| Established | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Type | State boarding |
| Principal | Mr. Simon Dennis |
| Specialisms | Languages and Music |
| Location | Dunmow Road Bishop's Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5HX England |
| Local authority | Hertfordshire |
| DfE URN | 117598 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 622 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 11–18 |
| Houses | Canterbury, Rochester, Roding, St. Alban's, Thames |
| Colours | Blue and Yellow |
| Website | www.hockerill.herts.sch.uk |
Hockerill Anglo-European College is an international boarding school located in Bishop's Stortford. It was formally known as Hockerill Boarding School when it was state-funded.
In 1850, Hockerill was founded as a teacher training school for women by the first vicar of the parish of All Saints, Hockerill, the Reverend John Menet. The training school was closed in 1978 and, in 1980, was reopened as Hockerill School when Fyfield School (in Essex) and Kennylands School (in Berkshire) merged. In 1995 it achieved Grant Maintained status and in 1998 became known as Hockerill Anglo-European College.
Hockerill has more than 750 scholars, with about a third boarding. It offers the International Baccalaureate (IB). In this way the college is unique: it is the only international boarding IB school in England. The school also gained Music College status. The Music College was officially opened by Lord David Puttnam on 8 October 2006. As a result of the work of Paul Foulkes, Director of Music, the school is now outstanding in this area.
The boarding section is divided into five boarding houses. The boarding houses are named after places in England: Thames House (for boys in Years 11-13); Roding House (girls in Years 11-13); Canterbury House (boys in Years 7-8); St Albans House (boys in Years 9 - 10); and Winchester House (girls in Years 7 - 10).
The academic side of Hockerill is divided into four équipes, named after four pioneers in their own fields, and are also given a colour: Brunel (blue), da Vinci (red), Goethe (green) and Pascal (white).
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Hockerill has many international connections with schools owing to its Language College status. It has partner schools in Belgium, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Romania, Rwanda and Spain. As well as educational exchanges for language studies, Hockerill also offers charity trips to Romania and Rwanda as these countries are in need of money.Students can take part in fund raising activities to earn money for Hockerill's Rwandan and Romanian partner schools.
As a Music College, Hockerill organised a series of concerts in Iaşi, the city in which their Romanian partner schools are situated. Students traveled to Romania and played at numerous concerts to raise money. They were also given 7 minutes' airtime on Romanian national television. They also toured Bucharest and Iaşi and performed in various locations in these areas. Another music trip took place in Prague, Czech Republic in February 2008 and a third trip to Hungary was undertaken in February 2009.
Other trips are offered to students including geography field trips to Iceland and Mallorca, expeditions to Ecuador, and diving trips to Sharm el-Sheikh. Day trips to France (Somme) and Belgium (Ypres) are offered for World War I research.
In 1998, Hockerill introduced the International Baccalaureate (IB) as the only form of post-16 study and accepted its first sixth formers. This event was a turning point in Hockerill's history because the IB allowed Hockerill to gain top positions in league tables. Dr. Guthrie strongly believed that the IB excelled the A-Level in every way and that A-Levels were not the right way forward for Hockerill. In 2007, 97% of Hockerill pupils received the IB Diploma. The Middle Years Programme (MYP) was introduced in 2005.