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Hamptonians once again achieved outstanding success in 2015-16 across the full range of academic and co-curricular activities.
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2015-2016
The School year began with marvellous news of record public examination grades achieved at A Level, Pre-U and GCSE. Twenty six Oxbridge places were confirmed and almost all of our Upper Sixth leavers earned places at Russell Group or equivalent universities, to read for a very broad range of degrees. This set an inspiring tone for the subsequent academic feats of 2015 – 2016, displayed in the following pages.
Outside the classroom, Hampton’s longstanding reputation as one of the country’s pre-eminent sporting schools was enhanced. A total of 36 Football and Rugby teams enabled over 600 boys to represent the School regularly in these two sports alone. The 1st XV Rugby squad won the prestigious St Joseph’s National Schools’ Festival trophy and reached the quarter-final stage of the NatWest Cup. The U13s reached their own national semi-final. In Football, the 1st and 2nd XIs both won their respective Trinity Cups; the U15A squad reached the ISFA Cup semi-final; and seven boys were selected for ISFA national representative sides. Our U14 cricketers won the Middlesex Cup and a dozen boys played for their county sides. On the water, three Hamptonians won international colours for Great Britain and our crews won sixteen events across eight summer regattas, including the J16 Championship VIIIs final of the National Schools’ event held at Dorney Lake.
The cultural life of the School continues to be extremely strong, enthusiastically supported and richly varied. Among the many superb dramatic and musical performances were the musical Mack and Mabel (in conjunction with The Lady Eleanor Holles School), a compelling production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar and a great number of concerts across all musical genres. Our celebrated and enduringly popular male voice choir, Voices of Lions, reached the national selection stage of the Choir of the Year Competition.
Alongside these excellent sporting, musical and theatrical activities, hundreds of Hampton boys have continued to show enormous commitment to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme, the CCF, Adventure Society expeditions, entrepreneurship courses, and our flourishing Community Service programme and Form Charity fundraising events.
Our visitors from the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) in March 2016 concluded that Hampton’s academic and all-round excellence merited the rarely-awarded ISI assessment that pupils’ achievements and learning are ‘Exceptional’. No-one fortunate enough to spend time with our boys would be surprised by this, but it is equally important to us that the pursuit of success is approached in a proportionate, caring and balanced way. Our boys are supremely talented and they are rightly ambitious, but they also enjoy happy School lives and support one another in generous-spirited fashion; they treat people with respect and on their merits, inside and outside the School; they will go on to lead and serve with discernment, kindness and cheerful resilience in many fields.
It remains an enormous joy and privilege to be Headmaster of this truly magnificent School.
Kevin Knibbs MA (Oxon)
Headmaster
For over 450 years,
Hampton School has been helping
boys to fulfil their potential and
realise their aspirations.
Upper Sixth GCE Advanced Level (206 pupils)as at 9 November 2016
Upper Sixth GCE AS Level (206 pupils) as at 9 November 2016
A LEVELS A* A B C D E TOTAL
Biology 11 11 7 4 2 0 35
Chemistry 14 38 11 2 2 0 67
DT: Resistant Materials 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
Economics 10 13 22 10 1 1 57
English 1 2 6 1 0 0 10
English Literature 6 13 6 1 0 0 26
French 4 9 3 0 0 0 16
Geography 4 12 12 1 0 0 29
German 1 4 3 0 0 0 8
Government & Politics 2 11 11 4 0 0 28
Latin 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Mathematics 55 40 25 7 0 1 128
Further Mathematics 24 26 8 1 2 1 62
Music 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
Psychology 7 9 8 5 1 0 30
Religious Studies 7 7 11 0 0 0 25
Russian 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
Spanish 3 9 14 2 0 0 28
AS LEVELS A B C D E Total
Art 5 2 0 2 1 10
Biology 30 13 5 3 1 52
Chemistry 64 12 4 1 0 81
DT: Resistant Materials 6 1 0 0 0 7
Drama & Theatre Studies 6 0 0 0 0 6
Economics 32 31 11 4 3 81
English 5 6 5 1 0 17
English Literature 26 7 1 0 0 34
French 22 4 0 0 0 26
Geography 25 9 2 0 0 36
German 8 1 0 0 0 9
Government & Politics 23 6 7 0 0 36
Greek 1 0 0 0 0 1
Latin 7 0 0 0 0 7
Mathematics 127 10 10 5 3 155
Further Mathematics 64 4 2 0 0 70
Additional Further Mathematics 8 0 0 0 0 8
Music 3 1 0 0 0 4
Psychology 28 12 5 2 3 50
Religious Studies 24 3 1 0 0 28
Russian 5 0 0 0 0 5
Spanish 32 12 3 1 0 48
Pass Rate (A*- E): 100%A*- B grades: 91.19% A*- A grades: 68.58% A* grades: 30.25%11 boys achieved 4 A* grades at A level (or Pre-U equivalent), a further 17 boys achieved 3 A* grades.
PRE-U D1 (>A*) D2 (A*) D3 (A) M1 (B/A) M2 (B) M3 (C) TOTAL
Art 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
History 2 11 24 3 4 4 48
Physics 16 21 16 7 2 3 65
(Past A*- B grades: 2015 94%, 2014 93%, 2013 95 %, 2012 96%, 2011 94%, 2010 90%, 2009 93%, 2008 93%, 2007 86%,
2006 83%, 2005 77%, 2004 77%, 2003 76.8%, 2002 76%, 2001 69.2%, 2000 62.8%, 1999 65.4%, 1998 62.8%, 1997 59.1%)
GCSE RESULTS 2016 (185 pupils) as at 9 November 2016
In 2016 91.14% of grades were awarded at A* and A. The percentage of A* grades awarded was 67.5%, which compares
with the national figure for boys of 6.8%. In the OCR Free-standing Mathematics Qualification in Additional Mathematics
(a qualification significantly harder than a GCSE) 91% of boys achieved an A grade.
A* A B C D E TOTAL
Ancient History 7 4 2 0 0 0 13
Art 4 7 5 3 2 0 21
Biology 100 59 22 2 0 0 183
Chemistry 139 39 5 0 0 0 183
Chinese (Mandarin) 21 0 0 0 0 0 21
Drama* 5 21 7 0 0 0 33
DT: Resistant Materials 14 18 5 0 0 0 37
English Language 110 56 17 2 0 0 185
English Literature 122 44 14 4 1 0 185
French 99 22 4 0 0 0 125
Geography 86 32 12 0 0 0 130
German 31 6 0 0 0 0 37
Greek 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
History 54 30 12 4 0 0 100
Latin 28 10 4 2 0 0 44
Mathematics 165 16 4 0 0 0 185
Music 11 5 0 0 0 0 16
Physics 133 33 17 2 0 0 185
Religious Studies 22 12 2 1 0 0 37
Russian 11 4 2 0 0 0 17
Spanish 76 17 6 0 0 0 99
GCSE pass rate A*-C: 99.83% (2015 99.95%, 2014 99.95%, 2013 99.89%, 2012 99.94%, 2011 99.95%, 2010 99.7%, 2009 99.8%, 2008 99.3%, 2007 99.7%, 2006 99.9%, 2005 99.5%, 2004 93.3%, 2003 98.6%, 2002 99.3%, 2001 98.8%, 2000 99.2%, 1999 99.3%, 1998 98.6%, 1997 98.6%) Grade A*-A rate: 91.14% (2015 92.67%, 2014 87.15%, 2013 89.16%, 2012 90.55%, 2011 88.2%, 2010 86.1%, 2009 84.7% 2008 79%, 2007 87.86%, 2006 87.14%, 2005 77.51%, 2004 75%, 2003 67.1%, 2002 67.0%, 2001 69.5%, 2000 68.8%, 1999 72.4%, 1998 63.8%, 1997 53.5%) Percentage achieving at least 5 passes A*- C: 100%
*KS4 equivalent qualification
• 15 boys achieved 6 A* grades• 14 boys achieved 5 A* grades• 17 boys achieved 4 A* grades• 9 boys achieved 3 A* grades
• 40 boys achieved 10 A* grades• 26 boys achieved 9 A* grades• 25 boys achieved 8 A* grades• 18 boys achieved 7 A* grades
• 9 boys achieved 2 A* grades• 7 boys achieved 1 A* grade
ATHLETICS A successful season including victories for the Senior 4x110m
Hurdles and Junior 4x800m at the Achilles Relays and wins in
the Third, Fourth and Fifth Year age groups at the Richmond
Schools’ Championships where the School finished second
overall. Two gold, three silver and two bronze medals were
secured at the Middlesex Schools’ Championships (Juniors
and inter age groups), with a number of athletes making their
respective finals. Both age-groups qualified for the English
Schools’ Cup regional finals. Mattie and Sam Collingridge
(Junior and Senior boys discus respectively) represented
Middlesex at the English Schools’ Championships, while
Max Goldin (Junior boys shotput) was on the reserve list.
Hampton also finished second out of six schools in a new
fixture at Harrow. A total of 13 new School records were set.
BADMINTONThe U16 team were first and the U14 team second in their
respective age groups at the Richmond Schools Boys’
Badminton Championships. The U12, U14, U16 and U19
teams participated in the Surrey Schools’ Badminton League.
SPORTBASKETBALL The popularity of basketball continues to grow and, this year,
the School entered a coaching and feeder partnership with
Richmond Knights Basketball Club. The senior side continued
to play in the very competitive Surrey Schools’ Basketball
League and the Junior sides entered both Borough and County
Cup competitions, the Third Year team reaching the Surrey
Cup Final. The First Year team came second in the Basketball
festival organised by Richmond Knights Basketball Club.
CLIMBINGAn enthusiastic group of boys has used the School rock
wall during games sessions and lunchtimes on Mondays
and Fridays. This included several new First Year boys,
who have learnt bouldering and climbing techniques and
the necessary personal safety and belaying procedures.
A keen and committed group of Second and Third Year boys
passed tests in these skills allowing them to climb during the
Adventure Society Trip to Snowdonia in the Easter holiday.
A group of boys and staff enjoyed climbing and coasteering
at Dancing Ledge in Swanage during the May half term.
CRICKETThe School’s young and promising 1st XI enjoyed an excellent
season. The U14s won the Middlesex Cup, and the U13s
reached the semi-final of the Surrey Cup. Our development
side (U14/15) reached the semi-final of the Arch Trophy in
the UAE over Easter.
Chris Searle (1st XI) was
selected for Hampshire
Academy, and Elliot
Harmer (U15), Rahul
Desai and Denil Manuel
(U14) were selected for
Surrey EPP. Mayank
Dasannacharya,
Tom Chandler (U14),
Pravin Kiritharan (U13)
and Freddie Seddon
(U12) represented
Surrey County. Arun
Bhasin (U15), Tanmay
Thanawalla (U13) and
Arjun Bhat (U12) were
selected for Middlesex
CC and Blake Cullen
(U14) represented
Middlesex County EPP.
In the 1st XI, Cole Campbell and Todd Ryan made, respectively,
118 v. RGS Guildford and 157 v. Harrow School; Luke Minshull
and Chris Searle took 5 wkts against Dulwich College and
Reeds School respectively. Blake Cullen (U14) scored five
centuries (127 v. Dulwich College, 119 not out v. Reeds School,
119 v. King Edward School Birmingham, 105 not out v.
St John’s School, Leatherhead, and 101 for Middlesex v. Surrey).
P W D L Cancelled
1st XI 20 12 2 6 0
2nd XI 12 8 0 4 0
3rd XI 10 5 0 5 0
4th XI 2 1 0 1 0
U15A 11 7 0 3 1
U15B 11 4 0 7 0
U15C 9 4 0 3 2
U14A 15 11 0 4 0
U14B 11 7 0 4 0
U14C 7 6 0 1 0
U13A 16 9 1 3 3
U13B 11 7 0 2 2
U13C 10 5 0 2 3
U12A 9 3 0 4 2
U12B 9 7 0 1 1
U12C 7 6 0 1 0
Total 170 102 3 51 14
CROSS COUNTRY The School has again enjoyed a year of strong performances.
In the Ranelagh Cup, Samuel Reynolds came second and
James Milton was seventh while Hampton runners came
second in the RGS Friendly despite having one of the smallest
entries. Hamptonians took the first three places (Freddie
Hodgson, Robert Sapsford and Ben Collier), and six of the first
ten, in the Second/Third Year Richmond SSP Cross Country.
Five Hamptonians represented Richmond in the London
Youth Games Cross-country Championships. 15 boys helped
Richmond win the Middlesex Cross-country Championships,
where Freddie Hodgson (U15) won his age group and eight
runners finished in the top ten. Six runners were selected to
represent Middlesex in the English Schools Championships
and in the Hampton-St Paul’s Paarlauf, the U20s came second,
the U15s third and the three U17 teams second, third and sixth.
FENCINGThe School fielded a junior and senior team this year. Both fenced
with some success in school matches and three boys competed
in Foil and Epée at the Public Schools Fencing Championship.
Rahul Jaitly was unlucky with his opening poule and finished 75th
in Senior Epee. In the Mount-Haes Foil, Alex Yau came 62nd and
Yann Luk 48th. Many thanks go to the outgoing Captain, Max
Hamilton, for all his enthusiasm and support.
FOOTBALLThe School has had another excellent season with 20 teams
involving over 300 boys playing regularly, scoring 1,751 goals
in 456 competitive fixtures with five teams each scoring more
than 100 goals.
Hampton School Boat Club competed
in 12 Head Races, winning 13 pennants.
The following results were achieved in
the main Head Races:
Schools’ Head
1st VIII: 7th
2nd VIII: 2nd
3rd VIII: 3rd
J16 1st VIII: 2nd
J16 2nd VIII: 1st
J15 1st VIII: 3rd
J15 2nd VIII: 1st
J15 3rd VIII: 1st
Oarsport Junior Sculling Head
J14 1st VIII: 9th
J14 2nd VIII: 2nd
J14 3rd VIII: 3rd
Hampton crews entered eight regattas
over the Summer, winning a total of
16 events. At the National Schools’
Regatta the Boat Club recorded the
following results:
1st VIII: 6th
2nd VIII: 2nd
3rd VIII: 2nd
J16 1st VIII: 1st
J16 2nd VIII: 2nd
J15 1st VIII: 6th
J15 2nd VIII: 1st
J15 3rd VIII: 2nd
J14 1st VIII: 10th
J14 2nd VIII: 5th
J14 3rd VIII: 2nd
At the Henley Royal Regatta, Hampton beat Bedford School on
Wednesday but lost on the following day to St Edward’s School.
Three boys won international colours for Great Britain: Dominic
Jackson (Junior World Rowing Championships), and Tom Long
and Charlie Marcus (Coupe de la Jeunesse). In addition, Lewis
Owens and Rory Gilligan were selected, respectively, for the
England and Ireland Rowing Teams, both competing at the
Home Countries International.
The year’s results are as follows:
ROWING
The 1st XI reached the quarter-final in the ESFA Cup and
retained the Trinity Cup. A Leavers’ combined 2nd and 3rd XI
team won the 2nd Tier Trinity Cup Final. 30 senior footballers
toured Germany in the October half term, winning four matches
and drawing one. The U16As reached Round 5 of the ESFA cup,
and the U15As reached the semi-final of the Investec ISFA U15
Cup. The U14As narrowly lost Round 6 of the ESFA Cup to the
eventual winners. The U13As and U13Bs experienced exciting
matches and cup runs in National and County competitions,
while the U12 A-C teams have shown great promise.
The following were selected for ISFA teams: Toby Godfray and
Connor Selwood (U18), Lewis Chaplin and Will Davis (U16),
Shaun-Chris Joash and George Maxwell (U15), Jack Madelin
(U14), Tom Banks, Oliver Burke, Declan Connolly, Robbie Cox
and Sami Omaar (U13 London ISFA). Connor Selwood has been
awarded a football scholarship at Hofstra University in the USA.
P W D L F A
1st XI 41 31 3 7 141 57
2nd XI 31 19 6 6 86 32
3rd XI 28 22 1 5 92 29
4th XI 24 18 3 3 91 26
5th XI 8 3 1 4 25 28
6th XI 9 0 3 6 16 46
U16A 20 12 3 5 66 34
U16B 17 12 3 2 77 31
U16C 2 1 0 1 15 5
U15A 22 13 4 5 77 38
U15B 16 10 2 4 50 35
U15C 14 6 1 7 44 39
U15D 7 2 2 3 21 21
U14A 26 20 3 3 109 34
U14B 19 14 2 3 103 31
U14C 13 11 2 0 75 15
U14D 8 7 0 1 34 12
U13A 28 21 2 5 167 49
U13B 21 16 2 3 113 45
U13C 11 6 1 4 24 18
U13D 7 7 0 0 47 7
U13E 5 3 1 1 14 10
U13F 4 1 1 2 5 21
U12A 22 12 1 9 72 42
U12B 20 11 3 6 87 48
U12C 14 8 1 5 55 41
U12D 10 3 1 6 17 39
U12E 6 3 0 3 26 15
U12F 3 1 0 2 2 15
Total 456 293 52 111 1,751 863
RUGBYThe School has enjoyed another successful year, fielding 16
teams in regular matches involving over 300 boys, with the
following results:
Notable individual achievements: Thomas Tomlin (U13), Jack Berg, Alex Riches (U14), Rory Carroll, Reme Edetanlen and Charlie Longford (U16) were selected for the Harlequins Developing Player Pathway
Jamie Benson (U13), Aidan Barry (U14) and Louis Lynagh (U15) were selected for the Harlequins Elite Player Development Group
Jesper Hartikainen, Matthieu Le Moign, Alex McMillan, Alex Taylor (U13), Jamie Dunbar, James Thompson (U15), Stan Humphry and Nicholas van der Merwe (U16) were selected for the Wasps Developing Player Pathway
Jacques Harrison, Dylan Straker-Grimes (U13), Finley Dykes, Louis Goodwin, William Howting, Tommy Nagle, Sam Southall (U14), Nick Bitzakidis, Billy Franklin, Elias Petrenko, Joe Wheeler (U15) and James Vyvyan (U16) were selected for the London Irish Developing Player Pathway
Nick Bitzakidis and Billy Franklin represented London Irish Academy in the RFU National U15 Academies tournament, while Jamie Dunbar was selected for Wasps and Louis Lynagh for Harlequins
Louis Lynagh was selected for the England U15 Academies Development Squad
Nicholas van der Merwe and James Vyvyan represented Wasps and London Irish respectively at the England U16 Academies Festival
Aidan and Shane Barry were selected for the USA U16 squad, to tour this summer
Conor Gilligan was selected for Irish Exiles U19
William Attfield, Luca Cericola, Sam Collingridge, Roman Malin-Hiscock and Will Verdan represented London Irish in the Aviva Premiership Academy U18 League, while Alex Bidwell and Zachary Santos represented Harlequins
William Attfield has signed a professional contract with England Sevens for the 2016-17 season.
The 1st XV won the St Joseph’s National Schools Festival,
reached the national quarter-final of the NatWest U18 Cup, came
second in the Esher President’s Cup and won the South Coast
Kings U18 Cup. The 2nd XV won the Middlesex County U18
Plate competition, the U16As won the Middlesex U16 Cup and
the U15As reached the final 16 of the NatWest U15 Cup. The
U14As were semi-finalists in the Middlesex County U14 Cup.
The U13As were semi-finalists in the School Sport Magazine
National U13 Cup and the Middlesex County Cup. The U12As
came second in the Middlesex County U12 Festival Cup.
The 1st VII won the Hampton Founders’ Day Sevens Cup and
the Shield at the Reigate U18 Charity Sevens. The 2nd VII
won the Worth Sevens Shield and the Halliford Sevens. The
U16s won the Plate at both the RGS Guildford and the Surrey
Sevens. The U15s reached the semi-final of the Plate at both
the Surrey and the John Peroni Wimbledon Sevens. The U14s
were runners-up at the Reigate Junior Sevens and reached
the final 16 of the HSBC National Schools Sevens. The U13s
reached the final 16 of the HSBC National Schools Sevens and
were runners-up at the Surrey U13 Sevens. The U12s were
runners-up at the Tiffin Tens.
The U13s were unbeaten when they toured Holland at
Easter, while the U12s won one out of two games against
boys a year older.
P W D L F A
1st XV 31 26 1 4 758 185
2nd XV 18 14 1 3 433 239
3rd XV 11 6 1 4 242 163
4th XV 5 2 0 3 101 85
U16A 18 17 0 1 480 140
U16B 12 6 0 6 237 187
U15A 25 20 0 5 560 380
U15B 16 4 1 11 315 486
U14A 18 11 0 7 477 225
U14B 17 9 1 7 484 244
U13A 23 20 0 3 708 101
U13B 16 7 0 9 271 304
U13C 8 1 0 7 60 316
U12A 15 8 1 6 227 229
U12B 17 7 1 9 279 348
U12C 6 0 2 4 67 183
Total 256 158 9 89 5,699 3,815
SAILING AND WINDSURFINGThis year has seen another successful season based at
Queen Mary’s Sailing Club in Ashford, where the boys have
received training from both School staff and professional
instructors. Several boys earned RYA Level 1 and 2 certificates
in Sailing and 14 attended the annual Second Year Sailing and
Watersports trip to Poole Harbour in Dorset.
SWIMMING AND BIATHLONIn recent years Hampton has competed in local, regional and
national swimming and biathlon competitions. Our junior
swimmers again won the Borough competition this year. In
The Bath Cup HMC Swimming Relays, our freestyle relay team
won bronze in the Aldenham Cup while the medley team took
the Dunelm trophy. Over 50 Hampton athletes competed in
the first round of the British Schools’ Biathlon, with 16 boys
reaching the National Finals.
TABLE TENNISThe School fielded two teams again this year. Both played
well in the Richmond Schools competition, with the U16s
going on to represent the area at the next stage where they
were runners-up in the finals of the London South Table Tennis
Association Plate competition. In the League competition, the
U16s finished in fourth place and the U13s were fifth, in a very
strong field. The most improved performers were Olly Coles
(First Year) and David Suk (Fourth Year).
TENNISTennis remains very popular, with approximately 40 boys
regularly attending lunchtime training sessions and 30
representing the School in tournaments and competitions.
The U12s won their age group in the Surrey League
Championships and the U13s were runners-up. At the British
Schools Tennis Championships the U13s won their division and
the U15s finished second in their group. The U14, U15 and U16
teams finished sixth overall in the Junior ISL Championships.
The Senior team reached the quarter-finals of the ISTA
Championships and the semi-finals of the Rootham Shield.
Fraser Barclay and Joss Connell won the U16 Phillips Plate
Competition at the ISTA championships, and the U13 pairs
won through to the second round.
VOLLEYBALLVolleyball continues to grow at Hampton, particularly amongst
the juniors, and is helped by weekly high-intensity training
by Dave Rijvers from Richmond Volleyball. Six Third Year
boys, Sebastian Bokonijic, Cameron Fraser, Tom Hayward,
Joe John, Agastya Jha and Alex Raeburn, represented
Richmond Borough in the first round of the National Junior
Championships, finishing third in the overall competition.
Julian Cassens (U15) currently represents Richmond Borough.
This year’s JUVO Championships were cancelled due to poor
weather, but Rory Carroll, Julian Cassens, Joonas Hartikainen
and Fabio Rossi took part in the National Independent School’s
Beach Volleyball Tournament in Brighton.
The Clubs and Societies below are just a selection of the many which met regularly through the year.
CLUBS, SOCIETIES AND CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
ADVENTURE SOCIETYThe Adventure Society caters for boys throughout the School.
Activities this year have included annual events such as the First
Year weekend at Bentley Copse (board games, orienteering
and mountain biking), Second Year Rockley Watersports
trip to Dorset (sailing, windsurfing, kayaking, canoeing and
powerboating), the Lower School paintballing day and the
Second and Third Year multi-activities trip to Snowdonia
(orienteering, rock-climbing, abseiling, mountain biking and
hiking). A group of First Years enjoyed a coasteering, kayaking
and sea-cliff climbing trip in Dorset and a large group of Sixth
formers, from Hampton and LEH, travelled to Borneo in July to
undertake community and conservation work near Kudat. Other
activities included climbing Mount Kinabalu, snorkelling, scuba
diving and visiting the orangutan rehabilitation centre in Sepilok
and the Kretam Palm Oil Plantation.
BADMAN SHEPHERD TRAVEL AWARDSSince 1980 annual awards have been made from a fund set up
in memory of Mr E R Badman, a former Deputy Headmaster,
to help enable boys to travel, in this country or abroad, for
educational purposes, in pursuit of some interest or for
adventure. This fund was supplemented in 1994 from the
legacy of Mr A T Shepherd, an Old Hamptonian and former
Chairman of Governors.
The following awards have been made this year:
CHESSThe School entered four teams in the Surrey School’s Chess
League. The First Team won all their games and came top
of the division. The Second Team won division three and the
Third Team came third in division four. The School won the
Russell Jamboree, the Eton Rapidplay tournament and the
Birmingham and District Rapidplay tournament. The First Team
came second in the National Schools’ Chess Championship,
losing the final match in a tie break.
COMBINED CADET FORCE The Contingent has continued to parade every Friday afternoon
in conjunction with pupils from LEH. New members enjoyed
our Autumn recruits’ field day in Hampshire and a leadership
camp at Hampton in October. The CCF again observed
Remembrance Day by parading through Hampton. Following
School-based training, 12 cadets were promoted to Corporal or
Lance-Corporal. The RAF Section came fourth in the Regional
Air Squadron Trophy competition, improving from fifth place last
year. Alex Witt won an Air Cadet Pilot Scheme Award, which
will enable him, after training, to fly solo. Thomas Lane and Alex
Witt gained places on an RAF Leadership Course held at RAF
Cranwell in July. A Summer Field Day was held at RAF Northolt.
This year’s Summer Camps were held at St Martin’s Plain in Kent
(military training for the Army and RAF Sections) and West Wales
(Adventurous Training, again for both sections).
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMMEThe School has developed extensive links both locally and
internationally to support those who can benefit from its help.
Its facilities are available to the local community for a wide
variety of sports, music and drama events, and our pupils have
generously contributed both time and energy in the following:
• An extensive programme of visits to give classroom
assistance in local primary schools
• Regular outreach work with children with special needs
• Academic extension initiatives such as our Saturday School
for Gifted and Talented Year 5 pupils, Mathematics
Masterclasses for Gifted and Talented Year 6 pupils and the
Mathematics Roadshow for local primary schools
• Provision of a Latin GCSE course for pupils from local state
secondary schools
• A wide range of initiatives including a Science Day, Music
Day, Public Speaking Day and GCSE revision courses as
part of the Hampton Independent State School Partnership
(ISSP). The School’s Lower Sixth pupils assist those from a
local state secondary school as part of a peer mentoring
scheme for GCSE Mathematics
• Sporting and co-curricular ventures, including an annual
5-a-side football tournament, art, music and drama
collaborations with local schools
• A Christmas and September tea party for senior citizens
• Links with the Senga Bay Safe Haven, Malawi
DRAMAThis year’s productions highlighted the breadth and versatility
of Hampton pupils’ performing arts skills. They began with the
annual Hampton and LEH musical, Mack and Mabel, in which
Rahul Jaitly delivered a sophisticated portrayal of the charismatic
yet vulnerable Mack. Hampton and LEH collaborated later in
the year in a modern-dress production of Shakespeare’s Julius
Caesar, for which an original score was composed by Thomas
Duggan, Edward Owens and Angus Shennan. Special mention
must go to Duncan Boyle (who played Anthony) and Ruairi
Pyrgos (Julius Caesar) for their evocative performances.
Other highlights from the year included Greenlawns in Winter,
the Junior Drama Christmas Play (written by Community
Playwright Jennifer Duda and in which Patrick Silcox played
the ailing Ted Edwards with great empathy) and the Lower
School play, Treasure Island, led by three Sixth Formers:
Tom Ackery, Oscar Cloud and Joe Jenkins.
This year’s projects and performances also included:
• Fifth Year Performances: Steven Berkoff’s The Trial and
R C Sherriff’s Journey’s End (December)
• Third Year Devised Plays (January and April)
• Fourth Year Performances: Nigel William’s adaptation
of Golding’s Lord of the Flies (March)
• Second Year Devised Plays (March)
• GCSE Productions: a selection of scripted performances (May)
• AS Level Production: Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men (May)
James Cai £200 Cultural trip to China
Rory Carroll, Joonas Hartikainen, Fabio Rossi
£100 Travel to Finland to clear forestry land and explore the area
Wilfred Deverell £200 Turtle research project in Greece
James Ingram £200 Travel to Rwanda to study the genocide
MUSIC The School’s musicians have been as busy as ever, performing
at two Christmas Concerts, the Carol Service, a Spring
Concert, a Summer Concert, and the service for Founders’
Day. This year’s joint musical with LEH was Mack and Mabel
(October). Other performances and appearances included:
• Workshop and concert with the Fine Arts Brass
Ensemble (November)
• St Cecilia’s Day Concert (November)
• First Year ‘Classical Spectacular’ Concert Trip (November)
• New Boys’ Concert (November)
• Rock Concerts (January, May and June)
• Wind Concert (January)
• Jazz Café (March)
• Choral Society Concert at LEH (March)
• Keyboard Concert (April)
• ISSP Day (Hampton School Partnership) (May)
• Second Year ‘Space Spectacular’ Concert Trip (May)
• Swing Band at Garrick’s Temple (May)
• Jazz in the Park (June)
FORM CHARITYFundraising activities during the year have included curry nights,
cake sales, Mufti Days, charity netball and lacrosse matches
against LEH, and a Lower School Christmas Quiz and Fair with
LEH. More than £12,000 was raised and donated to this year’s
nominated charities, Lily of the Valley Orphanage, Survivors
Projects and The Princess Alice Hospice. Further support has
been given to boys and staff members raising money for other
charitable causes including the 22 Third Year boys raising money
for the ROAR Enterprise Challenge, supporting rural schools in
India. The School community also responded at short notice
in September donating over 500 family washbags for migrants
fleeing conflict zones in the Middle East.
TALK! This year’s Talk! programme included seven invited speakers
in a mixture of assembly, lunchtime and evening events, and
saw continued closer relations develop with LEH’s Senior Café
programme of speakers. The speakers were:
• Khawar Malik (The Apples and Pears Foundation)
• Duncan Fisher OBE (Child and Family Blog)
• Professor Roland Ennos (University of Hull)
• Professor Ian Davis (University College London)
• Christina Lamb OBE (Foreign Correspondent, The Sunday Times)
• James Robbins (Orang-utan UK)
• Andrew Jack (Financial Times)
YOUNG ENTERPRISEYoung Enterprise enables boys from the Lower Sixth to learn
about business through running their own companies over a
year, mentored by an external business advisor. This year our
two companies were:
• Proxima (MD Isaiah Coco-Bassey)
• Karna (MD Ruairi Pyrgos)
Both companies gave presentations to a panel of judges at the
Richmond and Kingston Preliminaries, and Proxima advanced
to the Richmond and Kingston Final, having previously won
Best Product at two local trade fairs.
DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARDTwo hundred boys were involved in the Award this year.
Of these, 120 completed their Bronze Award practice and
assessment expeditions in the Surrey Hills and Ashdown
Forest and 60 completed their Silver practice and assessment
expeditions in either Dorset or the New Forest. In October, 12
Gold and two Silver Award candidates completed their practice
expeditions in the Lake District, seven completed expeditions
in Snowdonia at Easter, and 11 their practice expeditions in the
Lake District in June.
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESThe School is committed to the environment and strives to
reduce its carbon footprint by decreasing CO2 emissions at
source, where possible. Protecting the environment is at
the heart of the School building projects and infrastructure
improvements and is included within the curriculum across a
wide range of subjects. Recycling of paper, cardboard, glass,
oil, spectacles, batteries, print cartridges, plastic bottles and
food waste continues. This year the school’s Youth Travel
Ambassadors bid successfully for £250 from Transport for
London to help reduce traffic congestion on Hanworth Road
and to encourage environmentally friendly ways of travel during
the ‘school run’.
FAITH SOCIETIES There are two Christian Forums, the Junior (First to Fourth
Years) and Senior (Fifth Year and Sixth Form). Both met weekly
for games, quizzes, discussion and refreshments (Juniors),
Bible study and prayer (Seniors), and to hear visiting speakers.
The Parents’ Prayer Partnership, comprising parents and
teachers from all Christian denominations, met twice a term to
pray for the School and its needs. The Muslim Society met for
Friday Prayers throughout the year.
The School’s Chamber musicians took part in the South East
Schools’ Chamber Music Competition in March. The Chamber
Choir sang Evensong at Winchester Cathedral in January
and in July the School Jazz Bands toured Malta, giving three
concerts. The School’s male voice choir, ‘Voices of Lions’
reached the national selection stage at the Choir of the Year 2016
Competition, and performed at the Regional Festival of Music
for Youth in Watford and the National Festival in Birmingham.
They also gave eight concerts at the Edinburgh Fringe.
In total 120 boys took Associated Board practical examinations
in 2015-16, achieving 31 Distinctions and 46 Merits.
HIGHER EDUCATION DESTINATIONS (as of August 2016)
Boys leaving in Summer 2016 have secured places at the following universities:
Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Bath (15), Birmingham (4), Bristol (13), Bristol UWE, Cambridge (9), Cardiff (4), Durham (7), Edinburgh, Essex, Exeter (14), Imperial College (8), Kent, King’s College London (6), Leeds (13), Leicester, Lincoln (2), Liverpool (5), Loughborough (3), LSE, Manchester (11), Newcastle (9), Nottingham (14), Oxford Brookes (3), Oxford (9), Queen Mary’s London (2), Reading (2), Regent’s College, Royal Holloway, Sheffield (2), Southampton (5), Surrey, Sussex (2) University College London (7), Warwick (8), Hofstra, USA, York (3).
They have been accepted for the following courses and disciplines:
Accounting, Architecture, Astronomy, Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedicine, Business, Chemistry, Computer Science, Criminology, Economics, Engineering (Chemical, Civil, Electronic, Mechanical), English, Finance, Geography, Geophysics, History, International Relations, Law, Liberal Arts, Management, Materials Science, Mathematics, Medicine, Medieval Languages, Modern Languages (French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish), Music, Natural Sciences, Philosophy, Physics, Politics, PPE, Psychology, Sociology, Theology, Zoology.
SCHOOL TRIPS UNDERTAKEN DURING 2015-16
Spring Term and Easter HolidaysAdventure Society: Snowdonia
Classics: Sicily
Cricket: Dubai
CCF: Longmoor
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award:
New Forest, Snowdonia, Surrey Hills
Geography: Iceland, Slapton
History and Politics: Washington DC,
WWI Battlefields
Modern Languages: Barcelona, Lille,
Munich, Paris, Ronda
Rowing: Boston, Bruges, Devon,
Hazewinkel, Nottingham, Seville
Rugby: Holland
Skiing: Les Houche, Wengen
Autumn Term and Christmas HolidaysAdventure Society: Dorset, Surrey Hills
CCF: Hankley Common, Pirbright
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award:
Lake District
Football: Europe, Manchester
Geography: Sorrento
Modern Languages: Berlin, China,
Cordoba, Madrid, Marseilles, Nice,
Provence
Rowing: Boston, Temple-sur-Lot
Rugby: Ipswich
Skiing: La Thuile, Radstadt
Summer Term and HolidaysAdventure Society: Dorset, Borneo
CCF: Kent, West Wales
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award:
Ashdown Forest, Dorset,
New Forest, Lake District
Football: Colchester
History: Berlin
Modern Languages: Konstanz
Music: Edinburgh, Malta
Physics: Newbury
Rowing: Henley, Nottingham
Boys who left before Summer 2016 have secured places at the following universities:
Bristol, Cambridge (2), Cardiff, Durham, Exeter (2), Imperial (3), King’s College London (2), Kingston, Leeds, Oxford, Oxford Brookes, Manchester (2), Nottingham, Plymouth, Southampton (2), Sussex, University College London (2), Warwick, York.
They have been accepted for the following courses:
Architecture, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Design Engineering, Economics (2), English Language & Linguistics, European Social & Political Studies, French with Management, German, History (2), Medicine (4), Modern Languages, Music, Natural Sciences, Navigation & Maritime Science, Philosophy & Politics, Politics & International Studies, PPE, Psychology.
The Annual Review is also available on our website www.hamptonschool.org.uk together with copies of other School publications including The Lion and our termly newsletter, News from Hampton.
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These are seen as an integral part of the education the School offers. This year some 60 trips took place, including the following:
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