Hepworth attended Wakefield Girls' High School, where she was awarded music prizes at the age of twelve as noted by Sophie Bowness in "Rhythm of the Stones: Barbara Hepworth and Music" and won a scholarship to and studied at the Leeds School of Art from 1920.
Hepworth asistiu á Wakefield Girls' High School, onde recibiu premios de música aos doce anos, como indica Sophie Bowness en "Rhythm of the Stones: Barbara Hepworth and Music" e gañou unha bolsa para estudar en Leeds School of Art a partir de 1920.