Sevenoaks School
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Sevenoaks School is an English coeducational independent school
located in the town of Sevenoaks
, Kent
. It is the oldest lay school in the United Kingdom, dating back to 1432. Almost 1,000 day pupils and boarders attend, ranging in age from 11 to 18 years. There are approximately equal numbers of boys and girls. The current Headteacher is Katy Ricks.
The school was a pioneer in attracting international students during the 1960s. Today the pupils come from over 40 countries. The Good Schools Guide called it a "Trail-blazing co-ed day and boarding school...now riding high academically." The school encourages pupils to be involved in all the opportunities it offers. Despite its emphasis on internationalism and innovation the school maintains strong roots with the local community and maintains some of its historical traditions such as the Sevenoaks Festival and the lunchtime music recitals, which date back to the 1960s.
In 1999 it featured in the media by becoming the first major UK school to switch entirely from doing A level exams to the International Baccalaureate. In 2006 it reached top of the league tables in The Times
and The Independent
. The school is a member of the G20 Schools
group.
The school was the centre of controversy in 2006 after it emerged from a Times investigation that a cartel on fees was being administered centrally by the Sevenoaks bursar. However, the school has since taken corrective action in ensuring that students who paid the fees during the period received a refund.
points per pupil. In 2004 The Independent using UCAS
points per candidate, placed them 1st. The Financial Times
placed them 2nd in their table of IB schools with an FT score of 1.18. The average IB score per pupil was 39.5, to which Katy Ricks remarked, "We are again absolutely thrilled with our pupils' performance".
), and the cottage blocks (both late 19th century). The Johnson Library contains over 25,000 books housed in the old Assembly Hall (1930s). Sevenoaks also has athletics track, indoor tennis centre (The Bailey Tennis Centre), auditorium (the Aisher Hall) and theatre (Sackville Theatre), and a performing arts centre (The SPACE)
The main school grounds are close to the centre of Sevenoaks town, straddling the A225 Tonbridge Road. Knole Lane also runs through the site, providing access to Knole House
, which is situated in the park behind the school.
On 10 March, 2005 a new £9 million sports centre, Sennocke Centre, was opened by former middle distance athlete Dame Kelly Holmes
. The Sennocke Centre contains three tennis courts, squash courts, a sports hall, a swimming pool, a dance studio, a fitness suite, climbing wall and a servery.
In the April of 2010, a new 13-million pound performing arts centre was handed over to the school.
The centre contains:
The Pamoja Hall, an auditorium providing a concert hall for choral and orchestral performances, with an audience capacity of nearly 450 on raked seating.
A renovated Sackville Theatre, with a tension wire grid, providing improved space for larger drama productions.
A recital room for more intimate chamber music performance with an audience capacity of about 100. It has views into Knole deer park and provides a venue for special events.
The Ordovksy-Tanaevsky Drama Studio provides flexible space for drama productions and audience seating for up to 100.
Seventeen individual sound-proofed teaching rooms, of which twelve to date have been sponsored by generous donors and bear their names.
The Moskovenko Drums Room and Recording Studio.
The Pisarev World Music Room for instruments from about the world, including a gamelan.
Generous foyer space, close to an outdoor terrace provides additional space for teaching or hospitality use with spectacular views into the deer park.
Extensive storage and locker space for musical instruments.
The stage of The Pamoja Hall can accommodate the school's seventy piece orchestra behind which the school choir can be positioned. The orientation of the hall uses the natural slope of the site to create the rake for the audience seating.
The foyer area links the three levels of the building and provides access to the practice and teaching rooms, the Moskovenko Drums Room and Recording Studio, other offices and support facilities. The Ordovsky-Tanaevsky Drama Studio is located close to the entrance to the renovated Sackville Theatre.
One can imagine an occasion when a concert is taking place in The Pamoja Hall with an audience of about 400 and a drama production in the Sackville Theatre with an audience of about 200 and they can come together in the interval time for refreshments in the foyer area.
The centre contains 2,733 square metres of useable space. The maximum height of the building is 20.5 metres.
All houses encourage strong house spirit and often compete on the sports field and in boarders' events.
The school was housed in small buildings around the town (even outside the town in the 1730s) until a permanent schoolhouse was built in 1730 to the designs of Lord Burlington, a friend of the headmaster of the time, Elijah Fenton
.
The school remained small until the late 19th century. At one stage, under the headmastership of the Revd Simpson, the school housed only four boys.
In 1884 the governors appointed James Birkett as headmaster. It was Birkett's vision to elevate the school's status to that of a First Grade Classical School. He started this revolution, reducing the number of free places to the townfolk and expanding boarding. When he resigned in the 1890s the school had over 100 boys. Birkett's revolution was continued by George Heslop who increased the size to a peak of 134 boys and then by G.A. Garrod.
In 1919 the headmaster's wife, Mrs Garood, started a new school for younger boys; Sevenoaks Prep School
started with six pupils in the school "Cottage Block".
James Higgs-Walker
succeeded Garrod in 1924. Higgs-Walker, or "Jimmy" as he was known by the boys, started a revolution at the school with the introduction of day houses, the expansion of school sports and extracurricular activities and the vast expansion of the school with the help of the school's greatest benefactor since the founder, Charles Plumptre Johnson (or C.P.J.), who served as a governor from 1913 to 1923 and chairman from 1923 to his death in 1938. Johnson donated many gifts to the school with his brother, Edward:
Higgs-Walker led the school until 1956 when he was succeeded by L.C. Taylor.
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
located in the town of Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks
Sevenoaks is a commuter town situated on the London fringe of west Kent, England, some 20 miles south-east of Charing Cross, on one of the principal commuter rail lines from the capital...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
. It is the oldest lay school in the United Kingdom, dating back to 1432. Almost 1,000 day pupils and boarders attend, ranging in age from 11 to 18 years. There are approximately equal numbers of boys and girls. The current Headteacher is Katy Ricks.
The school was a pioneer in attracting international students during the 1960s. Today the pupils come from over 40 countries. The Good Schools Guide called it a "Trail-blazing co-ed day and boarding school...now riding high academically." The school encourages pupils to be involved in all the opportunities it offers. Despite its emphasis on internationalism and innovation the school maintains strong roots with the local community and maintains some of its historical traditions such as the Sevenoaks Festival and the lunchtime music recitals, which date back to the 1960s.
In 1999 it featured in the media by becoming the first major UK school to switch entirely from doing A level exams to the International Baccalaureate. In 2006 it reached top of the league tables in The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
and The Independent
The Independent
The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
. The school is a member of the G20 Schools
G20 Schools
All the schools claim to have a commitment to excellence and innovation of some sort. The G20 Schools have an annual conference which aims to bring together a group of school Heads who want to look beyond the parochial concerns of their own schools and national associations, and to talk through...
group.
The school was the centre of controversy in 2006 after it emerged from a Times investigation that a cartel on fees was being administered centrally by the Sevenoaks bursar. However, the school has since taken corrective action in ensuring that students who paid the fees during the period received a refund.
Academic
In 2007, the School was placed 1st in the UK by The Times League Table of A-level and International Baccalaureate schools with an average of 618.9 UCASUCAS
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service is the British admission service for students applying to university and college. UCAS is primarily funded by students who pay a fee when they apply and a capitation fee from universities for each student they accept..-Location:UCAS is based near...
points per pupil. In 2004 The Independent using UCAS
UCAS
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service is the British admission service for students applying to university and college. UCAS is primarily funded by students who pay a fee when they apply and a capitation fee from universities for each student they accept..-Location:UCAS is based near...
points per candidate, placed them 1st. The Financial Times
Financial Times
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placed them 2nd in their table of IB schools with an FT score of 1.18. The average IB score per pupil was 39.5, to which Katy Ricks remarked, "We are again absolutely thrilled with our pupils' performance".
Facilities
Two buildings on campus date prior to the 20th century – the Old School House (built in the early 18th century in the Palladian style and reputedly designed by Lord BurlingtonRichard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork PC , born in Yorkshire, England, was the son of Charles Boyle, 2nd Earl of Burlington and 3rd Earl of Cork...
), and the cottage blocks (both late 19th century). The Johnson Library contains over 25,000 books housed in the old Assembly Hall (1930s). Sevenoaks also has athletics track, indoor tennis centre (The Bailey Tennis Centre), auditorium (the Aisher Hall) and theatre (Sackville Theatre), and a performing arts centre (The SPACE)
The main school grounds are close to the centre of Sevenoaks town, straddling the A225 Tonbridge Road. Knole Lane also runs through the site, providing access to Knole House
Knole House
Knole is an English country house in the town of Sevenoaks in west Kent, surrounded by a deer park. One of England's largest houses, it is reputed to be a calendar house, having 365 rooms, 52 staircases, 12 entrances and 7 courtyards...
, which is situated in the park behind the school.
On 10 March, 2005 a new £9 million sports centre, Sennocke Centre, was opened by former middle distance athlete Dame Kelly Holmes
Kelly Holmes
Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE, MBE is a retired British middle distance athlete. She specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...
. The Sennocke Centre contains three tennis courts, squash courts, a sports hall, a swimming pool, a dance studio, a fitness suite, climbing wall and a servery.
In the April of 2010, a new 13-million pound performing arts centre was handed over to the school.
The centre contains:
The Pamoja Hall, an auditorium providing a concert hall for choral and orchestral performances, with an audience capacity of nearly 450 on raked seating.
A renovated Sackville Theatre, with a tension wire grid, providing improved space for larger drama productions.
A recital room for more intimate chamber music performance with an audience capacity of about 100. It has views into Knole deer park and provides a venue for special events.
The Ordovksy-Tanaevsky Drama Studio provides flexible space for drama productions and audience seating for up to 100.
Seventeen individual sound-proofed teaching rooms, of which twelve to date have been sponsored by generous donors and bear their names.
The Moskovenko Drums Room and Recording Studio.
The Pisarev World Music Room for instruments from about the world, including a gamelan.
Generous foyer space, close to an outdoor terrace provides additional space for teaching or hospitality use with spectacular views into the deer park.
Extensive storage and locker space for musical instruments.
The stage of The Pamoja Hall can accommodate the school's seventy piece orchestra behind which the school choir can be positioned. The orientation of the hall uses the natural slope of the site to create the rake for the audience seating.
The foyer area links the three levels of the building and provides access to the practice and teaching rooms, the Moskovenko Drums Room and Recording Studio, other offices and support facilities. The Ordovsky-Tanaevsky Drama Studio is located close to the entrance to the renovated Sackville Theatre.
One can imagine an occasion when a concert is taking place in The Pamoja Hall with an audience of about 400 and a drama production in the Sackville Theatre with an audience of about 200 and they can come together in the interval time for refreshments in the foyer area.
The centre contains 2,733 square metres of useable space. The maximum height of the building is 20.5 metres.
Boarding houses
There is a total of seven boarding houses on the school campus:- Lambardes (1992), with a green and red tie. Mixed junior house.
- School House (1432), with a green tie. Moved from Old School to Oak Lane in 1997. Boys.
- Johnsons (1924), with a salmon pink tie. Formally known as Thornhill, a gift from C.P. Johnson.
- Park Grange (1946), with a pale blue tie. C.P. Johnson's old house. Boys house until 1989, now a girls' boarding house.
- Sennocke (1985), with a green and silver tie. Girls.
- International Centre (1964), with a gold tie. Situated in a new house on the Park Grange estate, built in 1997, it used to be housed in what is currently School House. Sixth Form Boys.
- Girls' International House (1983), with a blue and red tie. The first girls' house, though only for Sixth Form Girls.
All houses encourage strong house spirit and often compete on the sports field and in boarders' events.
Sport
The school's major sports for boys are rugby, football, cricket, squash, tennis and athletics; for girls, hockey, netball, athletics, and tennis. Minor sports for boys include hockey in the Lent term and, in summer, swimming, shooting, sailing and water polo. Sevenoaks is particularly successful at sailing, coached by the current UK Team Racing National Champion, Andrew Cornah. In 2005, the Sennocke Centre was opened by Dame Kelly Holmes, a state-of-the-art community sports centre with a 25 metre six lane swimming pool, indoor tennis courts, fitness suite and climbing facilities as well as gym-halls and other sporting facilities.History
Founded in 1432 by William Sevenoke as a part of his last will and testament, the school was intended to give a classical education to boys from the town, free of church constrictions. It is one of the oldest lay foundations in England.The school was housed in small buildings around the town (even outside the town in the 1730s) until a permanent schoolhouse was built in 1730 to the designs of Lord Burlington, a friend of the headmaster of the time, Elijah Fenton
Elijah Fenton
-Life:Born in Shelton , and educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, for a time he acted as secretary to the Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery in Flanders, and was then Master of Sevenoaks Grammar School.In 1707, Fenton published a book of poems...
.
The school remained small until the late 19th century. At one stage, under the headmastership of the Revd Simpson, the school housed only four boys.
In 1884 the governors appointed James Birkett as headmaster. It was Birkett's vision to elevate the school's status to that of a First Grade Classical School. He started this revolution, reducing the number of free places to the townfolk and expanding boarding. When he resigned in the 1890s the school had over 100 boys. Birkett's revolution was continued by George Heslop who increased the size to a peak of 134 boys and then by G.A. Garrod.
In 1919 the headmaster's wife, Mrs Garood, started a new school for younger boys; Sevenoaks Prep School
Sevenoaks Prep School
Sevenoaks Prep School is a preparatory school in Sevenoaks in south-east England. It is situated in the London commuter belt. A mixed school of some 380 children, there is a significant proportion of pupils from international backgrounds....
started with six pupils in the school "Cottage Block".
James Higgs-Walker
James Higgs-Walker
James Arthur Higgs-Walker was an English cricketer who played two first-class games for Worcestershire, one each side of the First World War....
succeeded Garrod in 1924. Higgs-Walker, or "Jimmy" as he was known by the boys, started a revolution at the school with the introduction of day houses, the expansion of school sports and extracurricular activities and the vast expansion of the school with the help of the school's greatest benefactor since the founder, Charles Plumptre Johnson (or C.P.J.), who served as a governor from 1913 to 1923 and chairman from 1923 to his death in 1938. Johnson donated many gifts to the school with his brother, Edward:
- The Flagpole, 1924
- Thornhill, 1924 (Johnson's House)
- Johnson's Hall, 1936 (Now Johnson's Library)
- The Sanitorium, 1938
- Park Grange and the surrounding estate, 1946
Higgs-Walker led the school until 1956 when he was succeeded by L.C. Taylor.
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External links
- Sevenoaks School website
- Sevenoaks School on OfstedOffice for Standards in EducationThe Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
. - Profile at the Good Schools Guide