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Hampton School is a prestigious public school for boys, located in Hampton, London, England. Image File history File links HamptonSchoolLogo. ...
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History
In 1556, 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. This is the story of its survival and eventual growth to become a great school with an enviable reputation for high achievement, both academically and in sport, that it is today. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Although Hampton School was thereby 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 (in its first incarnation) did not survive beyond 1568 and possibly earlier and the properties reverted to the heirs.
Subsequently, however, the school was to be re-opened in 1612. This was as a result of a Commission that was established to enquire into the fate of Tudor charities that had disappeared for various reasons in different parts of the country. The “learned counsell on bothe sides” reached a 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 school has continued in various forms and in various buildings ever since.
It was undoubtedly a shaky beginning, although in the 18th century it was nurtured by some celebrated benefactors, the Earl of Halifax, prime minister Lord North, and the great actor David Garrick. Difficult times had still to be overcome. But in the last century began a steady upward curve under a succession of fine headmasters and dedicated staff, leading to the watershed of the change in status from local authority to independent school in 1975. Since then the school has continued to expand and to flourish.
Originally founded on March 7, 1557 from the will of Robert "The Hammer" Hammond, the early school assembled on the site of St Mary's Church and later moved to a purpose-built campus in 1880 on the Upper Sunbury Road before its move to the present site on the Hanworth Road in 1939. March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (67th in leap years). ...
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The School returned to its status as an independent, fee-paying school in 1975 in the light of changes to the administration of secondary education in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and remains independent to the present day. It is located next to The Lady Eleanor Holles School for girls, with which it shares several classes, clubs, facilities and a coach service. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is a London borough in South West London and part of Outer London. ...
The Lady Eleanor Holles School is a selective, independent girls school in Hampton, a suburb of London, England, originally founded in 1711. ...
Founders' Day is celebrated by the school each year. The occasion is marked by a procession of boys walking from the school down to St. Mary's Church by the Thames, towards the end of the academic year.
Hampton prides itself on its all-around successes, combining its sporting and musical successes with a strong academic record, having recently celebrated outstanding GCSE and A Level results in 2006. GCSE is an acronym that can refer to: General Certificate of Secondary Education global common subexpression elimination - an optimisation technique used by some compilers This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
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Campus The main School buildings includes an Assembly Hall, classrooms, and specialist facilities for the Sciences, Technology, ICT, Art, Music and Modern Languages. The site of 27 acres includes ample playing fields including four rugby pitches, seven football pitches, six cricket squares, six astroturf tennis courts, athletics facilities, a climbing wall and the Old Hamptonians’ Pavilion. [1]
Public Benefit The primary purpose of the Hampton School Foundation is the advancement of education for children. Inextricably linked with this purpose is the aim of contributing to the public good. Hampton School aims to contribute considerable public benefit to the local, national and international community. Hampton hosts a number of programs, groups, societies and events, as well as numerous personal contributions to the community.
Charity Through the Form Charity program the whole school community helps raise money and awareness for good causes locally (e.g. Princess Alice Hospice, Barnardos, Home-Start and the Shooting Star Trust), nationally (Jeans for Genes Day and Breakthrough Breast Cancer), and internationally (Opportunity International, the African Medical and Research Foundation, Pahamune House and Kiira College). In 2004/5, over £22 000 was raised by Form charity. An Inter-Form Form Charity Competition is run in the first three year groups with Form Charity Cups presented in the last assembly of the academic year. A range of Whole-school events are organised each year. These include an annual Staff Stars in their Eyes, a Staff Cabaret, and a Staff versus Student University Challenge, sponsored cricket matches and mufti days, and an Amarillo video featuring staff. Individual form activities include sponsored silences and fitness programmes, the design and sale of Teacher Top Trumps Cards, cake and sweet sales, and auctions. An annual Second Year Sponsored Character Day is also organised by a member of the English Department to mark World Book Day. A member of staff swam the English Channel in aid of the local Shooting Star Children's Hospice. The Second master of the school also ran an auction for Pete Doherty's hat from Live8 for charity Barnardos is an England based charity founded by Doctor Thomas John Barnardo in 1866 to care for vulnerable children and young people. ...
Home-Start International is a worldwide family support organization, working to give children a better start in life. ...
The Shooting Star House Childrens Hospice is a UK based childrens registered charity. ...
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Satellite view of the English Channel The English Channel (French: (IPA: ), the sleeve; Dutch: Het Kanaal) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. ...
The Shooting Star House Childrens Hospice is a UK based childrens registered charity. ...
A head teacher, headmaster or headmistress (all often referred to simply as the head) is the most senior teacher in a school in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. ...
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Carbon offsets - climate neutral school Hampton School is the first school in the world to move towards Climate Neutrality.[2] Working with Climate Care, one of the leading companies in the field, the school has taken steps to offset all the emissions of carbon and other greenhouse gases produced by the daily running of the school site, by the flights and bus journeys involved in all School trips, and by the coaches which bring over half of Hampton pupils to school each day. Climate Care is offsetting all of these through a portfolio of projects including the provision of renewable energy and energy efficiency schemes in Southern Africa and India, and forest restoration in Uganda.[3] The climate-neutrality scheme is to be formally launched on Monday by Vince Cable Member of Parliament, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor. In developing the climate neutral scheme, the school has also undertaken student-led "waste audits" designed to reduce greenhouse gases like methane and carbon, and is currently working with environmental architects to create a state-of-the-art "sustainable laboratory" within its Biology Department. Other projects, developed alongside Climate Care, involve building energy efficiency schemes in Southern Africa and India. General Name, Symbol, Number carbon, C, 6 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 14, 2, p Appearance black (graphite) colorless (diamond) Standard atomic weight 12. ...
Greenhouse gases are gaseous components of the atmosphere that contribute to the greenhouse effect. ...
Carbon offset is the process of reducing the net carbon emissions of an individual or organization, either by their own actions, or through arrangements with a carbon-offset provider. ...
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International aid Hampton finances a link with Kiira College a secondary school in Uganda. Hampton has also actively aided countries such as Peru with charity, by setting up a microfinance bank helping those suffering economic hardship to set up small businesses. Hampton School has been awarded an S.O.S. Kit Aid Certificate by the International Rugby Board for providing sports kit for children in Eastern Europe and South Africa. Other overseas links include: Konan High School Jazz Band, the Mathieson Music Trust, Calcutta, St Hilda’s School in Buenos Aires and Children’s Art School No.5 Kiev. This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ...
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Sports One of the great strengths of Hampton’s excellent games programme is that boys are not obliged to play any particular sport and can make their own choice. However, boys with the ability and talent to represent the School are expected to do so and indeed do so willingly. Though games play a comparatively small part in the formal curriculum, large numbers of boys enthusiastically maintain the school's sporting tradition by voluntarily taking part in representative fixtures and regattas.
Rowing -
Hampton School Boat Club is one of the top school rowing clubs in the country and each year produces 1st VIIIs that compete at Championship level. Founded in 1956, Hampton School Boat Club is one of the top school rowing clubs in the United Kingdom, and each year produces 1st VIIIs that compete at Championship level. ...
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Rowing at Hampton is open to boys in the third year and above and the boat club competes at many races both at home and abroad.
Hampton has produced three treble winning 1st VIIIs in its history and has been represented at every Junior World Rowing Championships since the event's creation. Treble is a term applied in music to the high or acute part of the musical system, as opposed to the bass, the lower or grave part. ...
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Many rowers from Hampton have also gone on to compete at higher levels such as The Boat Race, the World Rowing Championships and the Olympic Games, such as Greg Searle and Jonny Searle (Olympic rowing gold medallists). Boat Race Logo The Boat Race is a rowing race between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club. ...
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Rugby Rugby at Hampton School is also of a high quality and former pupils include Simon Amor (England Sevens Captain) and Andy Beattie (Bath back row and current England 'A' player). Recent successes include winning the Middlesex Sevens in 2006, and 2007. The current 1st IX have had mild success but the lower years such as the U12 and U13 have had great success. The U12 have not lost a match and the U13 only lost one match on the Middlesex cup. Simon Amor (born 25 April 1979 in Kingston upon Thames) is an English rugby union footballer who plays at fly-half for Gloucester and is the captain of the England Sevens squad. ...
The Middlesex Sevens is an invitation rugby union sevens tournament held annually during the summer at Twickenham stadium in London, England. ...
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Football Football is a very popular sport at Hampton, and there are many teams in each year group. The 1st XI, who have been coached by Iain MacLean for nearly a quarter of a century, won the ISFA Cup in 1999, and reached the final again in 2005, losing to Millfield. However, Hampton recently beat Millfield in the Semi Final of the 2007 competition, and on the 27th of April won the ISFA cup, beating Charterhouse. The match was held at The Walker Stadium, home of Liecester Football Club, after a 1-1 result at the end of extra time Hampton won 5-2 on penalties. ISFA may refer to: International Salmon Farmers’ Association Internet Soccer Fan Association International String Figure Association International Shootfighting Association This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Millfield is an independent school in Street, Somerset, England. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...
Charterhouse is a Carthusian monastery founded in 1371 by Walter de Manny, in Smithfield in the City of London. ...
Cricket Cricket is of a high standard at Hampton, with domination of the County Cup throughout the school. The 1st XI reached the National Independent Schools twenty/20 competition Final in 2005. The Cricket season has recently restarted for Hampton.
The arts
Music This is an area of much recent successful development building on a strong musical tradition. In addition to class music, nearly 400 boys receive instrumental tuition from visiting teachers.Hampton has a thriving yet expanding Music Department, which celebrates many strong Associated Board Music Exam results every term. Recently, Lawrence Thain became Organ Scholar-elect of New College, Oxford a year early, having been taught by Julie Ainscough (mother of User:Vox Humana 8'). There is a full Symphony Orchestra, as well as a String Orchestra, a Chamber Orchestra, Wind Band and two Jazz Bands. There are about thirty different music groups playing regularly. Frequent concerts provide performing opportunities for these groups, and for soloists and chamber groups. The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music or ABRSM is an educational body that provides examinations in music. ...
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Drama Dramatic productions also range widely: a typical year might see a Shakespearean or classical play, many studio presentations including pupils' own work, a musical, and evenings of junior drama, with each Form in an entire year group putting on a p lay, or a whole year group involved in a major production. A Hampton School Theatre Company, “In Human Form”, took its own plays The London Thing, which was well reviewed in both the Scotsman and the Times Educational Supplement, to the Edinburgh Festival in August 2000, and returned there in August 2001 with their play Lucky. A newly formed Theatre Company, “About Turn”, took its first production to the Edinburgh Festival in August 2002 and returned in 2004. A new Sixth Form drama The Dating Game was shortlisted in the National Student Drama Festival in Scarborough in 2006 and is going to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2007, starring students Ben Lander and Andrew Curry.
Debating A range of topics is addressed and boys of all ages are encouraged to participate, either as a main speaker or from the floor. Debates are held with the Lady Eleanor Holles School and teams are entered in national events, notably the Schools’ Mace and the Oxford Union competition. The Debating Society has seen numerous colourful performances, yet has not witnessed much success in such external arenas. Participation from all members of the school community is encouraged. The Debating Society has seen numerous colourful performances, yet has not witnessed much success in such external arenas. Participation from all members of the school community is encouraged.
Writing The School Magazine, The Lion, which is distributed free to every boy’s parents and to every Old Hamptonian wishing it, is produced by an editorial team of pupils, led by a teacher. It is produced at the School on our own desk top publishing equipment and supplied for printing on disc. This magazine includes boys’ creative and original writing. Boys on their own initiative also produce student magazines, which offer much scope for creativity, and amusing insights into life at Hampton.
Talk! In September 2000 a lecture series “Talk!” was inaugurated. Since then over one hundred distinguished visiting speakers from the worlds of art, business, the media, politics and science have spoken and answered questions from large audiences.
Art The School offers great encouragement and opportunity for boys to develop an interest in the Arts, with several going on to study Art and Architecture. The Art Club provides generous facilities for work in a range of media with competitions for those interested. In 2000, new facilities for Art were opened: these consist of four art studios (one for the Sixth Form) including a suite of 15 iMacs; a kiln for production of ceramics; and a gallery for student and external exhibitions. In 2004 a further studio was added.
Old Hamptonians See also Category:Old Hamptonians. - Michael Austin-Smith QC (1956-63)
- Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking CH (1946-48), former Secretary of State for Education
- Dr Paul Brand (1957-64), Fellow, All Souls; legal historian
- Michael Brudenell (1937-44), retired gynaecologist
- Jim Chandler (1935-42) represented Britain at pistol shooting in the1948 Olympics
- Sir Joseph Coussey (1900-03), sometime President of the Court of Appeal of West Africa
- Professor Rigas Doganis (1950-58), former Chairman, Olympic Airlines
- John Duerden (1955-60), Chief Operating Officer, Development Division, Invensys plc
- William Elliott, engraver of landscapes (1737-40)
- Douglas Everett FRS CBE (1928-35), former Leverhulme Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, Bristol University
- Keith Faulkner CBE (1955-62), Chairman, Working Links, Manpower
- Sir Philip Barling Ben Greet, the great Shakespearean actor-manager was born on September 24, 1857
- John Harvey CBE (1947-54): Executive Chairman, Tibbett and Brittin
- Walter Hayes - editor of the Sunday Dispatch; PR Executive with Ford, who rose to Vice President in Detroit
- The Rt Hon Sir David Keene (1952-59), an Appeal Court judge
- Peter Lovesey (1948-55), author
- Professor John Lucas (1948-55), poet and academic
- William Page (c1736), highwayman
- John Roberts CBE (1955-64) former Chief Executive of the Royal Mail Group
- Barry Sheerman (1951-57): MP for Huddersfield since 1983 and Chairman of the Education Select Committee
- Air Vice Marshal (retd)Graham Skinner CBE (1956-63)
- Professor Michael Sterling (1957-64) Vice Chancellor, University of Birmingham and Chairman of the Russell Group.
- Dave Travis (1957-65), GB javelin thrower and Commonwealth Gold Medal holder
- Captain Chris Tuffley RN LVO Royal Navy (1956-63), formerly Captain of the Royal Yacht Britannia
- Michael Underwood (c1747-53), surgeon and writer on surgery, discoverer of infantile paralysis
- Professor Brian Vincent (1957-64), Professor, Physical Chemistry, Bristol University
- Robert Walker (1956-63), Chief Executive, Severn Trent plc
- Air Marshal Sir Peter Wykeham-Barnes KCB DSO and Bar OBE DFC and Bar AFC (1926-28)
- Brian May (1958-65), musician, founding member, Queen
- Murray Head (1959-62), musician
- Geoff Hunt (1959-66), President, the Royal Society of Marine Artists 2003-
- His Honour Stephen Kramer QC (1959-66)
- Timothy Charlton QC (1962-69)
- Andy Hall (1962-69), Chairman, Phibro
- Zach Miles (1964-71), Chairman, Vedior
- Major General Malcolm Wood CBE (1964-71), Director, Defence Supply Chain
- Ian Cliff OBE (1964-71): Ambassador to Sarajevo
- The Venerable Christopher Chessun (1967-75): Archdeacon of Northolt
- Robert Hayward (1968-75), ENO baritone
- Dr Simon Green (1970-77), Fellow of All Souls, Oxford; historian
- Stephen Miron (1976-83), Managing Director, The Mail on Sunday
- Jonny Searle OBE (1980-87), Olympic gold winning oarsman
- Greg Searle OBE (1983-90), Olympian gold winning oarsman
- Paul Casey (1989-95), professional golfer (winner, 2003 Benson and Hedges International Open)
- Simon Amor (1992-97), Captain, England Sevens 2003
- Hugh Trimble, Broadcaster, Radio Oxford
- Paul Samwell-Smith & Jim McCarty (founding members of The Yardbirds)
- Andy Beattie (rugby player)
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Greg Searle (born 20 March 1972) is a British Olympic rower educated at Hampton School and London South Bank University. ...
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450th Anniversary The 2006/07 Academic year sees the 450th Anniversary of the School's foundation.This was recently celebrated, in a thanksgiving service at St Paul's Cathedral. In addition to the formal 450th celebrations, Hampton is also running a selection of events for the boys: from the recent 450th Lunch, which includes eating stew from a loaf of bread without cutlery in order to replicate the ways of eating in 1557, to an attempt to break a Guinness World Record. Teachers and pupils will all run a 100m sprint![6] This article is about the cathedral church of the diocese of London. ...
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Sources "School by the Thames" (Edward Wild and Ken Rice, Butler and Tanner Ltd 2005). [7] Ken Rice currently teaches history in Hampton
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