Kingshott School is an Independent

Independent school (UK)

An independent school is a school that is not financed through the taxation system by local or national government and is instead funded by private sources, predominantly in the form of tuition charges, gifts and long-term charitable endowments, and so is not subject to the conditions imposed by...

 preparatory school

Preparatory school (UK)

In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school is an independent school preparing children up to the age of eleven or thirteen for entry into fee-paying, secondary independent schools, some of which are known as public schools...

 in Hitchin

Hitchin

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, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

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, England

England

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. The current headmaster is Mr Iain Gilmour, and the school currently has 365 pupils aged three to thirteen. In each of the middle and senior parts of the school there are two classes each consisting of between 15 and 22 pupils. Kingshott School Trust Ltd is a registered company with a charitable

Charitable organization

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 status. The school is set on an 18 acre

Acre

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 site which contains a swimming pool, astro turf pitch and tennis courts. The major sports are football

Football (soccer)

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, rugby

Rugby union

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 and cricket

Cricket

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Houses

In year three each pupil is placed into one of four houses. Pupils compete in many different inter-house competitions such as sports, debates and chess

Chess

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Scott

Named after Robert Falcon Scott

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, the polar

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 explorer.

Drake

Named after Sir Francis Drake, the British Vice Admiral.

Nelson

Named after Horatio Nelson the British

United Kingdom

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 admiral

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Pitt

Named after William Pitt

William Pitt the Younger

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, the British prime minister

Prime minister

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Lessons Taught

At Kingshott, Latin, Maths, Science, French, English, Religious Studies, Design Technology, Art, History, Geography and Food Technology are taught in the classroom. Games and PE are also taught by staff. There are many optional other subjects taught, including Greek and Spanish.

After Kingshott

Year 8 leavers go to many different schools around the country. Pupils have gone to:

• Bedford School
  Bedford School
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• Bedford High School,
• Bedford Modern School
  Bedford Modern School
  Bedford Modern School is a British co-educational independent school in the Harpur area of Bedford, in the county of Bedfordshire, in England.Bedford Modern comprises a junior school and a senior school...
  
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• Bishop's Stortford College
  Bishop's Stortford College
  Bishop's Stortford College is a co-educational independent school for day and boarding pupils from the ages of four to eighteen, with a campus located on the edge of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England...
  
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• Downe House School.
• Haileybury and Imperial Service College
  Haileybury and Imperial Service College
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• The Leys School
  The Leys School
  The Leys School is a co-educational Independent school, located in Cambridge, England, and is a day and boarding school for about 550 pupils aged between 11 and 18 years...
  
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• Meon Cross School,
• Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
  Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
  Merchant Taylors' School is a British independent day school for boys, originally located in the City of London. Since 1933 it has been located at Sandy Lodge in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire ....
  
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• Oakham School
  Oakham School
  Oakham School is a British co-educational independent school in the historic market town of Oakham in Rutland, accepting around 1,000 pupils, aged from 10 to 18, both male and female, as boarders and day pupils . The Good Schools Guide called the school "a privileged but unpretentious and...
  
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• Oundle School
  Oundle School
  Oundle School is a co-educational British public school located in the ancient market town of Oundle in Northamptonshire. The school has been maintained by the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City of London since its foundation in 1556. Oundle has eight boys' houses, five girls' houses, a day...
  
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• The Perse School
  The Perse School
  The Perse Upper School is an independent secondary co-educational day school in Cambridge, England. The school was founded in 1615 by Dr Stephen Perse, a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and has existed on several different sites in the city before its present home on Hills...
  
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• Rugby School
  Rugby School
  Rugby School is a co-educational day and boarding school located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain.-History:...
  
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• St Albans School
  St Albans School (Hertfordshire)
  St Albans School is an independent school in the city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, in the East of England. Entry before Sixth Form is for boys only, and co-educational thereafter. Founded in 948 by Wulsin , St Albans School is not only the oldest school in Hertfordshire but also one of the oldest...
  
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• St Columba's School,
• St Francis' College, Letchworth,
• Uppingham School
  Uppingham School
  Uppingham School is a co-educational independent school of the English public school tradition, situated in the small town of Uppingham in Rutland, England...
  
  
• Kimbolton school
  Kimbolton School
  Kimbolton School is a British HMC co-educational Public day and boarding school located in the village of Kimbolton, in rural Cambridgeshire but close to the borders of Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire, educating approximately 950 boys and girls between the ages of 4 and 18, with an almost even...