Meet the head: Mr Hornshaw at Berkhamsted Prep School
We chat to Jamie Hornshaw, head of Berkhamsted Prep School in Hertfordshire
How long have you been at Berkhamsted Prep"
This is the start of my fifth academic year as headteacher at Berkhamsted Prep. Prior to this, I was head of the Junior School at the British School of Paris in France.
Tell us a bit about the school?s history.Â
Berkhamsted School was established in 1541 in the town of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. It amalgamated with Berkhamsted School for Girls in 1996, adding the respective Prep and Junior Schools in 1998. Historically the Christian Foundation derives from the founding of the school in 1541 by John Incent, Dean of St Paul?s Cathedral. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is our patron, and visited in May 2016. The Prep School is co-educational and houses pupils in Years 3 to 6. In 2011, Berkhamsted School acquired Heatherton House (Girls Prep School, Amersham) and in 2012, Haresfoot School, which is now the campus for Berkhamsted Pre-Prep & Day Nursery. The school has excellent facilities for art, design and food technology
What do you see as the school?s main strengths"Â
The buildings of Berkhamsted School form separate campuses in close proximity around the centre of a historic market town. This enables us to offer a small school feel within a larger infrastructure. The education offered by us is co-educational in the Pre-Prep and Prep Schools, with single-sex teaching in Years 7 to 11 for girls and boys, before returning to co-educational ...
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