In 1850, Hockerill was founded as a
teacher-training college for schoolmistresses by the first vicar of
All Saints' Church, Hockerill, the Reverend John Menet. The training school was closed in 1978 and, in 1980, was reopened as Hockerill School when Fyfield School (in
Essex) and Kennylands School (in
Berkshire) merged. In 1995 it achieved
grant-maintained status and in 1998 became known as Hockerill Anglo-European
College. The school also gained
Music College status. The Music College was opened by
Lord David Puttnam on 8 October 2006. It became an academy in 2011. ==The International Baccalaureate and MYP==