News & Events

Here at St Hilda’s School, Harpenden we have had a fabulous start to our first term in Reception. We are busy all day every day. We like to think that…

Ask any parent what they worry about at the school gate and friendships will be near the top of the list. Will she have someone to play with? Will she…

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…

A prospectus tells you a nursery’s philosophy. It rarely tells you what 10:20am actually looks like. If you are weighing up an independent nursery in Harpenden for a two, three…

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…