Annual Review 2015 -16

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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