The Hertfordshire and Essex High School
The Hertfordshire and Essex High School and since 2004 named as The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College, commonly referred to as Herts and Essex, is a secondary level comprehensive single-sex school with a mixed-sex sixth form in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. History It was opened as The Bishop's Stortford Secondary School for Girls in 1909, the school was built to have an intake of around 120 fee-paying students, at the time of opening it was run by both the counties of Hertfordshire and Essex and therefore, it later changed its name to the Hertfordshire and Essex Girls' High School. It then became a comprehensive in the 1970s when the school was renamed again to its current name, The Hertfordshire and Essex High School. Following the outbreak of The Second World War in 1939, thousands of London children were evacuated to the countryside. Pupils from Clapton County Secondary School for Girls in Hackney, East London, were specifically sent here to be educated at this school. With few teachers and little space, local children were taught in the mornings and London children in the afternoons. During its 100-year history, the school has changed significantly with many new buildings being