to interact with local peers both inside and outside the classroom.

Berkhamsted implements the Diamond Model, where students in Year 7 to 11 are taught in single-sex classes, before transitioning to fully co-educational classes in Year 12 to 13, encouraging them to look past gender stereotypes and pursue their interests and strengths. Apart from that, Berkhamsted is also a pioneer in the UK for implementing a Smartphone-free School policy. There are strict digital device regulations on campus and it’s the School’s official advice to parents against providing students with smartphones before the age of 14, to minimize unnecessary distractions, and to turn their focus back on learning and genuine interpersonal communication.

Since the introduction of the Smartphone-free School policy in 2023, Berkhamsted’s public examination results have improved year after year! In the past two years (2025–2026), the overall A*-B grades in A-levels have consistently reached 83%, while the 9-7 rates in GCSE hit 76%. The classes of 2024 and 2025 saw a total of 34 students successfully progressing to medical schools, Oxbridge and other UK G5 universities, including five Veterinary Medicine and four Medicine students. Notable alumni include Clementine Churchill (the wife of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill) and architect Zaha Hadid – opened in 2025, the sixth form centre named after Hadid has been widely praised for inducing an even more productive academic culture!

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