Tring Park School for the Performing Arts A GSG School
- Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
Tring Park
Mansion Drive
Tring
Hertfordshire
HP23 5LX - Head: Mr Simon Larter-Evans
- T 01442 824255
- F 01442 891069
- E [email protected]
- W www.tringpark.com/
- An independent school for boys and girls aged from 7 to 19.
- Read about the best schools in East Hertfordshire and West Hertfordshire
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Hertfordshire
- Pupils: 358 (271 girls, 87 boys); sixth formers: 170 (124 girls, 46 boys)
- Religion: Not Applicable
- Fees: Day £15,870 - £27,570; Boarding £26,970 - £41,640 pa
- Open days: 12th January 2024
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
At least 100 shows, plays, musicals and other performances are put on every year, all to an astonishingly high standard. ‘We go and see pretty much everything, whether our child is in it or not and they blow me away every time,’ said one parent, not untypically. Only half the school day is given over to academic lessons, which makes lessons ‘pretty intense’, albeit ‘nearly always engaging’ and ‘lively’, according to pupils. Pupils who fall behind are offered lunchtime clinics, extra sessions etc, although a pupil told us, ‘in the end, your...
What the school says...
Tring Park School for the Performing Arts is a school of excellence which specialises in dance, musical theatre, acting and music. We provide a full and first class academic education for all our pupils with the aim of making them them educated performers and giving them the opportunity to pursue careers both inside and outside the field of performing arts. ...Read more
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Other features
Music and dance scheme - government funding and grants available to help with fees at selected independent music and dance schools.
All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
Performing arts specialist school
What The Good Schools Guide says
Principal
Since 2023, Simon Larter-Evans, previously head of St Paul’s Cathedral School in London. He has enjoyed a varied career, first as a dancer touring in the UK and overseas, then in publishing, marketing and PR, before training to be a teacher of English and drama. He worked in a number of secondary and prep schools, including the Yehudi Menuhin School.
A trained leadership coach, he occasionally writes for the education press and is a judge for the annual TES Awards. He’s also a fellow of the RSA. A keen cyclist, gardener and cook, he plays the trumpet. His wife Dawn is a managing director at Accenture and they have a lively Airedale terrier, Parker.
Entrance
Children can join the school from the age of 7 to 16, but the commonest entry points...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Parents should note that entry to The Arts Educational School, Tring, is by audition and is determined solely on the basis of talent and potential in dance, drama or singing. Individual learning support lessons in English and mathematics are available for pupils if required. Oct 09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| Aspergers | Y |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | Y |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | Y |
| Dysgraphia | Y |
| Dyslexia | Y |
| Dyspraxia | Y |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | Y |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | Y |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | Y |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | Y |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | Y |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | Y |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | Y |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment | Y |
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