Duncombe has excellent relationships with both independent and state secondary schools in and around the Hertford area.
Through these relations we are able to work with our parents to advise them on the most suitable school for their children, enabling them to make an informed decision about the next step in their child’s education.
Duncombe has an excellent heritage of preparing children for the rigorous entrance tests of selective secondary schools and each year, we are proud of the achievements of our Year 6 pupils which includes acceptance into some of Hertfordshire’s top senior schools and scholarships awards for academic, music, art and all round achievement.
The most popular independent school destinations are;
- Haileybury co-ed day and boarding school
- Bishop’s Stortford College co-ed day and boarding school
- St Edmunds’ College co-ed day and boarding school
- St Albans Boys’ school with a co-ed sixth form
- St Albans High School for girls.
If you choose the state option, then we have a range of excellent schools within reach including Presdales, the girls’ Academy School in Ware and Richard Hale School, the science and engineering Academy in Hertford for boys.
Leavers' Destinations
| Year 6 leavers’ destinations – 2021 | Year 6 destinations – 2015-2020 |
| Bishop’s Stortford College | Bishop’s Stortford College |
| Haileybury | The Broxbourne School |
| Hockerill Angelo European College | Collège Le Caousou |
| Presdales | Dame Alice Owen’s |
| Queenswood | Friends’ School |
| Richard Hale | Fulneck School |
| Sherradswood | Gosfield School |
| Simon Balle | Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls |
| St. Albans High School | Haileybury |
| St. Edmund’s College | Harrow |
| Heathmount | |
| The Henrietta Barnett School | |
| Hitchin Girl’s School | |
| Hockerill Anglo-European College | |
| The Leys | |
| Monks Walk School | |
| The Oswestry School | |
| PLC College Melbourne | |
| Presdales | |
| Princess Helena College | |
| Queenswood | |
| Richard Hale | |
| Sherrardswood | |
| Simon Balle | |
| St. Alban’s School | |
| St. Albans High School | |
| St. Christopher School | |
| St. Columba’s College | |
| St. Edmund’s College | |
| St. Francis College | |
| Wycombe Abbey |
Full list of recent scholarship offers
| Bishop’s Stortford College | 5 Academic Scholarships, 4 All-rounder Scholarships, 2 Art Scholarship |
| Edge Grove | 2 Academic Scholarships |
| Haileybury | 14 Academic Scholarships, 3 All-rounder Scholarships, 5 Sports Scholarships |
| Haberdashers’ Aske’s | 1 Academic Scholarship, 1 Music Scholarship |
| Queenswood | 5 Academic Scholarships, 1 Sports Scholarship, 1 Art Scholarship |
| St Albans High School for Girls | 2 Academic Scholarship |
| St Columba’s College | 2 Academic Scholarships |
| St Edmund’s College | 9 Academic Scholarships, 1 Art Scholarship, 2 Sports Scholarships, 2 Music Scholarships, 1 Music Exhibition |
| St Francis’ College | 5 Academic Scholarships, 2 Sports Scholarships, The Headmistress’s Award |
| Sherrardswood | 1 Academic Scholarship |
| The Princess Helena College | 2 Academic Scholarships, 2 Sports Scholarships, 1 English Exhibition |
| Overseas Independent School | 1 Academic Scholarship |
