Thorpe Hall School is an independent school in Southend-on-Sea

Southend-on-Sea

Southend-on-Sea is a unitary authority area, town, and seaside resort in Essex, England. The district has Borough status, and comprises the towns of Chalkwell, Eastwood, Leigh-on-Sea, North Shoebury, Prittlewell, Shoeburyness, Southchurch, Thorpe Bay, and Westcliff-on-Sea. The district is situated...

.The school is a member of the Independent Schools Council

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. It is particularly well known for its emphasis on physical education, with a proud rugby playing tradition. It also competes in many events around the UK in football, netball and cricket.

History

Thorpe Hall School was founded in 1925 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, as a Preparatory School for young boys aged 3 to 13. It was housed at the southern end of Thorpe Hall Avenue in the area known as Thorpe Bay until it moved permises in 1989 to Wakering Road.

Today

The school currently educates girls and boys from Nursery (age 2) to GCSE (age 16). Facilities include a Nursery with outdoor learning area, a wilderness area for Forest Schooling, three purpose built classroom blocks including 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 but also includes opportunities to play golf, tennis, squash, badminton, basketball and hockey and the chance to go horse riding, sailing and swimming. GCSE subjects taught are Maths, English, Literature, Science, French, Spanish, History, Geography, Music, Drama, Art, Resistant Materials, Product Design, Food Technoloy, Textiles, Business Studies and Media Studies. The school is non-selective and offers means tested bursaries.

Facilities

• fully equipped, 250 seat Theatre,
• media centre,
• modern workshops for Design / Technology and Food / Textiles,
• purpose-built Art Studio with pottery kiln,
• Fully equipped, purpose-built Nursery with covered outdoor classroom and dedicated garden area
• Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme - Bronze and Silver
• 3 ICT Suites with PCs no more than three years old
• Comprehensive use of a dedicated VLE (Virtual Learning Environment)
• All Upper School homework set online
• Commercial scale printer for use by Young Enterprise Scheme

Extra-curricular and curriculum enhancement activities include:

• Golf
• Sailing
• Chess
• Squash
• Horse Riding
• Swimming
• Dance
• Music Theatre
• Maze Building
• Lego Robotics Challenge

Headteacher

Andrew Hampton B.A.(hons); L.T.C.L; M.Ed; N.P.Q.H