DfE URN 115402 Tables Phone +44 1702 582340 | Ages 2–16 Gender Mixed-sex education | |
Type Other Independent School Location Wakering Road
Southend-on-Sea
Essex
SS1 3RD
UK Website www.thorpehall.southend.sch.uk Address Wakering Rd, Great Wakering, Southend-on-Sea SS1 3RD, UK Similar Alleyn Court Preparato, Shoebury High School, Westcliff High School fo, Southend High School fo, Westcliff High School fo Profiles | ||
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Thorpe Hall School is a non-selective, coeducational independent day school in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. The school is a member of the Independent Schools Council. It is known for an emphasis on teaching pupils how to learn and acquire the skills they need to become life-long learners. Ranked among the top 100 Preparatory Schools by the Sunday Times for excellent SAT's results in 2015, the school has a strong academic record and a long tradition of preparing candidates for the 11+. Some pupils move onto one of Southend's four Grammar Schools. Many pupils choose to stay and move to Thorpe Hall's Senior School, a leading setting for GCSE success in the county of Essex. With a proud rugby playing tradition, the school competes in many events around the UK in football, netball and cricket. A new sports hall opens in the 2016/17 academic year.
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The school admits students from age 2–16. Facilities include a nursery with outdoor learning area, a wilderness area, three purpose built classroom blocks, a Design and Technology workshop, an art studio, a Food and Textiles studio, a full equipped theatre seating 250 people, 11 acres of land including a 7-acre field for Rugby and Football plus an all-weather cricket strip. The curriculum broadly follows the National Curriculum for England. The school also offers means tested bursaries.
In September 2014, the school’s deputy head, Martin Goldberg, was found dead the day after he had been interviewed by police about images of children undressing in changing rooms which had been found in his possession. Goldberg had worked at the school for 23 years. Head teacher Andrew Hampton wrote in the school’s newsletter of his feelings of "utter shock and betrayal".
Headteacher Andrew Hampton was elected Chair of the Independent Schools
ssociation in 2014 and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society ArtsA