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Hampton School's New Pavilion |
The Main Corridor |
Headmaster |
Mr Julian Thomas MBA (Aba) |
Founded |
1557 |
School type |
Independent |
Religious affiliation |
Secular |
Location |
Hampton, London , England |
Enrollment |
1,313 pupils |
Campus surroundings |
Suburban |
Main Sports |
Rowing , Rugby , Football , Cricket |
Mascot |
Lion |
School colours |
Yellow , Black |
School Motto |
Praestat Opes Sapientia (Wealth through knowledge) |
is a prestigous independent school for boys, located in
Hampton, London ,
England . Originally founded on
March 7 1557 from the will of Robert 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 1938.
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 and facilities.
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 on the Wednesday closest to 7th March.
Hampton is probably best known as one of the leading
Rowing schools in the country and many of the school's oarsmen have gone on to represent Great Britain.
Hampton prides itself on its all-around successes, combining its sporting successes with a strong academic record, coming 18th in the country on A Level scores in
2004 .
See Also: Hampton School Boat Club
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.
HSBC is based at the
Millennium boathouse which it shares with the Lady Eleanor Holles School Boat Club.
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 four
Treble winning 1st VIIIs in its history and has been represented at every
Junior World Rowing Championships since the events' creation.
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 .
Hampton school has a fine cricketing tradition. Throughout the early 1990's it was inspirationally led by Jon Cook who set the standards to follow for the vast successes in the latter 1990's and early 2000's. Under Edward Wessons stewardship Hampton have enjoyed considerable success, including an unbeaten season in 2003 and successful tours of
Barbados ,
Sri Lanka and most recently
Cape Town ,
South Africa .
In 2005 a specialist coach was appointed; Lancastrian Chris Harrison - a former postman, window cleaner and teacher whose rise to coaching stardom has been remarkable. In his first season, with the excellent Toby Rowland-Jones as captain, the trio; Wesson, Harrison and Rowland-Jones helped Hampton reach the Independent Schools 20/20 final at Edgbaston only to lose to Champions Felsted. Promising cricketers currently at the school who look to have a bright future in club cricket include Chris Sellick (future 1XI captain), Sam Saidman (future 2XI captain) and Ryan Ramdin (former 2XI captain).
Hampton School is home to a lively and much-contested Social League. This league is an internal
Soccer competition held over the course of each school year. This competition has been held for the past thirteen years, although with varying degrees of organisation due to the fact that it is run by pupils in their final year; this necessarily entails new administrators for each incarnation of the League.
Matches are played on the Wednesday afternoons (or otherwise, on agreement with the Dons), and last 50 minutes (25 minutes each way). The rules of normal football apply, as well as points awarded to the winning/drawing team(s). Points may be added for teams that represent the school in external matches against, for example,
Highgate or
Eton . Points may be docked for illegal fielding of players that are not listed on the official team sheets. Only one point is usually awared for external representaion, however for illegal conduct, all three points, if any, will be deducted.
Rugby at Hampton School of excellence is also of a high quality and former pupils include
Simon Amor (England Sevens Captain) and
Andy Beattie (Bath back-rower and current England 'A' player. Recent successes include winning the Middlesex Sevens in 2006.
Hampton School holds a distinguished
Circle 's were united in order to create a more focused productive meeting.
The school runs a programme of visiting high-profile speakers, called ''Talk!'', open to the public and to visitors from local schools. It was begun in the year 2000, attracting figures from a wide spectrum of achievement, and politicians of varying allegiances. It has been very popular thus far, being held in the Shepherd Lecture Theatre.
- Martin Cross - Olympic Rowing Gold Medallist
- Maurice Xiberras - The first leader of the Democratic Party of British Gibraltar (DPBG)
- Robin Bigwood - Famous harpsichord player and writer for Sound on Sound magazine
It is interesting to note that the head of Information Technology at Hampton is, indeed, purely fictional. He is specified throughout school publishing as Ian Trevana, whose intials spell "I.T". A running joke throughout the I.T. Department in recent years has been to "leave it to Ian".
"School by the Thames" (Edward Wild and Ken Rice, Butler and Tanner Ltd 2005).
