Founded in 1556/57 and re-established in 1612, Hampton combines a rich history with a forward-looking approach. In recognition of this distinctive blend of tradition, excellence and innovation, Hampton was named Boys’ School of the Year at the 2025 Independent Schools of the Year Awards.
From September 2026, Hampton and Hampton Prep will become an all-through 7-18 school, ensuring a seamless progression from Year 3 to the Upper Sixth. Hampton Pre-Prep will continue to provide a joyful, nurturing start for boys and girls aged 3 – 7, establishing strong foundations for learning, confidence and academic curiosity.
Our Ethos
Seriously Excellent: Seriously Fun. Hampton epitomises academic and all-round excellence, achieved through a well-balanced and highly enjoyable education that enables boys to develop into well-rounded, fulfilled individuals, who are inspired not only to make sense of the world but also to want to go out and improve it.
Academic Excellence
Consistently in the top academic echelon nationally, Hampton remains distinctive as one of the UK's top academic schools, while also being among the country's most successful sporting schools, and leading educational settings for music, drama and community partnerships. No one is funnelled down a particular route, and all pupils are encouraged to explore their interests wherever they lie.
Standards are extremely high and result naturally and organically from the fun boys have at Hampton and their enthusiastic involvement in the huge range of opportunities on offer. The School places fundamental emphasis upon the importance of boys being personally ambitious while supporting those around them (in the School community and beyond) with kindness and compassion. This is the true essence of Hampton: it is the Hampton way and a stand-out feature.
In the most recent ISI integrated inspection (May 2023), Hampton was awarded the highest judgement possible in each individual category. Inspectors praised pupils’ exceptional achievements and personal development, their outstanding analytical and thinking skills and their strong sense inclusion and respect for others.
Academically selective, virtually all boys progress to leading Russell Group or equivalent universities, with increasing numbers to American Ivy League Universities. Examination results in 2025 at A level (72% A*–A grades, 35% at A*) and GCSE (84% 9–8, 60% at grade 9) were extremely strong. Over 95% places at Russell Group Universities or equivalent. The Sixth Form has a strong emphasis on deep academic enquiry, breadth of study, critical thinking and independent learning.
Beyond the Classroom
The extensive co-curricular programme forms an essential part of the balanced education which Hampton provides and includes a diverse range of clubs from beekeeping and archaeology to Hampton radio, Lego architecture and programming alongside exceptional music and drama programmes. Over half the boys learn musical instruments and there are frequent music and choir tours abroad. The School's exceptional male-voice choir, Voices of Lions, performs biennially at the Edinburgh Fringe, and joint productions with neighbouring LEH include major musicals and plays. The recent joint production of 42nd Street was awarded ‘Best Musical’ at the national School Theatre Awards.
Sport is outstanding, with national titles in football, cricket and chess and strong representation in rugby, rowing and athletics. Many pupils play at county and national level across a wide range of sports. Pupils benefit from superb facilities and specialist coaching and the School has produced numerous schoolboy internationals across various sports, as well as Olympic rowers and many professional sportsmen; Hampton shares a nearby boathouse on the River Thames with LEH.
Community & Partnership
Community is central to Hampton life and the School works with over 60 local schools through partnership programmes, academic support and cultural initiatives. Hampton is a founding partner, along with LEH and Reach Academy, of Feltham College, a new sixth-form college which opened in September 2022. This post-16 education initiative, brings together a powerful partnership of education, business and health service providers to broaden choice for local young people and offer them transformative opportunities.
The School maintains strong links with local state primary schools which provide around 50% of the Year 7 intake. Year 5 and Year 6 pupils from a number of local state primary schools attend Saturday classes as part of the School’s Lion Learning Programme and regular Maths, English and Science competitions and workshops are held.
Facilities
Set within 28-acres, Hampton offers state-of-the-art onsite facilities for learning, sport and the arts, including a 3G sports ground, the professional standard Hammond Theatre and Millennium Boathouse located on the nearby River Thames and shared with LEH. Recent developments include a bespoke Sixth Form Study and Careers Centre and state of the art science laboratories.
Curriculum
Pupils in the Lower School follow a broad and balanced curriculum, including Design Engineering, Computing and Coding, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, a Modern Language (French, German or Spanish), Latin, Art, Drama, Music, History, Geography, Religious Studies, PE, Sport and Mindfulness. Mandarin, Greek and Russian are optional subjects available from the Third Year.
In the Fourth and Fifth Years all boys continue to study, in addition to PE, Sport and Mindfulness, the following: English Language, English Literature, a Modern Language, Mathematics and the three sciences for (I)GCSE. They choose three subjects from the following: Art, Ancient History, Computer Science, Design Engineering, Drama, French, Geography, German, Greek, History, Latin, Mandarin, Music, Religious Studies, Russian and Spanish. Most of these (I)GCSEs are taken at the end of the Fifth Year. The most able mathematicians also take Further Mathematics GCSE.
The Sixth Form offers a free choice of 25 A Level subjects, taught by expert subject specialists, in addition to a wide range of courses delivered through the Curriculum Enrichment programme taught jointly with neighbouring LEH, including Critical Thinking and Oracy. Alongside their three A levels (four if taking Further Maths), pupils in the Lower Sixth take Hampton Electives, choosing from a wide range of courses which include internationally recognised language diplomas and shorter courses designed to broaden and deepen understanding of a range of topics outside of A level syllabuses.
Additional teaching and preparation is provided for boys seeking entrance to highly selective universities; nearly all Hamptonians secure places at Russell Group or equivalent settings, with many moving on to read their chosen subject at one of the global top-10 universities, including Oxford and Cambridge. About 50 boys a year also opt for the Hampton Extended Project, a substantial piece of independent research of around 5,000 words.
Sport
Sport is outstanding, with national titles in football, cricket and chess and strong representation in rugby, rowing and athletics. Our sporting programme combines performance with participation, so sport and PE are part of every boy’s School week. All Hamptonians have a free choice of sport and pupils can choose between football and rugby in the autumn and spring terms; cricket, athletics and tennis are offered in the summer term.
From the Third Year upwards, many pupils choose to join the Boat Club. The School offers a wide range of specialist sports including basketball, cross-country, swimming, badminton, volleyball, golf, table tennis, squash, sailing and skiing. Many boys also take part in sport on Saturdays with fixtures arranged for all age groups and skill levels.
Careers
The UCAS & Careers Department is dedicated to ensuring every Hamptonian can make the best, informed choices for their lives beyond school. All pupils receive advice at key points when making subject choices. An annual Higher Education Fair is held along with information evenings for parents and pupils focused on Sixth Form choices and university decision-making.
Pastoral care
Pastoral provision is embedded within the day-to-day life of the School, through Form Tutors, Heads of Year, School Nurses and outstanding counsellors. A well-established mentoring system provided by our Sixth Formers, provides much-valued pupil to pupil support to our Lower School boys. Pupils’ wellbeing is of paramount importance and focus on adolescent mental health has strengthened in recent years supported by our expert on-site School Counsellors, annual wellbeing surveys and bespoke PSHE sessions.
The newly developed PSHE provision also plays a pivotal role focusing on six specific strands: Health & Wellbeing, Relationships and Sex Education, Digital Wellbeing, Living in the Wider World, Universities & Careers, and the Hampton Curriculum. We host a range of speakers covering a broad range of topics, including sex and relationships, artificial intelligence, gender equality, mental health, gaming, and safe driving. Pupil-led sessions are an increasingly important part of the curriculum, including collaborations with neighbouring girls’ school LEH as well as Godolphin & Latymer.
At Hampton, Mindfulness and PSHEare compulsory, timetabled parts of the curriculum for our boys.
Admissions
Entry is at 11+ (Year 7), 13+ (Year 9) and Sixth Form with 11+ and 13+ assessments taken in Year 6. From 2026 onwards, pupils at Hampton Prep will automatically progress to Hampton at 11+. Around 170 boys join the First Year each year (c.35 from Hampton Prep) and a further 40 join the Third Year at 13+. A small number join the Sixth Form each year.
The School also holds a 10+ Advance Place exam for boys in Year 5 for deferred entry to the First Year (Year 7) and a further Pre-test is held in Year 7 for those who sat the Year 6 Pre-test for 13+ entry without gaining an offer, as well as to those who have not sat before. Full details are available on the School's website.
Occasional places may become available in other year groups, for further details contact the Admissions Office 020 8979 9273.
Fees per term (2025-2026). £8,240 inclusive of books and stationery.
Scholarships and bursaries
The School aims to provide a challenging and stimulating education for boys of high academic promise from the widest possible variety of social backgrounds regardless of their financial circumstances. There are currently 96 pupils on completely free places, a number of which are funded by the School’s separate but closely linked educational charity, The Fitzwygram Foundation, and many more receive financial support in the form of a bursary. All Fitzwygram Foundation Scholars receive full remissions and additional financial support with other costs (e.g. coach travels, lunches, uniform, School trips).
Academic, Art, Chess, Drama, Music and Sport Scholarships are awarded at 11+ and 13+, with Choral Scholarships offered at 11+ in conjunction with the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace.
Hampton School Alumni
Alongside an exceptional education, Hamptonians forge lifelong friendships and join a successful global alumni network of 12,000+, benefitting from talks, careers support, networking and mentoring opportunities as well as a vibrant programme of social events and reunions.
Once a Hamptonian, always a Hamptonian
Governors & Staff:
Governors:
Chairman: A H Munday, LLB, KC
R G Alexander, MA Oxon, OH (1989)
O J C Boardman, OH (1996)
S A Bull, BSc, ACA
Mrs E M L Cremin, BA Hons
J A Gore-Randall, MA Cantab
M J Grieveson, BA Hons, FRICS
R J Harris, MA Cantab, KC FRSA
Revd B R Lovell, BEng Hons, BA Hons, MA
R Mercer, BA Hons, PGCE
D N Rey, BA Hons, OH (1988)
F A Steadman, MEd
C P Walsh, BSc, FCA, CFA, OH (1996)
L H Welch, BArch Hons, RIBA, RIAS
M A Woolhouse, FCMA, CGMA, OH (1989)
A Yandle, MA Oxon
Clerk to the Governors: M A King, BSc (Bursar)
OH – Old Hamptonian
Senior Leadership Team:
Headmaster: Kevin Knibbs, MA Oxon
Deputy Heads:
Dr Sarah A Hendry, PhD
Pippa Z S Message, BSc
J Owen Morris, MA Cantab
Mark A J Nicholson, BA
Assistant Heads:
Miss P A Holmes, BSc
Mr R T Scarratt, MA Cantab
Mr S A Wilkinson, MA Oxon
Bursar: Mike A King, BSc
Departmental Staff:
* Head of Department
Art:
*Karen A Williams, BA
Adrian J Bannister, MA
L A Carolan, BA
Stephanie Kirby, BA
Joanna G Moore, MA Cantab
Jerry Blighton (Technician)
Biology:
*Phil H Langton, BSc, Dip EnvSci (Head of Tennis)
Guy K Baker, MBiochem Oxon (Head of Lower Sixth, Online Safeguarding Officer)
Joseph B Cumberbatch, BSc
Richard J Davieson, BSc (Online Safeguarding Officer)
E Eamens, MA
Victoria Halford, MSc (Head of PSHE and eSafety)
Sarah Hendry, PhD (Deputy Head)
Polly A Holmes, BSc (Assistant Head, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
Katya L Martin, MA Oxon
Pippa Z S Message, BSc (Deputy Head, Designated Safeguarding Officer)
Harry Moore, BSc (Asst Head of Third Year)
E Towler, BSc
Janice Green (Senior Technician)
Milagrosa Estavillo (Technician)
Chemistry:
*Mr D A Mitchell, BSc
David Schofield, MA Oxon (Asst Head of Careers & UCAS)
Neil J I Double, BSc (Asst Head of Upper Sixth)
Aidan Doyle, BSc (Asst Head of Careers & UCAS)
Anthony F Ellison, BSc
J C Flanagan, PhD (Assistant Head)
Polly A Holmes, BSc (Assistant Head, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
S Y James, BA Cantab
Vonn Jimenez, MSci
J Francesca Knibbs, BSc
Jonathan Neville, MChem (Head of Fifth Year)
Lelja Puljic, DPhil
Delith Wainer (Technician)
S Masterson, MA (Technician)
A Meyers (Assistant Technician)
Classics:
*J Wesley Barber, MA Oxon
A R Hall, MA (Asst Head of Fifth Year)
V O Berezhnoi, MA
A H Jacobs, MA
Amy Winstock, BA Oxon
Alex Ziegler, MPhil Cantab (Asst Head of First Year)
Computer Science:
*Gordon Clark, BSc
C H Hui, BEng
Tanya Scorer, BSc
Vincent Ting, MSc
Y H Wong, BSc
Design & Engineering:
*Jason Holdaway, BEng
J A Lee, BSc
S McKitrick, MEng
Diane C Woodward, BSc
S Zannettou, BSc
A [Tony] Barun (Technician)
Oliver Keattch (Technician)
Drama:
*A E Jones, BA
N C Richardson, BA
Elizabeth Tiller, BA (Asst Head of Second Year)
C S Watkins, BA
Economics:
*Ski Paraskos, MA Oxon
E C Astrup, BA
Alexandra M Hopton, MA
Cem Kandemir, BSc
Eileen Mullan, BSc
Tom F Rigby, BA (Joint Head of Third Year)
English:
*Catherine E Rigby, BA
I H Alexander, BA
Michael M Baker, MA
Tessa Bartholomew, BA (Asst Head of Lower Sixth)
Martha B Bedford, BA (Joint Head of Third Year)
Caroline Ruth Bellingan, BA
M J Bradley, MA
Toby Green, BA (Asst Head of Third Year)
Will S Leafe, BA (Asst Head of Fourth Year)
Alexandra C McLusky, BA
Carli Minchin, BA
Rachel L Morse
R E Pickford Scienti, BA
Victoria Whitwam, BA Cantab (Arts’ Award Coordinator)
J J Willoughby, BA
Geography:
*T M Townshend, BA
Charlotte Brown, BA (Asst Head of Fifth Year)
C A Harrison, MA
Frances Highton, MA
R Hill, MSc (Asst Head of Second Year)
Thomas E Hill, BA (Joint Head of First Year)
Ladea Michelsen, BSc (Joint Form Charity Co-ordinator)
E M Murfin, MA
History:
*O G Roberts, BA
Caroline R Bellingan
Martin P Cross, BA
J R Fryer, MA
Shelley Ann Havord, MA
Kevin Knibbs, MA Oxon (Headmaster)
Andy J Lawrence, BA Oxon
J Owen Morris, MA Cantab (Deputy Head, Designated Safeguarding Lead)
Jim Parrish, BA (Head of Lower Sixth)
H E Partridge, BA (Asst Head of Lower Sixth)
Jennifer L Peattie, BA (Joint Head of First Year)
Victoria M Smith, BA (Joint Head of Third Year, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
Sarah Willcox, MA
Learning Support:
*Caroline Conway
Nicola Day, BEd
Sylvia Garrido-Soriano, BA (Academic Extension & Think! Coordinator KS3)
Caroline King (Cover Supervisor)
Sian Reeve, BA (Cover Supervisor)
J Moffitt, ACIS (Learning Support & SEN Administrator)
A Veliu, BA
Library:
*Karl Hemsley, MA
Emma Rommer (Joint Form Charities Coordinator)
Mathematics:
*J R Archer, MMath Oxon
C A Alishaw, BA
Christopher G Aubrey, MA Oxon
Gareth Bailey, BSc
Ami Banerjee, MBA (Head of Cricket)
Jon Barnes, BSc (KS5 Mathematics Co-ordinator)
S P Bracken, Higher Diploma
Adrienne S Burke
Hannah Clarke, BSc
Anna Czumaj, BSc (KS3 Mathematics Co-ordinator)
A J Dalton, BA
E Delamare, BSc
Bernadette K Frith, BSc
Daniel Griller, BA Cantab (Oxbridge and Olympiad Coordinator)
George R Haynes, BSc
A W Kershaw, BSc
C J Lee, BSc
Hannah M Mason, MA
Caroline H Reyner, MSc Oxon
M O Rudajev, MEd
Christopher M Schurch, BSc
Verity Short, MA Cantab
Nick Stebbings, BEng (Asst Head of Lower Sixth)
Rohit R Trivedi, MA Cantab (KS4 Mathematics Coordinator)
Nivetha Vasanthakumar, BSc
M J Waldon, MSc
Marta Watson-Evans, MA (KS5 Coordinator)
Modern Languages:
*T R Aucutt, BA
Isabell Jacobson, BA (Head of Spanish)
Katya White, BA (Head of Russian)
Katherine Willett-Pecnik, BA Oxon (Head of German)
Yi Hong Zhang, MA (Head of Mandarin)
Christopher J Blachford, BA
Margaret Chandler, MA
M J Ciechanowicz, MA Cantab (Asst Head of Careers & UCAS)
Maria Doncel-Cervantes, BA
A E Embiricos, BA
L Fan
Silvia Garrido-Soriano, BA (Academic Extension & Think! Coordinator KS3)
Charles Malston, BA (Head of Fourth Year)
Sophie E May, BA Oxon (Asst Head of Careers & UCAS)
Jill C Owen, BA (Head of Second Year)
H L Peel, MA
Philipp Studt, MA (Asst Head of Fifth Year)
G J Todd, BA
Sophie C Yoxon, MA
Joan Herrero Burguillos (Spanish Assistant)
M F Conques (French Assistant)
C Cox (French Assistant)
Yulia Isaeva (Russian Conversation)
S Lenck (German Assistant)
D J Porras (Spanish Assistant)
Music:
*Daniel E Roland, MusB
James C Ferrier, BA
Sarah Mattinson, BA
Ewan J Zuckert, BMus (Asst Head of Lower Sixth)
Personal, Health & Social Education:
*Victoria Halford, MSc
D Fuldner, MSc (Asst Head of First Year)
G R Haynes, BSc
Rebecca J Nicholson, MPhys Oxon (Asst Head of PHSE and eSafety)
R J Singleton, BEng (Asst Head of Fifth Year)
Physics:
*Mark G Yates, PhD
Gordon H Clark, BSc (Head of Computer Science)
Dan J Fendley, BEng (Senior Tutor, Induction Tutor)
Daan Fuldner, MSc (Asst Head of First Year)
Stephen Gray, BSc
Rebecca J Nicholson, MPhys Oxon (Asst Head of PHSE and eSafety)
Christine Reilly, MSc
Rebecca Singleton, BEng (Acting Joint Head of PSHE, Asst Head of Fifth Year)
T L Walsh, MPhys
Amy White, MA Cantab
Tim E Wilson, MPhys
Ollie M Worrall, MSc (Cantab)
David A Hughes, HNC (Senior Technician)
Rebecca Galan (Technician)
Politics:
*W S Leafe, BA
Jenny A Field, MA Cantab
Will S Leafe, BA (Asst Head of Fourth Year)
Tom F Rigby, BA (Joint Head of Third Year)
Psychology:
*Rachael O’Connor, MA (Acting Head of Psychology)
M Fakatou, BSC
Holly Peck, MSc
Religious Studies & Philosophy:
*Ben Clark, MSt
E C Holt, BA
Mark A J Nicholson, BA (Assistant Head, Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead)
M L Parkes, MA
R T Scarratt, MA Cantab (Assistant Head)
Rupert Vann-Alexander, BA
S Andrew Wilkinson, MA Oxon (Assistant Head, Head of Careers & UCAS)
Sport and PE:
*Carlos Mills, BSc (Director of Sport)
Andrew Beattie, BSc (Director of Rugby)
David Burke, BEd (Director of Football)
Colin Greenaway (Director of Rowing)
H P Hooper, BA (Acting Head of Specialist Sports)
M K Sims, BSc (Head of PE, Sports Rehabilitation)
G J Todd, BA (Head of Tennis)
C Hurst (Asst Director of Football)
S John (Head of Outdoor Pursuits & Duke of Edinburgh Award)
J Butler (Senior Rowing Coach)
T Crook (Outdoor Activities Specialist)
Geoffrey Jones (Boatman)
P Hope (Rowing Coach)
Harry Perry (Rowing Coach)
A Ward (Rowing Coach)
J Hood, MSc (Sports Assistant, Cover Supervisor)
D E Boyes, BSc (Graduate Sports Assistant, Cover Supervisor)
D C Towl, BSc (Graduate Sports Assistant, Cover Supervisor)
Administrative Staff:
Examinations Officer: Michelle Barnes
Headmaster’s PA: Clare Espley, BA
Head of Admissions & Marketing: Dorothy Jones, BA, Dip Mar
Admissions Assistants: Karen Saul; A White
School Nurses: S Rivers; Elizabeth Searle; A Johnson-Adegoke