Berkhamsted School Highlights 2022

Berkhamsted celebrates remarkable results of A Level Students

28 students achieved straight A*s in their chosen subjects. Ninety per cent of A level grades were at A*, A or B.

Some successful A Level students outside Old Hall

GCSEs

The success of our Year 11 has exceeded expectation and achieved 52.8% at grade 8 or 9 and 75% at grades 7 to 9.

Some Year 11 students on the Grass Quad

Berkhamsted 1st XV team win the Daily Mail Trophy

This was an outstanding season for all the Boys and will give those leaving us in Year 13 a memorable end to their school Rugby career.

Nationals – Lacrosse 2022

This season we had a very successful year at National Schools with all teams all teams achieving at least Top 8 in the Country in their respective categories.

Our 1st and 2nd Senior Teams both reached the finals after a two-day competitive tournament and both finished 2nds best in the whole Country, with our 3rd team finishing in the top 8.

The U15A team were crowned National Champions after beating Putney High in a fantastic final in which they performed with tenacity and flare.

Berkhamsted CCF: General Inspection Day 2022

This annual event is an opportunity to celebrate life in the CCF by looking at the cadet experience through the eyes of the Year 13s, who present their reflections of camps and courses.

Combined Cadet Force General Inspection Day, 30th June 2022

Thank you to the Corps of Drums from the School’s sponsor Regiment, the 1st Battalion of the Welsh Guards, whose presence created a fantastic atmosphere to the day.

The CCF introduced a new element to the parade this year that the new Year 9 recruits lead, linking back to the Boer War when the Royal Navy became a great help to the Army. They demonstrated their teamwork and enthusiasm on the Royal Navy field gun run. A great way to build small team cohesion between new cadets.

Happily Ever After – Shrek The Musical

Berkhamsted Schools celebrated a return to whole school, large scale productions with the arrival of Shrek The Musical. It had everything you could hope to see, energy, commitment, star performances and a magical live band.

Audiences witness the blossoming relationship between Shrek and Fiona

Shrek The Musical was originally meant to be performed at the end of 2021 but due to Covid was pushed back to maximise the experience of both staff, cast and audiences. The schools are tremendously proud of this achievement and relaunching live, whole school performances.

New Sixth Form at Berkhamsted Castle Campus

Work on the new Berkhamsted Sixth building has begun. The new building will be built on the corner of the School’s site next to the Tesco car park, replacing the metal-roofed Maintenance Department workshops, Cox’s Bungalow Drama

Studio and Wilson House. When completed, it will be accessed from Mill Street by students, as a site separate to the rest of the Castle campus, so that boys and girls will enter a new Sixth Form environment when they join. It will also have its own landscaped quad and is expected to open in the Autumn of 2022.

Berkhamsted Junior Music Tour to Paris

A whopping 138 pupils from Years 7 and 8 and 18 members of staff went on a Music Tour to Paris from 10th to 15th July. It was certainly a logistical challenge getting that number of pupils and their instruments to France, but Steph Gunary and the accompanying staff made it happen.

The pupils also took in views of the city from the Montparnasse Tower and from their Bateaux Mouches boat on the Seine. It was certainly the biggest and best overseas music tour ever. Each morning the hotel was filled with sounds of pupils in music workshops and rehearsals. These were worked around some ‘pool-time’ to cool off in the hot weather as well as a Karaoke corner slot and some free ‘jamming time’ for individuals and groups to enjoy making music on their own.

Trip to the Louvre