Hampton School

Hampton School is an independent boys' day school in Hampton, Greater London, England. It is regarded as one of the top independent schools in the country. Hampton School's A-Level and GCSE results in 2021 placed it 14th of all independent schools in the UK with 92% of boys achieving A*/A at A-Level - an improvement from top 20 with 73% of boys achieving A*/A in 2017. The school also has a prep school attached to it (Hampton Prep) for girls aged 3-7 and boys aged 3-11. The majority of the boys go on to study at the senior school. History In 1557, Robert Hammond, a wealthy brewer who had acquired property in Hampton, left in his will provision for the maintenance of a "free scole" and to build a small schoolhouse "with seates in yt" in the churchyard of Hampton Church. Although Hampton School was founded in 1557, there was provision in the will that the school would only continue as long as the vicar, churchwardens and parishioners carried out his requests. If not, then the properties would revert to his heirs. It seems that the school did not survive beyond 1568, or possibly earlier, and the properties reverted to the heirs.