History of ERS

The ERS story began in the 1980s when its founders, John and Heather Adkins, purchased two prep schools, both situated in Edwardian houses close to Berkhamsted town centre and were fully involved in the developing schools day-to-day running for many years.

One of the buildings was sold a few years later to fund the purchase of the current main school site in order to develop a secondary school alongside the existing prep school.  In 2007 the whole school moved up to the Durrants Lane site. This had spacious grounds, including playing fields, and also had room to allow for the development of new buildings across the campus for the transferred prep school pupils plus additional spaces for older pupils, specialist teaching and support.

We also had more room for our small department offering support to pupils with special educational needs, in addition to the main primary and secondary schools. This later grew to have significant dedicated space for specialist teaching and therapy.

As the needs of pupils began to change, the school decided to re-focus and build on its expertise in supporting pupils with special educational needs, ultimately developing into a school that caters only for pupils with additional needs. Around this time Mr & Mrs Adkins put in place steps to pass ownership of the school to a Trust to ensure its on-going security and development