Category: School News

Ask parents what first struck them about St Hilda’s and the answer is often the same: it feels like a family. That is not an accident. The wellbeing of all…

Remembrance Sunday falls on 8th November this year, followed by Armistice Day on Wednesday 11th November. At St Hilda’s, the girls will be marking it on Friday 6th November in…

Diwali, the festival of light, is celebrated by millions of Hindus, Sikhs and Jains around the world, and by many families within our own school community. This year it falls…

Our October half term runs for two weeks, from Monday 19th to Friday 30th October, and the first week has been a busy one. Mrs Matthews’ Holiday Club, which welcomes…

Choosing a school for your daughter is rarely a decision about league tables alone. Most parents who visit us arrive with a quieter question in mind: will she be happy…

“Small class sizes” appears on almost every independent school website in Hertfordshire. It is worth asking two things of any school that says it: what is the actual number, and…

Yesterday, Sunday 11th October, was International Day of the Girl. The United Nations has marked it every year since 2012, to celebrate girls and to draw attention to the barriers…

On 14th September 2026, Form VI pupils from St Hilda’s School swapped their classroom textbooks for a first hand encounter with medieval history during a trip to The British Museum…

Ask an adult what they love doing and, more often than not, the answer traces back to primary school; a teacher who put a violin in their hands, an afternoon…

Hertfordshire has some excellent state primaries and a dense cluster of independent prep schools within a short drive. If you are weighing up prep school vs state primary for a…