Heath Mount School
11+ Admissions Guide 2026

Heath Mount School is a co-educational day and boarding preparatory school, founded in 1796 and set in a rural location close to Ware in Hertfordshire. Children may board on a flexi basis from the age of seven, and the school is a registered charity overseen by a board of governors who also serve as trustees of the Heath Mount School Trust. The school aims to provide a secure and happy environment where pupils can develop their own talents, play and create, while being prepared for future challenges. It seeks to foster imagination, a love of learning, and qualities such as initiative, determination and independence. Scholarship programmes are available across a range of areas including academic ability, art, drama, music and sport, and Spanish is offered as a modern language from Year 3 upwards. The school has also invested in facilities including new buildings for performing arts, Nursery, and Years 3 and 4, as well as a dance studio and a fitness suite for older pupils. Pupils' ability on entry is broadly in line with the national average, assessed through a combination of nationally standardised tests and the school's own assessments. The school identifies pupils with a range of special educational needs and disabilities, offering targeted additional support where needed, and provides further challenge for those identified as more able or talented through scholarship programmes and extra-curricular activities.

From year 3, children may call home via school offices if necessary. Children not allowed to bring mobile telephones or smart watches to school. Boarders may bring devices by agreement with head of boarding; must be handed in to reception at beginning of day, collected after 5:30pm, handed to boarding staff before bedtime.