Netball at Berkhamsted
Providing a pathway from playing at school, to the local club, to professional netball & a lifelong love of the sport
Netball is thriving at Berkhamsted. We believe in providing equal opportunities for every girl to participate in netball. We provide a netball pathway from Prep to Sixth, and many pupils continue to pursue netball after school.
Currently, we have 23 pupils selected for Franchise Netball programmes at London Mavericks, London Pulse and Central Warriors and these students have received International Honours – Darcie Everitt (previous England Future Roses) and Evie Light (Scotland U17).
Scholars Programme
Berkhamsted scholars receive:
- One to one Mentoring by one of the Sport specialist coaches
- Talks and Lectures by professional athletes and Berkhamsted Sports Department
- Athletic Development lessons appropriate to their age and development
- Mentoring in Sport Psychology, Nutrition, Goal setting and Lifestyle Planning
Training
Pupils in Year 3-6 are taught netball within the curriculum and have access to an after school netball club each week during the Michaelmas and Lent terms. During these two terms at the Senior School, all pupils Y7-13 have the option to attend lunchtime sessions which include ball skills and shooting clinics. Each year group has a Games lesson each week dedicated to netball which focuses on technical/skill development and an after school practice night which focuses on match play. Our netball coaching staff also run one-to-ones and small group sessions for pupils within our talented athlete programme for netball.
Coaches
Berkhamsted boasts a highly experienced netball coaching team. Pupils benefit from the expertise of teachers and coaching staff within the PE department (Dannii Titmuss-Morris, Dani Wates and Katy Costin). In addition to our full-time PE teachers, we also have coaching staff including Amanda Newton (ex-England Captain and England World Cup Assistant Coach) who supplement our teachers’ knowledge.
Fixtures
Berkhamsted enters National Cup Competitions including School Sport Magazine National Cup, SistersnSport National Cup and Shield, Independent Schools Netball Competition and England Netball National Schools Competition, allowing pupils the opportunity to play schools from across the country at an extremely competitive level.
We also boast a strong netball fixture list that allows pupils to test themselves against the top schools in the area. Our netball teams play in the Dacorum district league and Herts County League. We have an extensive fixture card versus local independent schools such as STAHS, Queenswood, Haberdashers, Wycombe Abbey, RMS, Aldenham, Haileybury and Heath Mount.
All teams play in friendly fixtures, House competitions and internal fixtures.
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U12 A-I (x9)
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U13 A-H (x8)
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U14 A-G (x7)
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U15 A-E (x5)
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U16 A-C (x3)
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U19 A-D (x4)
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This allows every pupil to play and enjoy the game at a level suitable to their ability.
London Mavericks Netball Partnership
We are proud of our partnership with London Mavericks Netball franchise. The partnership gives our pupils the opportunity to interact with high-achieving professional players in masterclasses, as well as developing our pupils’ confidence and encouraging them to become more engaged in netball.
This partnership will not only continue to accelerate the development of our performance athletes, but it will also inspire those not yet on a performance pathway to pursue their playing potential.
2025 National Titles
- U19 National Schools Finalists (Runners up)
- U19 East Regional and Herts County Champions
- U15 School Sport Magazine National Cup Winners
- U15 SistersnSport National Netball Cup Finalists (Runners Up)
- U19B SistersnSport National Netball Shield Champions
- U13 SistersnSport National Netball Cup Finalists (Runners Up)
- Sophie captained Ireland in the U17s Euros
- Grace T competing in the London Mavericks NexGen Squad
2024 National Titles
- U19 SistersnSport National Netball Champions for the second year in a row, beating Millfield School in the final, winning 11-10 on golden goal.
- U19 Independent National Netball Schools Cup Champions, beating Woodhouse Grove School, 52-41.
- U19 STAHS County League – Champions
- U16 STAHS County League – Silver Medallists
- U16 County School – Finalists
- U16 Regional School – Undefeated Champions
- U15 STAHS County League – Silver medallists
- U14 National Schools Finals champions, beating Putney High, 8-3.
- U14 County School – Undefeated Champions
- U14 Regional School – Undefeated Champions
- U14 STAHS County League – Undefeated Champions
- U13 Sister in Sport National Cup – Silver Medallists (v The Grange 9-12)
- U13 STAHS County League – Undefeated Champions
2023 National Titles
- U19 SistersnSport National Netball Champions
- U19 National Netball Schools Finals champions, beating Hartpury College 11-10.
- U13 School Sport Magazine National Schools U13 Cup Champions
- U13 Runners-up in the National Schools Finals.
- U12 School Sport Magazine National Schools U12 Cup Semi-finalists
Our Netball Facilities
Berkhamsted’s fantastic facilities host a number of netball matches throughout the year which include: the School Sport Magazine Finals, SistersnSport National Cup and the National Independent Schools Netball Cup. We also host London Mavericks Pathway sessions and camps.
Sport plays a significant part in the school life of any Berkhamsted pupil and the school has had significant success in recent years. Berkhamsted were recently named as the tenth best UK Sports School in a recent edition of the ‘School Sport Magazine’. The national publication ranked each school based on 20 different sports and 120 national competitions throughout 2022-2023. For more information please visit this LINK.
Contact us
If you would like any further information, please don’t hesitate to contact the Sports Department on sport@berkhamsted.com or the school admissions team admissions@berkhamsted.com / 01442 358001 for more information.
News
Berkhamsted’s partnership with London Mavericks
After Berkhamsted’s successful partnership with Saracens Rugby, Director of Sport, Tom Pierce, and Head of Netball, Dannii Titmuss-Morris, considered how the school’s relationship with Saracens could be further utilised to benefit as many pupils as possible. “We knew that the school’s partnership with Saracens Rugby had improved our rugby players’ confidence and participation in the sport, so we decided to develop our relationship with the team by partnering with Saracens Netball team, Saracens Mavericks (a Netball Super League franchise based in Hertfordshire)” says Tom.
Player masterclasses, kits prize giveaways, and the opportunity for interactions with high-achieving professional players are just some of the exciting benefits that the partnership will offer our pupils. But Dannii and Tom are most eager for the partnership to develop pupils’ confidence and encourage them to become more engaged in the sport. “For us, boosting participation and encouraging pupils to become inspired by some of Saracens Mavericks’ top-class players is what this partnership is all about” Tom tells us.
Dannii adds “We have several performance athletes already at Berkhamsted, representing in England Future Roses, Scotland U17s and across franchise netball. This partnership will not only continue to accelerate the development of those athletes, but it will also inspire those not yet on a performance pathway to pursue their playing potential.”
For ten pupils, the partnership will open the opportunity to attend a netball bootcamp hosted at our school. The camp will offer training led by Saracens Mavericks coaches and players. “The camp being hosted at Berkhamsted makes this training easily accessible for our pupils, boosting their participation in the sport” says Dannii.
“We want this partnership to inspire excellence in our pupils, I want the pupils to see the standard of netball played by Saracens Mavericks and I hope that this will encourage them to be the best that they can be!”
We look forward to watching our netball players thrive with the support of the professional Saracens Mavericks franchise.
N.B. Since this partnership was formed, Saracens Mavericks is now known as London Mavericks.
Netball at Berkhamsted Podcast
In this episode of the ‘In the Berkhamsted Spotlight’, we discuss netball at the school. Dani Wates is the outgoing Head of Netball and she’s joined by Dannii Titmuss Morris, the incoming Head of Netball who is also a former Netball Superleague coach. We also welcomed Louise Travis, a parent in the school community who is an international netball umpire and she recently umpired at the Netball World Cup in South Africa.
We ask them all about what Netball looks like at Berkhamsted, hear about some recent successes, how each of them got into netball when they were younger and the importance of being an inspirational teacher.
Listen to the podcast here:
La Manga Women’s T20 Classic joint champions 🏆
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An historic step – The senior girl’s cricket squad have just returned from their pre-season trip to La Manga, Spain. The first ever girls cricket tour.
The five day trip saw the girls play in the La Manga Women’s T20 Classic tournament. They played four group games, including victories against Streatham & Marlborough CC, Switzerland and Spain, before meeting Hursley Park CC in the final. With Hursley Park 97/4 off 13.1 overs, rain meant the game was abandoned and trophy shared, whilst captain Amelia also brought home the bowling award for the most wickets in the tournament (10 @ 5.0).
Thank you to everyone @lmtccspain & @teamtravelmanagement for a great week.
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After a brilliant performance in the final, our U15 netball team were crowned champions in the School Sport Magazine National Cup. A huge well done to them all at the end of a very successful season. 🏆 🤩🔥#teamberko @berkhamstedschools @berkhamstedgirls
Today saw the final session of our winter programme:
From masterclasses, age group sessions, batting and spin bowling 121’s, wicket keeping club and fast bowling group – We’ve hit, bowled, caught and thrown more balls than ever before. We can’t wait for the season to start! 🏏 #TeamBerko
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We love introducing our @berkhamstedprep girls to one of our favourite sports! With so many opportunities for everyone to learn new skills while having loads of fun with friends means that they are ready to hit the ground running when they join @berkhamstedgirls 🤩🥍🙌☀️
Well done to our U13 and U15 girls cricket teams who, after coming through the qualifying rounds, were today crowned Hertfordshire indoor champions and progress onto the @englandcricket regional competition.
Thank you to @hertscricket for organising another great day of cricket.
@berkhamstedschools @berkhamstedgirls 🏏 🏆
Congratulations to our 1VII who finished runners up at the Surrey 7s. The players showed outstanding determination and worked really well as a team. A fantastic achievement with some of the very best schools around on the 7s circuit. We look forward to Rosslyn Park 7s @nextgenxv @berkhamstedschools
Huge congratulations to our U19 squad on their silver medal at the 2025 National Schools Netball Finals. An incredible achievement for this squad, their families and the coaching team after a gruelling day of competition. Well done to @hartpurynetball on their brilliant performance in the final and a massive thank you to @englandnetball for the quality event at EIS – Sheffield. #teamberko @berkhamstedschools
Staff Training with Tamsin Greenway! 🏐
This week, our sports staff had the incredible opportunity to learn from former @englandnetball player and @ldnmavericksnetball Director of Netball, @tamsingreenway !
Tamsin led an engaging CPD session at our Knox-Johnston Sports Centre, putting our teachers through their paces with drills and games designed to enhance netball performance. But it wasn’t just about netball—our staff developed transferable skills in movement, space awareness, communication, and coordination, benefitting all sports across our curriculum.
A huge thank you to Tamsin for sharing her expertise! 👏 Our partnership with @ldnmavericksnetball is invaluable in supporting both our staff and pupils, inspiring future athletes and growing confidence in sport. 💪
U13 National Schools Lacrosse Champions 🏆🥇 despite it being the first time attending the National tournament, the team’s maturity, composure and teamwork was outstanding! After topping their pool in the morning, the squad convincingly made their way to the final after scoring a plethora of excellent goals. During the final, the girls demonstrated their flare, fitness and fantastic finishing which led them to a 5-2 win! Congratulations to everyone involved! 👏🏼👏🏼 #teamberko @berkhamstedgirls @berkhamstedschools
U15 National Schools Lacrosse Champions! 🥇🏆After an incredible Lacrosse season, the girls were prepared to battle hard at the tournament. As the day progressed out of the pool stages, the girls pulled together as a team to produce some excellent, composed performances which saw them through to the final against Putney. After 3 periods of overtime, a yellow card for each team and many shots on goal, the girls came out victorious! Huge congratulations to the whole squad! 👏🏼 #teamberko @berkhamstedgirls @berkhamstedschools @englandlacrosse
Thank you @mpsportsphoto for the incredible photos!
International Watch!
Huge congratulations to Logan, Charlie and Oli, who have been included in an England U17 training camp today!
Well done all of you and good luck!
“Berkhamsted was where I first developed my love for netball. The prep school introduced me to the sport and played a pivotal role in guiding and encouraging me to pursue it further. As I transitioned to senior school, my netball journey truly took off, and the school’s netball programme played a crucial part in this development. It was there that I first experienced high-quality training and competitive play. Throughout my years, I had access to top-class coaches with extensive experience, which I eagerly embraced.
Being part of successful teams and competing in the National School’s Finals was a highlight. The programme not only taught me the keys to success but also provided a sense of purpose and joy. The culture emphasised performance standards and a commitment to being the best one could be. Most importantly, it instilled in me a strong sense of belief and belonging. Looking back, I recognise the programme, coaches, and fellow players as instrumental in shaping my understanding of team dynamics and creating a positive sporting environment both on and off the court.
I am immensely grateful for the experiences I had during my time in the netball team, and I now draw upon the skills and values I gained there in my current roles with Loughborough Lightning and England Netball.”
Scholarships
There are a full range of scholarships available at for 11+ (Yr.7), 13+ (Yr.9) and 16+ (Sixth Form) entry and these can be supported by independent means tested bursaries.
Who can apply?
Sports Scholarships are awarded to pupils in recognition of sporting excellence, talent, and future potential. Pupils must have attained the entrance criteria for the School. Pupils who are in Year 11 at Berkhamsted are not eligible to apply for a scholarship for Berkhamsted Sixth.
All awards may be varied at the absolute discretion of the Principal.
After our published deadlines we may be able to consider truly exceptional candidates for a scholarship, on an individual basis, during the Lent term. This will be at the absolute discretion of the Principal.
How do I apply?
Registered pupils should complete the relevant application form on the School website, and provide any additional information requested. Year 7 and 9 applicants are expected to be stand out performers in their current sporting environment and show potential in the school’s main representative sports. Year 12 applicants are expected to have representative experience or its equivalent at county level or above and provide evidence of commitment to school sport. The Director of Sport will invite successful pupils for an assessment day. Pupils are assessed on the basis of their Sport CV and a practical assessment. In addition, there will be a panel interview, which will include the Director of Sport.
More information about Scholarships may be obtained from the Admissions Manager on the contact details below:
- Telephone: 01442 358001
- Email: admissions@Berkhamsted.com
