Hockerill Anglo-European School is a Grant Maintained, co-educational boarding school that also accepts day students. It has a strong international dimension. Tuition at the school is free for all holders of full passports from the UK or any other European Union country. This means that fees for a quality boarding education are very low.
The school offers:
* a beautiful leafy and spacious campus containing both listed and modern buildings on the site of a former teachers' training college.
* a location in Bishop's Stortford which is accessible in just over 30 minutes by a regular express rail link from central London (two trains per hour), 1 mile from the motorway network (M11) and with easy access from airports (3 miles from London Stansted).
* the full range of subjects of the UK National Curriculum.
* a bilingual section of international excellence (French/English) wherein students have the option of learning History and some of their Geography in French.
* exchanges and links with countries world-wide including France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Romania, Hungary, USA, China, Russia and Poland.
* a computer network with INTERNET access providing one computer for every three students.
* a small farm facilitating a highly successful Agricultural Science option
* extensive extra-curricular opportunities
* curriculum enrichment for the gifted
* a learning support centre providing for special needs
* a floodlit Astroturf sports pitch of international quality
* the opportunity for boarders to be cared for over half term breaks.
The school has been approved by the International Baccalaureate Organisation to offer the IB Diploma and intends to do so within a Sixth Form from September 1998. The school is also seeking status as a Language College.
