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  • 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 Hertfordshire
  • Boarding: Yes
  • Local authority: Hertfordshire
  • Pupils: 358 (271 girls, 87 boys); sixth formers: 172 (128 girls, 44 boys)
  • Religion: Not Applicable
  • Fees: Day £16,173 - £28,947; Boarding £28,318 - £43,722 pa

    Fees last updated: 07/06/2024

    Please note school fees are subject to VAT from January 2025. During this transition period, please contact school for full fee information.

  • Open days: January
  • Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
  • Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report

What 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...

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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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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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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
HI - Hearing Impairment Y
MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty Y
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability 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
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty Y
VI - Visual Impairment Y

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