Festival of Light: Learning About Diwali at St Hilda’s
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…
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Inside Our Independent Nursery in Harpenden: A Day in the Life
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…
Half-Term Holiday Clubs: Keeping the Fun Going
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…
Confidence, Not Comparison: The Case for a Private Girls’ School in Harpenden
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, Big Ambitions: Life at an Independent School in Harpenden
“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…
Caring, Curious and Confident: Celebrating Girls at St Hilda’s
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…
Form VI visit the Bayeux Tapestry
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…
