New Hall School

We believe a New Hall education can give you the best start in life. We know that your experience in your school days is a powerful influence on future success, in your chosen career and your personal relationships. We believe that New Hall offers a distinctive education of real quality.

New Hall is one of the oldest independent Catholic schools in England. The school was founded in Liège in Belgium in 1642 and moved to its current location near Chelmsford in Essex in 1799. Approached from a mile-long tree-lined avenue, the main building occupies the magnificent former Tudor palace of Beaulieu which was greatly enlarged & beautified by Henry VIII.

New Hall is unusually vibrant and forward-thinking. Our aim is to meet the changing needs of young people and their families in the modern and technological age. We are proud of our rich history and the tradition of academic excellence combined with outstanding pastoral care. This is a place where each individual can be known and affirmed in his or her unique identity. We have high expectations of good conduct and self discipline. Pupils grow in maturity and confidence in a happy and caring environment, making life-long friends.

New Hall currently has 1050 pupils from 3-18 and offers boarding from age 8. New Hall was one of the first girls’ schools nationally to expand by establishing a Boys’ Division for 11-16 year olds and a large co-educational Sixth Form. The doors of the former girls’ convent school opened to senior boys in 2006 and a fourth and fifth Boarding House have now been successfully established for boys. New Hall’s rare ‘diamond’ model structure enables boys and girls to be taught separately for five years, until the end of the GCSE courses.