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Abbot's Hill School
Abbot's Hill School is an independent co-educational day school in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, offering Year 7 entry through a single-stage assessment process. Candidates sit the Quest Admissions exam and participate in an interview stage as part of the admissions criteria. The school, set in 76 acres of parkland, transitioned to a mixed intake with boys joining Year 7 from September 2026.
This is a school for the child who does better when the adults know them by name rather than by set. Abbot's Hill is an independent day school in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, taking children from the nursery through to sixteen, and its senior school is now co-educational: boys joined the prep school in September 2025 and Year 7 in September 2026. A child entering Year 7 in 2027 will therefore arrive into a mixed year group, with boys already settled in Years 7 and 8. There is no boarding and no sixth form, so pupils move on elsewhere after GCSEs. The site runs to 76 acres of parkland between Hemel Hempstead and Kings Langley.
The school was founded in 1912 by three Scottish sisters, the Bairds, and that beginning still shows in daily life: pupils belong not to houses but to clans, Cameron, MacDonald and Macneil, each mixing the year groups so an eleven-year-old has older pupils to lean on from the first week. The main house is older again, built in 1836 by the paper manufacturer John Dickinson, who acted as his own architect. Boarding ended in 2003. Drama matters here; plays run in the Judi Dench Theatre, with an outdoor amphitheatre for the summer term.
The Good Schools Guide reports a parent view that 'happy children who have fun learn better', and notes that the school is small enough for staff to know every child and for friendships to cross year groups. The head speaks of pupils who are 'genuinely happy, and genuinely well-prepared for what comes next'. It suits a child who wants to be noticed rather than pushed — and who will say yes to the play.
Key facts
Annual fees
£9,442 per term for Years 7-8 and £9,788 per term for Years 9-11 (2026/27), inclusive of the compulsory lunch charge of £420 per term and inclusive of taxes where applicable. A non-refundable registration fee of £120 is payable on application.
Admissions
Admissions contact
admissions@abbotshill.herts.sch.uk
Admissions phone
01442 240333
Registration form
Sibling policy
What this school tests
Academic Assessments
English
- Reading Comprehension - Comparison
- Reading Comprehension - Evaluation
- Reading Comprehension - Grammar and punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Inference and Deduction
- Reading Comprehension - Information Retrieval
- Reading Comprehension - Language Techniques and Imagery
- Reading Comprehension - Sentence-level Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension - Sequencing
- Reading Comprehension - Structure, Form, Voice and Tone
- Reading Comprehension - Summarising
- Reading Comprehension - Text Classification and Purpose
- Reading Comprehension - Types of Words and Phrases
- Reading Comprehension - Word Meaning / Choice
Maths
- Algebra
- Angles and Degrees
- BIDMAS
- Coordinate Grids
- Estimation and Rounding
- Factors and Multiples
- Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
- Measurement
- Money
- Number and Place Value
- Operations
- Perimeter, Area and Volume
- Position and Direction
- Properties of Shapes
- Ratio and Proportion
- Reflection, Rotation and Symmetry
- Sequences
- Special Numbers
- Speed, Distance and Time
- Statistics
- Time
Non-verbal Reasoning
- Figure Analogies
- Figure Matrices
- Figure Series
- Grid Matrices
- Horizontal Codes
- Match to a Group of Figures
- Most Like Three Figures
- Odd Figure Out
- Odd Shaped Matrices
- Star Matrices
- Triangle Matrices
- Vertical Codes
Verbal Reasoning
- Alphabet Logic
- Anagrams
- Compound Words
- Embedded Words
- Form a Word
- Insert 2 / 3 Letters
- Insert a Letter
- Letter Analogies
- Letter Sequences
- Move 1 / 2 Letters
- Ordering Words
- Rhyming Synonyms
- Shuffled Sentences
- Synonyms
- Word / Logic Puzzles
- Word Analogies
- Word Completion
- Word Match
- Word Opposites
- Word Pairs
- Word Relationships
- Word Swap
- Words and Codes
Spatial Reasoning
- 2D Rotations
- 2D View of 3D Shape
- 3D Rotations
- Block Counting
- Building Blocks
- Combining Shapes
- Diagonal Reflections
- Figure Missing from Image
- Fold and Punch
- Folding Cubes
- Hidden Shapes
- Missing Face of Cube
- Nets of 3D Shapes
- Shape Completion
Catchment area
Selection review and safety net
Previous exam results
GCSE results
2025: 64% of grades were 9-7 (up from 42% in 2024) and 21% of grades were grade 9
A-level results
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does Abbot's Hill School use for the 11+?
Abbot's Hill School uses the Quest Admissions exam board for its Year 7 entrance assessment.
Does Abbot's Hill School interview candidates as part of the 11+?
Yes, there is an interview stage as part of the admissions process for entry into Abbot's Hill School.
Is Abbot's Hill School co-educational or single-sex?
Abbot's Hill School is a co-educational school, with boys joining Year 7 from September 2026.
What are the annual fees for Abbot's Hill School?
For the 2026/27 academic year, fees are £9,442 per term for Years 7-8, which includes a compulsory lunch charge of £420 per term and applicable taxes.
What is the website for Abbot's Hill School admissions?
You can find more details on the school's official admissions page at https://www.abbotshill.herts.sch.uk/admissions/senior-admissions/.
Location
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