Remote teaching for Y1-13 - Early Years open as normal - See Coronavirus Situation.
In the Upper Years we develop in our students the skills they need to ensure that, in their adult lives, they can be effective individuals, in terms of their personal relationships but also in their engagement with the wider community. Our students develop a sense of duty to themselves and to the world as a whole.
All this is achieved by the nurturing of an environment which promotes personal and intellectual growth – not only for the students, but in respect of all members of the school community including the teachers.
We seek to develop a sense of global citizenship and responsibility, and therefore to be well informed about current affairs and to be media savvy generally. Our students hear a range of visiting speakers (recently an American senator, a Paralympian, an Auschwitz survivor, a Guardian journalist and one of UK’s Leading cardiologists).
Our students engage in local charity work and politics through student-led committees that select and invite visitors to discuss the chief issues of the day.
In addition to a strong academic and intellectual course of study, and our high expectations of all pupils in terms of GCSEs, all students participate in an integrated outdoor education programme which includes the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme, Young Enterprise and Peter Jones’ Tycoons in Business. Being involved in these activities, and in music and drama productions, is how our students develop the interpersonal and organisational skills which will serve them throughout their university and adult lives.
In Years 10 and 11, students complete a two-year cultural studies course (taught by the Headmaster), which underpins all their learning by ensuring that all knowledge is placed into a cultural, thematic and chronological context.
Students now have the option to continue with us into out Sixth Form. But some students elect to study at other schools and colleges (recently Westminster School, Kingston Grammar School, Latymer Upper, City of London School, Surbiton High, University College School, Esher College as well as a number of renowned boarding schools such as Bedales, Millfield, Hurtwood House, Bryanston and Hockerill).
We are delighted that so many former students stay in touch with us, and come back to visit whenever they can. We are proud that our pupils have gone on to achieve in such varied ways – not only by gaining places at top universities (including Oxford and Cambridge), but also by setting up their own businesses, by using their fluency in foreign languages in their work, by training for the Law, by representing England in sporting activities (athletics and ice-skating), by forging their way as professional actors in film, TV and on stage, by excelling musically as soloists and orchestral players, and even in signing multi-album deals with EMI.
Tom CleryMA PGCE BA
Tom is returning to teach at Hampton Court House after a decade away in the USA and Spain. During this time he obtained an MA in Geography and GIS from the University of Miami, taught a variety of graduate and undergraduate Geography and Economic Geography courses at the same establishment, published various journal and book…
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Neelu VasishthBE CSc PGCE
Neelu is an experienced Computer science professional with over 14 years of experience in the industry and as an educator. She spent a decade in software development and large scale engineering management in Germany and India working with leading companies like Hughes, Lucent technologies and L and T Infotech, as well as start-ups in the…
Clarisse GheurMA
Clarisse was born and educated in Belgium. She graduated with an MA degree in Romance Philology and then obtained a teaching degree in French, and in French as a foreign language. She has lived in Spain and is a fluent Spanish speaker. She has taught French in a secondary school in Brussels and also for…
Rebeca PernasBA
Rebeca was born in Spain where she graduated from Santiago de Compostela University with a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Industrial Risk Assessment. After having worked in an international company she decided to undertake a new and more rewarding career in Upper Years and Bilingual Education, completing a Master’s Degree…