Annual Review 2015
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Annual Review 2015 -16 For over 450 years, HIGHLIGHTS OF 2015-2016 Hampton School has been helping Hamptonians once again achieved outstanding success in 2015-16 across the full range of academic and co-curricular activities. boys to fulfil their potential and The School year began with marvellous news of record public Alongside these excellent sporting, musical and theatrical realise their aspirations. examination grades achieved at A Level, Pre-U and GCSE. activities, hundreds of Hampton boys have continued to Twenty six Oxbridge places were confirmed and almost all show enormous commitment to the Duke of Edinburgh’s of our Upper Sixth leavers earned places at Russell Group Award scheme, the CCF, Adventure Society expeditions, or equivalent universities, to read for a very broad range of entrepreneurship courses, and our flourishing Community degrees. This set an inspiring tone for the subsequent academic Service programme and Form Charity fundraising events. feats of 2015 – 2016, displayed in the following pages. Our visitors from the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) Outside the classroom, Hampton’s longstanding reputation in March 2016 concluded that Hampton’s academic and all- as one of the country’s pre-eminent sporting schools was round excellence merited the rarely-awarded ISI assessment enhanced. A total of 36 Football and Rugby teams enabled that pupils’ achievements and learning are ‘Exceptional’. over 600 boys to represent the School regularly in these two No-one fortunate enough to spend time with our boys would sports alone. The 1st XV Rugby squad won the prestigious be surprised by this, but it is equally important to us that the St Joseph’s National Schools’ Festival trophy and reached the pursuit of success is approached in a proportionate, caring and quarter-final stage of the NatWest Cup. The U13s reached their balanced way. Our boys are supremely talented and they are own national semi-final. In Football, the 1st and 2nd XIs both rightly ambitious, but they also enjoy happy School lives and won their respective Trinity Cups; the U15A squad reached the support one another in generous-spirited fashion; they treat ISFA Cup semi-final; and seven boys were selected for ISFA people with respect and on their merits, inside and outside the national representative sides. Our U14 cricketers won the School; they will go on to lead and serve with discernment, Middlesex Cup and a dozen boys played for their county sides. kindness and cheerful resilience in many fields. On the water, three Hamptonians won international colours for Great Britain and our crews won sixteen events across eight It remains an enormous joy and privilege to be Headmaster summer regattas, including the J16 Championship VIIIs final of of this truly magnificent School. 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 Kevin Knibbs MA (Oxon) number of concerts across all musical genres. Our celebrated Headmaster and enduringly popular male voice choir, Voices of Lions, reached the national selection stage of the Choir of the Year Competition. Upper Sixth GCE Advanced Level (206 pupils) Upper Sixth GCE AS Level (206 pupils) as at 9 November 2016 as at 9 November 2016 A LEVELS A* A B C D E TOTAL AS LEVELS A B C D E Total Biology 11 11 7 4 2 0 35 Art 5 2 0 2 1 10 Chemistry 14 38 11 2 2 0 67 Biology 30 13 5 3 1 52 DT: Resistant Materials 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 Chemistry 64 12 4 1 0 81 Economics 10 13 22 10 1 1 57 DT: Resistant Materials 6 1 0 0 0 7 English 1 2 6 1 0 0 10 Drama & Theatre Studies 6 0 0 0 0 6 English Literature 6 13 6 1 0 0 26 Economics 32 31 11 4 3 81 French 4 9 3 0 0 0 16 English 5 6 5 1 0 17 Geography 4 12 12 1 0 0 29 English Literature 26 7 1 0 0 34 German 1 4 3 0 0 0 8 French 22 4 0 0 0 26 Government & Politics 2 11 11 4 0 0 28 Geography 25 9 2 0 0 36 Latin 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 German 8 1 0 0 0 9 Mathematics 55 40 25 7 0 1 128 Government & Politics 23 6 7 0 0 36 Further Mathematics 24 26 8 1 2 1 62 Greek 1 0 0 0 0 1 Music 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 Latin 7 0 0 0 0 7 Psychology 7 9 8 5 1 0 30 Mathematics 127 10 10 5 3 155 Religious Studies 7 7 11 0 0 0 25 Further Mathematics 64 4 2 0 0 70 Russian 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 Additional Further Mathematics 8 0 0 0 0 8 Spanish 3 9 14 2 0 0 28 Music 3 1 0 0 0 4 Psychology 28 12 5 2 3 50 Religious Studies 24 3 1 0 0 28 PRE-U D1 (>A*) D2 (A*) D3 (A) M1 (B/A) M2 (B) M3 (C) TOTAL Russian 5 0 0 0 0 5 Art 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 Spanish 32 12 3 1 0 48 History 2 11 24 3 4 4 48 Physics 16 21 16 7 2 3 65 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. (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 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% • 40 boys achieved 10 A* grades • 15 boys achieved 6 A* grades • 9 boys achieved 2 A* grades • 26 boys achieved 9 A* grades • 14 boys achieved 5 A* grades • 7 boys achieved 1 A* grade • 25 boys achieved 8 A* grades • 17 boys achieved 4 A* grades • 18 boys achieved 7 A* grades • 9 boys achieved 3 A* grades GCSE RESULTS 2016 (185 pupils) as at 9 November 2016 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 *KS4 equivalent qualification 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. CRICKET The School’s young and promising 1st XI enjoyed an excellent Chris Searle (1st XI) was season. The U14s won the Middlesex Cup, and the U13s selected for Hampshire reached the semi-final of the Surrey Cup. Our development Academy, and Elliot SPORT side (U14/15) reached the semi-final of the Arch Trophy in Harmer (U15), Rahul the UAE over Easter. Desai and Denil Manuel (U14) were selected for Surrey EPP. Mayank ATHLETICS BASKETBALL P W D L Cancelled Dasannacharya, A successful season including victories for the Senior 4x110m The popularity of basketball continues to grow and, this year, 1st XI 20 12 2 6 0 Tom Chandler (U14), Hurdles and Junior 4x800m at the Achilles Relays and wins in the School entered a coaching and feeder partnership with 2nd XI 12 8 0 4 0 Pravin Kiritharan (U13) the Third, Fourth and Fifth Year age groups at the Richmond Richmond Knights Basketball Club.