Hampton School
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Type | Private school Senior school Day school |
Motto | Praestat Opes Sapientia (Wisdom surpasses wealth) |
Established | 1557[1] |
Founder | Robert Hammond[1] |
Department for Education URN | 102946 Tables |
Headmaster | Kevin Knibbs |
Gender | Boys |
Age | 11 to 18 |
Enrolment | 1,243 |
Colour(s) | Black and yellow |
Former Pupils | Old Hamptonians |
Boat Club | Hampton School Boat Club |
Website | http://www.hamptonschool.org.uk/ |
Hampton School is an independent boys' day school in Hampton, Greater London, England. It is regarded as one of the top independent schools in the country. Hampton School's A-Level and GCSE results in 2021 placed it 14th of all independent schools in the UK with 92% of boys achieving A*/A at A-Level - an improvement from top 20 with 73% of boys achieving A*/A in 2017.[2][3][4]
The school also has a prep school attached to it (Hampton Prep) for girls aged 3-7 and boys aged 3-11. The majority of the boys go on to study at the senior school.
History
In 1557, Robert Hammond, a wealthy brewer who had acquired property in Hampton, left in his will provision for the maintenance of a "free scole" and to build a small schoolhouse "with seates in yt" in the churchyard of Hampton Church.
Although Hampton School was founded in 1557, there was provision in the will that the school would only continue as long as the vicar, churchwardens and parishioners carried out his requests. If not, then the properties would revert to his heirs. It seems that the school did not survive beyond 1568, or possibly earlier, and the properties reverted to the heirs.
Subsequently, however, the school re-opened in 1612. This was as a result of a commission established to enquire into the fate of Tudor charities that had disappeared for various reasons. The "learned counsell on bothe sides" reached deadlock at the commissioners. However, in the spirit of compromise and through the generosity of the then legal owner of the properties, Nicholas Pigeon, the school was re-endowed.
The early school was on the site of St Mary's Church by the River Thames. It moved to a site on Upper Sunbury Road in 1880. The new school buildings cost £8,000 and were built in the Elizabethan Tudor style to accommodate 125 day boys and 25 boarders. The school moved to its present site on Hanworth Road in 1939. The new 28-acre site allowed for expansion and the potential to provide for 600–650 boys. The foundation stone was laid on 5 July 1938 and a year later the school was opened. [citation needed]
The school converted from voluntary aided status to become a fee-paying independent school in 1975 after changes to the administration of secondary education in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.[5] It is next to The Lady Eleanor Holles School for girls, with which it co-operates in a number of co-curricular activities and shares several classes, clubs, facilities (including a swimming pool) and a coach service. Headmaster Barry Martin retired in July 2013 after 16 years of service. He was succeeded by Kevin Knibbs in September 2013.
Founders' Day is celebrated by the school towards the end of each academic year. The occasion is marked by a procession of boys walking from the school to St. Mary's Church for a service including the school choir singing and readings.
Old Hamptonians
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in alphabetical order
- Simon Amor (1992–97), captain, England Sevens, 2003
- Zafar Ansari (2005–10), Surrey and England cricketer
- Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking, CH (1946–48), former Home Secretary and Secretary of State for Education
- Andy Beattie, rugby player
- Paul Brand, Professor of Legal History at the University of Oxford
- Vic Briggs, musician (Brian Auger and The Trinity; Eric Burdon & The Animals)
- Paul Casey (1989–95), professional golfer (currently winner of 13 European Tour Events)
- Monty Munford (1972–79), Bollywood actor and writer for The Economist, Forbes and The Telegraph
- Jim Chandler (1935–42) represented Britain at pistol shooting in the [1948 Olympics]
- Thurston Dart (1933–38) musicologist and harpsichordist
- Keith Faulkner CBE (1955–62), chairman, Working Links, Manpower
- Tom Gearing (2003–2006), finalist of the Apprentice
- Walter Hayes, Sunday Dispatch editor, senior executive at the Ford Motor Company
- Murray Head (1959–62), musician
- Geoff Hunt (1959–66), former president of the Royal Society of Marine Artists
- Tony James, pop musician[6]
- Max Kretzschmar (2007–2010), footballer at Wycombe Wanderers FC
- Louis Lynagh (2012-2019), rugby player at Harlequin FC
- Peter Lovesey (1948–55), author
- Justin Hulford (1982–89), author
- Chris Martin, Ocean rowing oarsman
- Sir Brian May, CBE (1958–65), musician (Queen)
- Jim McCarty, (1955–62) founding member of The Yardbirds
- Zach Miles (1964–71), chairman, Vedior
- Matt Brittin (1979–86), CEO of Google UK
- Iain Morris, (1984–91) co-writer of E4's The Inbetweeners
- Daniel Pemberton, (1989–96) composer
- Toby Roland-Jones (1999–2006), Cricketer, Middlesex and England
- Paul Samwell-Smith (1955–62) founding member of The Yardbirds
- John Scott CBE FBA (1960–1968) sociologist and former pro vice-chancellor, Plymouth University
- Greg Searle, OBE (1983–90), Olympic gold-winning oarsman
- Jonny Searle, OBE (1980–87), Olympic gold-winning oarsman
- Barry Sheerman (1951–57), Labour MP for Huddersfield since 1983 and chairman of the Education Select Committee
- Graham Skinner, Air Vice Marshal (retd) CBE (1956–63)
- Ollie Stanhope MBE, Paralympic gold-winning oarsman
- Professor Michael Sterling (1957–64) vice chancellor, University of Birmingham; chairman of the Russell Group
- Dave Travis (1957–1964) UK international athlete, former UK record holder at javelin
- Dr. Michael Underwood (1737–1820), surgeon and writer on surgery, discoverer of infantile paralysis[7]
- Air Marshal Sir Peter Wykeham-Barnes, KCB, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar, AFC (1926–28)
Notable teachers past and present
- Martin Cross – Olympic rowing gold medallist Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Maurice Xiberras – Last leader of the Integration with Britain Party (IWBP) in Gibraltar
- Andy Beattie – former rugby union player for Exeter Chiefs and Bath Rugby and current coach of the school's 1XV team.
Sources
- Wild, Edward & Rice, Ken (2005) School by the Thames. Frome: Butler and Tanner Ltd (Ken Rice retired from teaching history at Hampton in 2007)
- Hampton School Book
References
- ^ a b Hampton School Archives Archived 5 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 29 April 2011
- ^ https://www.best-schools.co.uk/uk-school-league-tables/list-of-league-tables/top-100-schools-by-a-level
- ^ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/best-uk-schools-guide-parent-power-tr95xdztg
- ^ https://hamptonschool.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Hampton-League-Tables-2017-A2-St_2.pdf
- ^ "Schools (Status) (Hansard, 5 November 1980)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ Interview with Tony James, Gary Crowley's Punk & New Wave Show, 21 October 2015.
- ^ Dunn, P M (2006). "Michael Underwood, MD (1737-1820): Physician-accoucheur of London". Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 91 (2): F150–F152. doi:10.1136/adc.2005.074526. PMC 2672675. PMID 16492954.