Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Recognising and Celebrating Unique Differences
In A Welcoming Environment

Aldenham is a welcoming environment with a diverse intake, with students and staff
from many backgrounds and with different lived experiences. We aim to recognise
and celebrate such differences as they bring richness to us all.

EDI In Practice

At Aldenham, we take Equality, Diversity and Inclusion seriously. It is more than just special or targeted events, or days with a one-off focus (although these do happen). More, it is about how our curriculum is planned, and our thinking is focused on making sure that all have equal opportunity to thrive, and that we are able to learn from and celebrate difference – whether it be cultural, racial, religious, LGBTQ+ or neurodiversity and more. We see strength in difference rather than simply challenge.

EQUALITY DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

EDI at Aldenham

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DEC 11, 2019

Carols in the Abbey

A beautiful service of lessons and carols was enjoyed by all at St Albans Abbey. The service started with the traditional Once In Royal David’s City with the first verse sung acapella by Emilie Geissmar-Wagstaff and Dinah Styles Vickery. All ages were representing the music department with Martineau’s Choir performing lively versions of Personent Hodie […]

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DEC 6, 2019

Martineau’s Drama – The Big Questions

At the end of a busy day of rehearsals which included sorting costumes and props for their plays on the stimulus ‘Big Questions’ in the Martineau’s Drama competition, it was time for all eight Houses to take to the stage in a crowded School Theatre. First up was Beck House with their play ‘How will […]

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DEC 3, 2019

Hertsmere Hustings at Aldenham

On 2nd December 2019, Aldenham hosted three local parliamentary candidates to present their arguments to the student and staff body on why they should be elected in Hertsmere and to their party on a national scale. Oliver Dowden from the Conservative Party, Holly Kal-Weiss from the Labour Party and Stephen Barrett from the Liberal Democrats […]

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NOV 11, 2019

Aldenham Remembers

Aldenham School was well represented at the Remembrance Sunday service on the green in Letchmore Heath which was led by The Revd Robert Fletcher Vicar of Aldenham Church. The Headmasters from both Aldenham School and Edge Grove, Mr James Fowler and Mr Ben Evans, contributed with a reading, whilst our School Chaplain, The Revd Jos […]

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JUN 21, 2019

Students travel to Ypres and The Somme

Paying their respects to OAs Major H P Philby DSO (McGill’s) and Captain J Shield (School House) at their burial sites were just two of the activities undertaken by Year 9 pupils in their recent three-day trip to the Battlefields of Ypres and the Somme. The theme of the trip was “They walked where we […]

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JUN 6, 2019

Aldenham Old Boys remembered 75 years on

The School paused during Assembly on Monday as the Headmaster commemorated two OAs who were in Normandy 75 years ago this week. One of them was very well known. General Sir Richard Nelson “Windy” Gale (School House 1911-13) was the Commander of the 1st Parachute Regiment and 6th Airborne Division. He landed in Normandy shortly […]

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