The King's School,
Harpenden
Harpenden () is a town and civil parish in the City and District of St Albans in the county of Hertfordshire, England. The population of the built-up area was 30,674 in the 2021 census, while the population of the civil parish was 31,128. Harpe ...
is a co-educational
independent school
A private school or independent school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a State school, public school. Private schools are schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their fina ...
for pupils aged four to sixteen, located to the north of Harpenden in
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties. It borders Bedfordshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Greater London to the ...
, England. The independent Christian day school's mission statement is 'Young people devoted to Christ, equipped for life and prepared to reach the world', although it is not affiliated to one particular church or denomination.
The school's intake is mostly from the counties Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.
The charity, Kingdom Education Limited operates The King's School, Harpenden and Highfield Preschool. It is affiliated to the
Christian Schools Trust.
The King's School joined the
Independent Schools Association in October 2017 and was inspected in September 2024 by the
Independent Schools Inspectorate
The Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) is approved by the Secretary of State for Education – under section 106 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 – to inspect private schools in England. These schools are members of associations, whi ...
.
History
The school was first established in Hemel Hempstead in 1982 by Stephen Dennett before moving to Harpenden in 1987 onto the site of the former Elmfield Sanatorium, which originally opened in 1910.
References
External links
* https://www.thekingsschool.com/
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Private schools in Hertfordshire
Educational institutions established in 1982
Harpenden
1982 establishments in England
Evangelical schools