History

The College was established in 1852 by the Church of England for the training of women teachers, who like their brothers, "would go out to the schools in the service of humanity, lay priests to the poor, moved by Christian Charity".

Hockerill enjoys a rich and varied heritage. Originally established in the early 1850s, it was a teacher training college until 1978. It re-opened in 1980 as a co-educational boarding school until 1994 when it became grant maintained Hockerill Anglo-European School.

1998 proved to be a defining year, as the school underwent a dramatic transformation into Hockerill Anglo-European College. In the process it:

became one of the country’s first specialist language colleges;
offered a sixth form provision for the first time;
chose the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme as the only course of sixth form study.

Progress and Innovation

Since then the College has doubled in size, with around 850 students around a third of whom are boarders from Europe and beyond. There are 80 cosmopolitan, carefully selected, teachers - a large number of whom are bilingual - and, including boarding and support staff, there are around 200 staff overall. We pioneered language school-university partnerships when we joined the University of Nottingham in training future language teachers. Equally significantly our close working and cultural links with a network of partner schools throughout Europe offers all our students the opportunity for regular visits and prolonged study abroad.

Academy Status

Hockerill Anglo-European College was pleased to gain Academy status in February 2011.

Chaplains and Principals (1852 to date)

1852-1863 The Reverend John Menet MA

1864-1871 The Reverend A H Blunt

1872-1880 The Reverend A E Northey

1881-1884 The Reverend R A Oram

1884-1898 The Reverend W J Frere

1898-1920 The Reverend A E Vintner

1920-1938 Miss Anne D Malden

1938-1946 Miss M W Pedder JP, BA

1946-1961 Miss Mildred Hudson MA

1962-1971 Miss Alice Eden MA

1971-1978 Miss Jean Hall BSc

1980-1986 Mr R G H Perry MA

1986-1991 Miss A E Aktins BA

1991-1996 Mr P A Andrews MA, LGSM

1996-2008 Dr R B Guthrie BSc, PhD, MBA

2008-2013 Mr S Dennis M.Ed (Hons), B.Ed

2013-2019 Mr R T Markham MA (Oxon)

2020-present Mr David Woods

Head Students (1960 to date)

Year
2022	Henry Lorimer	Isabella Henry
2021	Leila Trusty	Claudia Pettengell
2020	Allan Lester	Oyin Afe
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015	Theo Clark Kristian Peters Griff Williams-Renouf Noah Lawson Sebastian Priest	Rhea Willson Jennifer Winship Zoe Foster Olivia Tomlinson Francesca Pettengell
2014	Alfie Tingey	Freya Somerville
2013	Gen Hall	Freya Lawson
2012	Oliver Palierakis	Juana Jimenez Jaso
2011	Jack Joseph	Charlotte Dixon
2010	Ken Odrich	Emma Warbrick
2009	Harold Craston	Dominika Macikova
2008	Joshua Bell	Laura Pepper
2007	Konrad Laker	Constanze Benecke
2006	Malcolm McCarthy	Barbara Baer
2005	Johannes Fischer	Hollie-Mae Lewis
2004	Christopher Klein	Lauren Chalmers
2003	Friedrich Osterhoff	Jaqueline Steinke
2002	Finn Marten Korner	Annabel Watts
2001	Ingmar Brandes	Lucy Harding
2000	Thomas Teschler	Marianna Soares
1999	Andrew Degiorgio	Katharina Petersen
1998	Johnathan Holden	Katharina Petersen
1997	Johnathan Holden	Lucinda Roberts
1996	David Upton	Jenny Whitehead
1995	Alexander Heffer	Emma Reynolds
1994	James Degiorgio	Alma Poskovic
1993	Oliver Foss-Smith	Kirsty Lowe
1992	Mark Genko	Rachel Brown
1991	Dean Byfield	Beverly Doyle
1990	James Craske	Sarah Pulfrey
1989	Darren Turner	Sarah Britton
1988	Andrew Dear	Karen Christie
1987	Paul Farrow	Brigitte Heap
1986	Shane Howard	Sarah Field
1985	Simon Wilson	Karen Dore
1984	Simon Evenett	Michelle Maynard
1983	Mark Carew	Sharon Gilchrist
1982	Nicholas Fennel	Caroline Pryke
1981	Mark Russell	Susan Walker
1980	Karl Griggs	Julia Few
1979	I Coyle	Miss C Littlewood
1978	R Pile	Miss S Charldwood
1977	S Dunstan	Miss S Weston
1976	V Kapur	Miss J Oswald
1975	R Mellor	Miss K Torres
1974	T Barrett	Miss P Goddard
1973	A Martindale	Miss C Parsons
1972	J Pennington	Miss A Anderson
1971	P Cockrem	Miss W Short
1970	D Lee	Miss G Smith
1969	A Gowlett	Miss J Finch
1968	C Mead	Miss S Simpson
1967	P Wilson	Miss L Devonish
1966	M Robinson	Miss L Sutton
1965	C Bullock (died 26th Apr 65)	Miss S Uphill
1964	N Glenton	Miss J Ives
1963	M Tringham	Miss N Tibbenham
1962
1961	A Deigan	Miss S King
1960	A Deigan	Miss S King

History

The College was established in 1852 by the Church of England for the training of women teachers, who like their brothers, "would go out to the schools in the service of humanity, lay priests to the poor, moved by Christian Charity".

Progress and Innovation

Academy Status

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