Hampton School A GSG School
- Hampton School
Hanworth Road
Hampton
TW12 3HD - Head: Mr Kevin Knibbs
- T 020 8979 5526
- F 020 8783 4035
- E [email protected]
- W www.hamptonschool.org.uk
- An independent school for boys aged from 11 to 19.
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Richmond-Upon-Thames
- Pupils: 1,340; sixth formers: 417
- Religion: Christian Inter-denominational
- Fees: £24,720 pa
- Open days: Morning and afternoon onsite visits throughout September and October - see website for details.
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- ISI report: View the ISI report
- Linked schools: Hampton Pre-Prep and Prep School
What The Good Schools Guide says..
Academic life, like everything at Hampton, moves at quite a pace. It’s cool to be clever, and there’s a prevailing spirit of intellectual curiosity. Parents feel that Hampton gets a better balance than some competitors between academics and other activities. The strong focus on the boys’ happiness, alongside ‘really good teaching,’ helps them achieve exceptionally well academically but it is not a narrowly results-driven culture. ‘An unbelievable breadth of clubs’, from beekeeping (delicious Hampton honey!) to board games to...
What the school says...
Hampton offers an excellent all-round education, encouraging high aspirations, independent thinking and mutual respect in an energetic and happy environment. The curriculum is enriched by an extensive co-curricular programme which forms an essential part of the balanced education which the School provides. Music, Drama and Sport are all strong.
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Sports
Rowing
Fencing
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2013, Kevin Knibbs MA, previously deputy head since 2007 and before that history master, head of lower school and senior master at Bolton School Boys’ Division. Read modern history at Oxford, gaining two football blues in the process. Open and personable ‘with no airs and graces’. Wife teaches chemistry at the school.
Very proud of Hampton, which he describes as a ‘super-charged grammar school’. Its down-to-earth friendliness immediately appealed when he first visited as a football coach when teaching at Bolton – ‘I’d have loved to be a pupil here’, he remarks, and prizes that warmth still. He tells parents that ‘Hampton will find out what their boys are good at and help them excel’, something endorsed enthusiastically by everyone we spoke to: ‘Mr Knibbs really sees the positives in...
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
Please contact Hampton School for details of SEN provision. 10-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | |
| Aspergers | |
| Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders | |
| CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia | |
| Dyscalculia | |
| Dysgraphia | |
| Dyslexia | |
| Dyspraxia | |
| English as an additional language (EAL) | |
| Genetic | |
| Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory | |
| Has SEN unit or class | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| Hospital School | |
| Mental health | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| Natspec Specialist Colleges | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| Other SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| Special facilities for Visually Impaired | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont Primary School | 2023 | 3 | ||
| Durston House School | 2023 | 3 | 1 | Scholarships: Academic Scholarship |
| Eaton House Belgravia | 2023 | 1 | ||
| Hall Grove School | 2023 | 3 | 2 | Scholarships: Academic & Sports |
| Hampton Pre-Prep and Prep School | 2023 | 24 | 5 | 1 Choral, 2 Performing Arts, 2 Sports |
| Hurlingham School | 2023 | 1 | ||
| King's House School | 2023 | 3 | 1 | 1 Academic Scholarship |
| Orchard House School | 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 Academic Scholarship |
| RGS Prep | 2023 | 1 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
| Ravenscourt Park Preparatory School | 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 Sports Scholarship |
| Rokeby School | 2023 | 4 | 4 | Academic Scholarship; Sports Scholarship; Performing Arts Scholarships (2) |
| Sherborne Preparatory School | 2023 | 1 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
| Shrewsbury House School | 2023 | 3 | 2 | Academic Scholarship; Sports Scholarship |
| The Mall School | 2023 | 6 | 1 | Drama Scholarship |
| Tower House Preparatory School | 2023 | 4 | 2 | Sports Scholarships (2) |
| Twickenham Preparatory School | 2023 | 5 | 1 | Sports Scholarship |
| Unicorn School (Richmond) | 2023 | 2 | 2 | Academic Scholarship; Music Scholarship |
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