Hockerill Anglo-European College

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name = Hockerill Anglo-European College


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established = 1980
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type = State boarding
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head_label = Headteacher
principal = Mr. Simon Dennis
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specialist = Language College, Music College
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street = Dunmow Road
city = Bishop's Stortford
county = Hertfordshire
country = England
postcode = CM23 5HX
LEA = Hertfordshire
ofsted = 117598
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enrollment = 622
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 11
upper_age = 18
houses = Canterbury, Rochester, Roding, St. Alban's, Thames
colours = Blue and Yellow
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Hockerill Anglo-European College is an international boarding school located in Bishop's Stortford ("ca." halfway between London and Cambridge). 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. 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 was renamed Hockerill Anglo-European School and in 1998 it became known as Hockerill Anglo-European "College".

Hockerill has more than 750 scholars, with about a third boarding. It offers, instead of A-Levels, 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 10-13); Roding House (for girls in Years 11-13); Canterbury House (for boys in Years 7-10); St Albans House (girls in Years 7-9); and Rochester House, an extension of St Albans, owing to spatial restrictions (for girls in Year 10). When previously a school, the "Senior" houses (for years 8-11) were called Roding, Roxwell, Thames, Chelmer and for the year 7 students, "School House" (a house that new students went into as a year group, before chosing their preferred senior house). Later the houses of "Shannon" (female boarding) and "Rhone" were added.

The academic side of Hockerill is divided into four "équipes", named after four pioneers in their own fields: Brunel, da Vinci, Goethe, and Pascal.

International connections

Hockerill has many international connections with schools owing to its Language College status. It has partner schools in Belgium, France, Germany, 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.

Now that Hockerill is a Music College, it 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.

Other trips are offered to students including geography field trips to Iceland and Mallorca, expeditions to Ecuador, and diving trips to Sharm el-Sheikh. Sometimes day trips to France and Belgium are offered for World War I research.

The International Baccalaureate and MYP

In 1998, Hockerill introduced the International Baccalaureate (IB) and accepted its first sixth formers.

Notable staff

Dr Robert Guthrie - Dr Guthrie has recently announced his retirement from the Hockerill Community after twelve years at the college, and leading Hockerill to the top of the schools tables [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article2274463.ece Table-topping school was on verge of closure ten years ago - Times Online ] ] . He is replaced by Mr Simon Dennis, formerly of South Wolds School, in Keyworth, Nottingham. [ [http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/whereilive/bishopsstortford/display.var.2064630.0.bishops_stortford_new_hockerill_principal_announced.php Bishops Stortford New Hockerill Principal Announced (from This Is Local London) ] ]

Famous pupils

Celebrity Russell Brand briefly attended Hockerill School.

The Rwandan Controversy

6 Rwandan Exchanges ran away during a visit to England. The Modern Foreign Language Teacher - Mike Ullmann - has been notably blamed for the incident in a shocking fall from grace. Many people in the area feel that there was no benefit in bringing exchanges over to the UK as it would only provoke instances of students running away to build a better life in the western world. It is generally felt that the £8000 of charity money used to facilitate the visit would have been better use if it improved facilities in Gisenyi College, Rwanda.

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References

ee also

*International Baccalaureate Organization
**International Baccalaureate
**Middle Years Programme
*Bishop's Stortford

External links

* [http://www.hockerill.herts.sch.uk The Official Hockerill Website]
* [http://www.ibo.org International Baccalaureate Organization Website]
* [http://www.ibo.org/myp Middle Years Programme Website]
* [http://www.sbsa.org.uk/ State Boarding School Association]
* [http://www.hockerillboardingschool.co.uk/ Hockerill Old Scholars]