Further Information 2014–15
Introduction
Introduction1
Governors2
The Staff
2
Admissions5
Examination Dates 6
Scholarships and Finance
7
Houses8
Prep School List
Curriculum and Daily Programme
Sports, Societies and Activities
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10
11
Academic Results
12
Leavers’ Destinations
13
Standards of Behaviour
14
Student Councils
14
Medical Arrangements
14
School Laptop Policy
14
The Tonbridge Society
15
Parents’ Arts Society
15
Old Tonbridgian Society
15
Tonbridge School Foundation
15
Visiting the School
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Contact Details
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How to Find Us
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Our intention in producing this document is to
provide up-to-date and detailed information about
Tonbridge School. It is revised annually. Thus it
acts as a complement to the prospectus, yet it
is only one of many ways of finding out about the
school. For the very latest news, one option is
to visit the website (www.tonbridge-school.co.uk),
another is to come and have a look at the school
yourself. The Headmaster is always delighted to
meet parents of prospective pupils. A senior boy
will provide a personal touch by showing you
round the school and his house. Our idea is to
give a snapshot of Tonbridge on a normal working
day. Alternatively there are three Saturday Open
Mornings each year for those who prefer to see
the school and meet us in that way.
‘Not all independent schools are good – you can
pay a lot of money for inferior versions – but I
have been amazed how schools like Tonbridge,
which my son is fortunate enough to attend, turn
adolescent boys into fit, articulate, and – that
increasingly rare thing – all-round human beings
who act in school plays, paint pictures, attend
or take part in concerts and have knowledge of
poetry, philosophy and ethics, as well as rugby.’
The Independent, Letters to the Editor
As a taster, we offer this view of the school from
the parent of a recent member of the Lower Sixth:
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Governors
J.L. Cohen, QC (Chairman)
D.P.Devitt
M.Dobbs
R.J. Elliott
C.J.D. Emms
A. Mayer
Mrs J. Naismith
R. Nottidge
Mrs S.Price
G.M. Rochussen
C.J. Rudge
Prof. S. Stallebrass
C.A. Stuart-Clark
Mrs K. Wheadon
The Earl of Wootton
The Staff
Headmaster
T.H.P. Haynes, BA, Reading University
C.W. Jones, MA, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Mrs C. Cordero, Lda en Fil, University of Seville
Miss E.A. Drew, AGSM, DAAD (Clarinet)
C.D. Morgan, BSc, Brunel University, London
(Head of P.E. and Director of Sport)
R.W.G. Oliver, MA, Peterhouse, Cambridge
R.D. Hoare, MA, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Ms S.L. Fletcher, MMus, LRAM (Piano)
I. Baldock (Cricket Professional)
P.M. Ridd, MA, St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Miss M.L. Robinson, MA, Worcester College,
Oxford
Miss D.M. McDermot, BA, MA, Dublin City
J.H.Franks, LGSM, GCLCM (Electric Guitar)
C. Herridge (Squash Instructor)
A.T. Sampson, BSc, Edinburgh University
L. Thornbury, DipDrama, Guildford School of Acting
University and University of Limerick, Ireland
A.D. Harlow (Bass Guitar)
D.J. Makey (Rackets Professional)
English
Mathematics
J.A. Nicholls, MA, Worcester College, Oxford
Mrs C.X. Higgs, BMus, MSTAT (Alexander
Method)
G.P.Tyndall (Asst Rackets Professional)
C.J.C. Swainson, MA, Fitzwilliam College,
Cambridge
A.S.W.Ho, DipsRAM, LRAM, MMus (Pop Piano)
M. Wilkinson (Fives Coach)
R.J. Hartley, BA, King Alfred’s College,
Winchester
Miss E.R. Glass, MA, University of Edinburgh
Mrs B. Waugh, BA, University of Auckland,
New Zealand
Classics
N.J. Waywell, MA, Magdalen College, Oxford
(Head of English)
J.A.Burbidge, BA, MSt, DPhil, St Hugh’s
College, Oxford (Head of Classics)
J.P. Arscott, MA, Magdalene College,
Cambridge
J.A. Nicholls, MA, Worcester College, Oxford
J.R. Bleakley, BA, Trinity College, Dublin
P.W.G. Parker, MA, St Catharine’s College,
Cambridge
P.S.D. Carpenter, MA, Pembroke College,
Cambridge
A.P. Schweitzer, MA, Merton College, Oxford
A.J. Edwards, MA, Magdalene College,
Cambridge
Miss K.E.I.Waterfield, BA, New College, Oxford
Design, Technology and Engineering
D. Dixon, BA, Portsmouth University
(Head of Design Technology)
J.M. Woodrow, BA, Ravensbourne College
of Design
Director of Studies
J.C. Pearson, MA, Christ’s College, Cambridge
Digital Creativity
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Physical Education
S.R. Dandridge, GTCL, LTCL (Piano)
T.W. Duncan, BA, Norwich School of Art &
Design and Kingston University
Second Master
C.W. Jones, MA, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Chaplains
The Rev’d D.A. Peters, MA, King’s College,
London and St Stephen’s House, Oxford
(Senior Chaplain)
The Rev’d C.M. Moloney, MA, Leeds University
(Assistant Chaplain)
Mrs F. M. Clack, MA, LRAM (Violin)
Mrs T. Coomber, L ès L, Lille University
G.D. Bruce, MA, University of Lancaster and
King’s College, London (Director of Theatre)
A.O. Cooke, MEng, DPhil, University of Sussex
Upper Master
A.J. Edwards, MA, Magdalene College,
Cambridge
A.E. Bissill, MA, University of St Andrews
Drama
Mrs C.H. Chisholm, BA, University of the West
of England, Bristol (Head of Art)
Director of Admissions and Marketing
A.J. Leale, BA, Balliol College, Oxford
Director of Teaching and Learning
R.M. Brookes, MChem, DPhil, Worcester
College, Oxford
J.C. Harber, MA, Regent’s Park College, Oxford
(Lower Master)
Art
W.D.F. Biddle, BSc, Royal Holloway College
A.R. Whittall, MA, Trinity College, Cambridge
(Director of Digital Creativity)
P.J. Huxley, BSc, University of Northumbria
Mrs E.R. Sim, BA, MPhil (Media Tutor)
Divinity
J.C.F. Dobson, BA, University of Exeter
R. Burnett, MA, Selwyn College, Cambridge
Rev’d C.M. Moloney, Leeds University
(Assistant Chaplain)
Rev’d D.A. Peters, BA, King’s College,
London and St Stephen’s House, Oxford
(Senior Chaplain)
H.J.M. Swales, BA, Regent’s Park College,
Oxford
R.H. Evans, MA, Bristol University
Mrs D.M. Hulse, MA, DipModDrama, Girton
College, Cambridge
J. Johnson, BA, MPhil, University College,
London
Mrs A.T. Phillips, MA, St Hugh’s, Oxford
Geography
I.R.H. Jackson, MA, MMath, PhD, Trinity Hall,
Cambridge (Head of Mathematics)
P.W.G. Parker, MA, St Catharine’s College,
Cambridge
S.M. Wainde, MA, Wadham College, Oxford
S.A. Hollamby, ARCM, DipRCM (Trumpet)
C.E. Wright, BA, Nottingham University
Mrs K.J.Howells, BMus, DipABRSM (Clarinet)
Mrs X. Yu, BA, Shanghai University
P.M. James (Guitar)
Mrs R.P. Edwards (Tutor in German)
M.J.P. Kolarides (Electric Guitar)
Dr M-S.Reijers (Tutor in French)
R.J. Love, NDD (Guitar)
Mrs E. Kelly (Tutor in Russian)
G.K. Lumbers, BMus Jazz (Saxophone)
M.J. Lawson, BA, Sheffield University
Mrs B. Leng-Smith (Tutor in Spanish)
Ms S. Mack, ARCM, GRSM (Viola)
N.J. Lord, MA, Hertford College, Oxford
Mrs M. Schofield (Tutor in Italian)
A.E. Maloney, LRAM, FTCL (Percussion)
V. Myslov, BA, Balliol College, Oxford
A.A.Reid, MChem, PhD, King’s College,
Cambridge
Mrs H. Stevens (Tutor in Japanese)
J. McVinnie, BA, FRCO (Organ)
S. Burns, BSc, University of Liverpool
T.G. Fewster, BSc, Bath University
R.J. Freeman, MA, Trinity College, Oxford
K.A. Froggatt, BA, Hertford College, Oxford
J.D. King, MA, PhD, St. John’s College,
Cambridge
A.P. Schweitzer, MA, Merton College, Oxford
S.J. Seldon, BA, MEng, Robinson College,
Cambridge
Music
M.A. Forkgen, MA, ARCO, Queens’ College,
Cambridge (Director of Music)
J.R.P. Thomas, MA, Jesus College, Cambridge
(Head of Academic Music and Choirmaster)
C. Penney (Fencing Instructor)
Science
W.J. Burnett, BSc, PhD, Newcastle University
(Head of Science)
J.A. Fisher, BSc, Nottingham University
(Head of Chemistry)
D.A. Cruse, MA, PhD, CChem, MRSC, MRI,
Magdalene College, Cambridge
J.D.W. Richards, BA, PhD, Manchester University
and University of Kent
Ms A.M. Moncrieff-Kelly, ARCM (Cello)
G.C. Fisher, BSc, MA, King’s College London
A.J.Sixsmith, BA, Durham University
B.J.Parrott, HND (Electric Guitar)
C.R. Lawrence, MA, PhD, St Catharine’s College,
Cambridge
S.P. Rhind, FTCL, LRAM (Saxophone)
L. S. McDonald, MA, St Edmund Hall, Oxford
(Head of Modern Languages)
D.L. Williams, GRSM, ARCM, LRAM, The Royal
College of Music (Head of Piano and Organist)
Miss A.S. Rolph, BMus, MMus, OpDip (Voice)
J.E. Perriss, BA, University of Wales, Swansea
Mrs E. Saurel, L ès L, Université Michel de
Montaigne, Bordeaux (Head of French)
R.Lokier, BA, Downing College, Cambridge
(Head of Spanish)
S.J. Hargreaves, BA, ATCL, St Peter’s College,
Oxford
Ms C.B. Smart, Dip.Psy.Coun. (Violin)
T. Stafford-Allen, BA(Mus), RNCM (Voice)
Miss E.M. Jones, BA, St Edmund Hall, Oxford
M.J. Weatheritt, BSc, MA, Homerton College,
Cambridge (Head of Physics)
Ms S.A. Tanyel (Piano)
G.M. Barnes, BSc, Nottingham University
S. Kerr, BA, Birmingham University (Head of
German)
Visiting Music Teachers
R. Thomas, BMus, MA, LRAM (Trumpet)
S. Chalk, BSc, PhD, Hull University
N.R.Vale, BMus, PGDip (Voice)
A.O. Cooke, MEng, DPhil, University of Sussex
C.P. Alexander, BA (Jazz Piano)
R.L. Fleming, MA, Brasenose College, Oxford
D. Cooper, MA, BA Peterhouse, Cambridge
X.J. Wu, BA, MA, Fudan University, Shanghai
(Head of Mandarin)
Ms F.R.Welsh, BMus, PG Dip (Double Bass)
M.G. Wilkinson (Bagpipes)
A.G. McGilchrist, MEng, University of Manchester
Mrs F.C. Dix Perkin, MA, Selwyn College,
Cambridge
Mrs C.Clugston, MA, PGCE, Newnham College,
Oxford
D.J. Clack, ARCM, Royal College of Music
(Head of Brass)
Mrs A.M. Yelf, DipRCM (Trombone/Tuba)
D.S. Pinker, MSci, PhD, University of Nottingham
V. J. Barrella, ARAM, LRAM (Piano)
Miss K. E. Moxon, MA, Churchill College,
Cambridge (Head of Politics)
Miss M.L. Methuen, GRSM, LRAM (Piano)
Mrs J.L.Marsh, DipsRCM, P.GSMD (Flute)
G.P. Gales, BEd, College of St Mark and
St John, Plymouth
Miss I.A. Adams, BA, MPhil, MMus (Voice)
J. Blake, BA, MSc, The University of Wales,
Swansea (Head of Business Studies)
N.R.V. Rendall, BA, Exeter University
Modern Languages
C.D. Thompson, BA, MPhil, PhD, Christ’s
College, Cambridge (Head of History)
P.J. North, BA, Magdalen College, Oxford
(Head of Social Science and Economics)
M.J. Clugston, MA, DPhil, Wadham College,
Oxford
C.M. Henshall, BA, St Peter’s College, Oxford
History
Social Science
Ms H.M. Harris, BA, MSc, Kingston University
and Birkbeck College, London
A.R. Whittall, MA, Trinity College, Cambridge
M.G. Rowan, MA, FRGS, Pembroke College,
Oxford
W.J. Burnett, BSc, PhD, Newcastle University
R.M. Brookes, MChem, DPhil, Worcester
College, Oxford
C.M. Battarbee, BA, Keble College, Oxford
(Head of Geography)
A.E.L. Pearson, BMus, LRAM, ARCM, The
University of Wales, Cardiff (Head of Strings)
M.R. Ackroyd, BSc, PhD, University of Salford/
Aberdeen/Manchester & Keele
M.N. Rich, BMus (Percussion)
B.W.H. Rogerson, MA, BMus (Perf), LRAM (Cello)
Mrs N.C. Sargeant, GRSM, LRAM (Oboe)
A.J. Leale, BA, Balliol College, Oxford
A.V. Nagar, BSc, ARCS, imperial College,
London
J.C. Pearson, MA, Christ’s College, Cambridge
D.P.Robinson, MEarth Sci, DPhil, Worcester
College, Oxford
H.M.Grant, MA, New College, Oxford (Head of
Biology)
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Learning Support
J.D.C. Lewis, BSc, Cardiff University
Dr C.M. Dillow, BA, MA, PhD, Sheffield Hallam
Information Systems Manager
Mrs E.C. White
English as an Additional Language:
Mrs R. Thompson, BA, DipHE, TESOL,
University of Auckland
International Coordinators
R.D. Hoare, MA; Mrs B. Pring
Senior Admissions Officer
Miss R.G. Hearnden
Admissions Officers
Mrs R. Griffiths (Pre-selection testing)
Mrs V.C.Larmour (Lower Sixth)
Bursar
A.C. Moore, MA (Oxon), MBA
M.J. Organ, BEd (Assistant Bursar)
Library
Mrs B. Matthews, MCLIP (Senior Librarian)
Mrs H.Precious, BA, MSc, MCLIP (Assistant
Librarian)
Counselling Psychologist
Dr S. Lauryn, Adv.Dip.Psych, (MBACP accredited),
PhD
Doctors
R. Claxton, MBBS, BSc, MRCPCH, MRCGP, DRCOG
Secretariat
Mrs L.R. O’Neill (PA to the Headmaster)
Admissions
Mrs S.M. Streeter (PA to the Bursar)
The main entry to the school is at the age of
13, into the First Year. There is also an entry into
the Lower Sixth Form at the age of 16 and we
have a small intake at 14+.
Miss E.J. Day (PA to the Second Master)
Mrs J.M. Marsh (Music Department Administrator)
Mrs A. Allman (Music Department Administrator)
Mrs M.P. Dennington (Art/DT Secretary & Librarian)
Tonbridge School Centre
M. Parker, BA, DMS (Leisure) (Centre Manager
& School Commercial Director)
A.R. Lloyd (Assistant Manager Operational)
Mrs M.Hadaway (Assistant Manager
Development)
O. Martin (Health & Fitness Manager)
M. Parker, BA, DMS (Leisure)
(School Commercial Director)
J.P. Moore, MRCGP, DA, DCH, DRCOG
P. Jeffreys & J. Linsey (Duty Managers)
Mrs M. Wallace (Business Development
Manager)
Dentist
P. Claassen, BchD(Pret)
Mrs C. Somapala, BA (Marketing &
Development Manager)
Mrs J. Fentiman, ACA (Financial Controller)
M. Bazell, BSc (Courses Manager)
Medical Centre: Sister-in-Charge
Mrs H.L. Burnop, RGN
I. Baldock (Cricket Academy Manager)
Careers and University Entrance
Mrs A. Rogers, BA, Liverpool University
Mrs P. King (Assistant)
Medical Centre Sisters
Mrs S.Barber RGN
M. Thomas (Rugby Academy Manager)
Development Director
M.S. Lindo, BA, MA, MSc
Mrs H. Palin RGN
Mrs V. Rushton (Assistant Financial Controller)
Director of ICT Services
I.N. Lucas, BSc, Manchester University
EM Forster Theatre
G.D. Bruce, MA (Director of Theatre)
Mrs L.M. Loftus, MA (Theatre Operations
Manager)
Mrs A.Molyneux, BMus Hons (Arts Programme
Manager)
J.D.W. Mitchell (Acting Chief Technician)
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Mrs C. Moore RGN
Mrs A-M. Perera-Slater RGN
Mrs E. Leisinger RGN
Medical Centre Assistants
Mrs D. Springate; Mrs J. Haynes; Mrs P. West
Physiotherapists
B. Burke, MCSP, SRP
P. Williams, MCSP, SRP
School Shop Manager
Mrs C.J. Wilkin
K. Johnson, BSc (Hockey Academy Manager)
About 140 boys (the maximum is 144) are admitted
to the First Year each year: of these 80+ are
boarders, and some 60 are day boys. Up to
6 boys join the school in the second year and
up to 20 boys join Tonbridge in the sixth form.
Boys entering the First Year are usually aged
between 13.0 and 13.11 on 1st September of the
year of entry. These age-limits are not inflexible,
and slightly younger or slightly older candidates
may be accepted at the Headmaster’s discretion.
Admission to the First Year is by the Common
Entrance Examination (held in early June) or the
school’s own Scholarship Examination (held in
April). Admission to the Sixth Form, and at other
ages, is on the basis of a recommendation and
report from the candidate’s present school and
an examination (in the subjects of intended A
level study for Sixth Form applicants; in English
and Mathematics for entry below the Sixth Form).
Entry is in September only.
Entry at 13+ Countdown
Enquiry stage*
Request a prospectus and registration form/s.
Visit the school – either on an Open Morning or
by an individual appointment with the Headmaster,
followed by a tour of the school which will include
a visit to a day and/or a boarding house.
ompletion and submission of a registration
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form and registration fee.
36 months before – September
We request a confidential report from the
current school.
Candidates invited to Tonbridge for interview
and cognitive test.
32 months before – January**
Conditional offers made dependent on
Scholarship/Common Entrance Examinations
in summer of year of entry.
20 months before – January
Deadline for parents’ acceptance of conditional
offers by submission of Final Entry Form and
guarantee fee.
7 months before – January/February
Music, Sport, Academic, Drama, and Design
Engineering & Technology Scholarship
assessments.
6 months before – March
Novi (‘new boys’) visit to the school – a two-day
induction for both day and boarding pupils.
*An enquiry may be made at any time, but we advise that it is
left no later than three years before proposed year of entry.
**Late applications will always be considered if places are still
available.
***Modified arrangements are available for boys educated
overseas and boys from UK schools which do not prepare
pupils for Common Entrance.
For boys of outstanding academic or musical
talent in state primary schools, scholarship
assessment can be undertaken in Year 6. This
can involve support at a prep school for Years 7
and 8.
Scholarships are also available at this stage for
prep school boys who, for financial reasons, would
otherwise have to leave the independent sector.
Entry at 14+ and 16+ Countdown
12 months before – September
Request prospectus and registration form/s.
Visit school – either by individual appointment
with the Headmaster, to include a tour of
day and/or boarding Houses and meet
Housemaster/s, or on an Open Morning.
Completion and submission of registration form
and registration fee.
We request confidential report from the current
school.
10 months before – November*
Entry examinations sat . 16+ applicants sit
papers in their proposed A Level subjects.
14+ applicants sit papers in Maths and English.
9 months before – December onwards
Offers of unconditional places, accepted by
submission of Final Entry Form and guarantee
fee. For overseas students one term’s fees in
advance will be required.
6 months before – March
Alternative examination date for late entries,
subject to availability of places.
Final month – September
Entry to Tonbridge
*Late applicants will always be considered subject to
availability of places.
3 months before – April/June***
Scholarship or Common Entrance Examinations
(academic entry test).
Final month – September
Entry to Tonbridge
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Registration
Registration of a boy as a candidate for entry at
13 may be made at any time from the boy’s birth.
Parents are advised to register their son at least
three years before the date of intended entry,
since the majority of conditional places are
offered when candidates are aged 10 or 11:
nevertheless, some places usually remain for
later applications, which will always be carefully
considered and may well be followed by the
offer of a place.
Applications for entry to the Second Year (Year
10) or Lower Sixth Form (Year 12) may be made
at any time, but earlier application is strongly
advised, as available places may have been
allocated.
Registration is made on the registration form,
which may be obtained from the Admissions
Secretary. There is a non-refundable
registration fee of £150.
Offers of Conditional Places
The offer of a place in the school for entry
at age 13 (conditional on satisfaction of the
school’s academic entry requirements) is made
on the basis of a report from the Head of the
candidate’s previous school, together with the
results of an interview and computer-based
cognitive test which are sat at Tonbridge. Reports
are requested and interviews and tests held on
all registered candidates in the Michaelmas Term
three years before the date of intended entry. (In
the case of those registered fewer than three
years in advance, the request for a report follows
immediately upon registration.) If the report,
interview and test confirm the likelihood that the
candidate will reach the appropriate academic
standard for entry, the parents are sent a Final
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Entry Form, accompanied by the offer of a
conditional place in the school for their son,
subject to a satisfactory performance in the
Common Entrance or Scholarship
examinations***. Parents accepting the offer of a
conditional place pay a guarantee fee of £1,500,
which is refunded on the final account for their
son’s last term at Tonbridge. The guarantee fee
is otherwise refundable only if the boy fails the
Common Entrance Examination for Tonbridge or
is advised by his current Head to withdraw in the
expectation that he will not reach the required
standard.
Common Entrance Examination
To qualify for admission candidates will be
expected to achieve at least 60% in each of the
compulsory papers, with the proviso that lesser
grades in some papers may be balanced by
excellence in others: the effective pass-mark
is usually somewhere between 62 – 65%.
Prep schools are also asked for a detailed report
on boys with conditional places in September or
October of the year before the boys are due to
join Tonbridge. All these boys are then invited
to come to Tonbridge for the ‘Novi Visit’ at the
end of the following Lent Term. The Novi Visit is
an opportunity for boys to familiarise themselves
with the school which they hope to join and to
meet each other. It is in no sense a test, nor any
part of the selection procedure.
Prep School Heads and parents will receive
each candidate’s grades and overall average
mark when the results are sent out immediately
after the examination. Parents will not receive
individual paper marks but these will be made
available, in confidence, to Prep schools at the
end of the term in which the candidate has sat
the examination.
***Modified arrangements are available for boys educated
overseas and boys from UK schools which do not prepare
pupils for Common Entrance.
Disabilities
Pupils are admitted to Tonbridge School after
satisfying the academic entry requirements
in the Common Entrance Examination or the
school’s Scholarship Examination. It is the
school’s policy to apply these criteria to all
pupils (and prospective pupils) regardless of
any disability of which it is aware, subject to its
obligation to make reasonable adjustments not
to put any disabled pupil (or prospective pupil)
at a substantial disadvantage compared to any
pupil who is not disadvantaged because of his
disability. It is also the school’s policy to apply
these criteria to all pupils (and prospective
pupils) regardless of their race or religion.
Special educational needs will be taken into
account when assessing a candidate. The school’s
Learning Support Coordinator should be consulted
by parents and Prep School Heads in advance
of the Common Entrance examination.
All boys take Latin for at least their first year
at Tonbridge. It is expected, therefore, that the
majority of Common Entrance candidates will
continue to offer Latin in the examination. There
is, however, provision for boys to start Latin from
scratch at Tonbridge, and candidates who have
not studied Latin and therefore do not offer the
subject at Common Entrance do not in any way
prejudice their chances of admission. Optional
papers may also be taken in Greek, German,
or Spanish.
Dates of Examinations For
Entry In September 2015
11+ Junior Foundation Scholarships
Assessments 6th & 25th Nov 2014
(For entry to Tonbridge in September
2017; please see our Foundation Awards
Programme for more details.)
13+ Entrance
8th November 2014
Examinations for overseas boys and
boys from schools that do not follow
the CE curriculum.
Week beginning 2nd February 2015
Non-academic scholarship examinations
(music, art, drama technology & sport).
27th April – 29th April 2015
Academic scholarship examinations.
June 2015
Common Entrance examinations.
14+ Entrance and 16+ (Sixth Form)
Entrance
8th November 2014
Main Sixth Form and 14+ entry
examinations.
TBC
Late Sixth Form and 14+ entry
examinations.
Scholarships
and Finance
Up to 45 Scholarships are offered for award each
year at 13+. In a typical year there are awarded
some 21 academic scholarships, 10 or more Music
scholarships, 5 or 6 Art, Drama or Technology
scholarships, 3 Cowdrey scholarships for sport
and 2 or 3 Sixth Form academic or Music
scholarships. The top academic award, the
Ainslie Scholarship, will have a value up to
50% of the school fee. All other scholarships
will have a value up to 10%, though the value
of any scholarship awarded may be increased
by a supplementary bursary, by any amount
up to the full school fee, if assessment of the
parents’ means indicates a need.
The academic Scholarship Examination is held
at the school over three days at the end of April.
Those who win an award are guaranteed a place
in the school whether previously registered or
not. Scholarship candidates who do not win an
award, but whose performance in the examination
reaches a satisfactory standard, are admitted to
the school without the need to take the Common
Entrance Examination, provided they have been
previously registered for entry. Copies of each
year’s examination papers are sent to Prep
schools, and are available on request from
the Admissions Secretary.
The Music, Art, Drama, Cowdrey and Design
Engineering and Technology Scholarship
examinations and assessments are held in
early February. Candidates must also satisfy the
academic entry requirements of the school,
through the Common Entrance or the academic
Scholarship Examinations. These scholarships
have a value of up to 10% of the fee. The value
of any scholarship awarded may be increased
by a supplementary bursary, by any amount up to
the full school fee, if assessment of the parents’
means indicates a need.
A Music, Art, Drama, Design Engineering and
Technology, or Cowdrey scholarship may be
held in addition to an academic scholarship, or
otherwise combined. The award of a Music
scholarship includes free instrumental tuition on
two instruments at the school. Those who come
close to scholarship standard may be awarded
a Music Exhibition, which offers the same free
tuition on two instruments. Cowdrey scholarships
are offered to boys of character and integrity
who display both sporting excellence and
sportsmanship.
Further information may be obtained from the
Director of Music, the Heads of Drama, Art and
Technology, or the Director of Sport, who will all
be happy to discuss with any interested parents
their son’s possible candidature.
Applications to take the Scholarship Examinations
(Art, Drama, Design Engineering and
Technology, Music and Cowdrey Scholarships)
must be submitted by the end of the previous
term in December. Applications to take the
academic scholarship examinations must be
submitted by March. Brochures giving details of
the academic and other scholarships are
published each year, andcan be found on our
website: the brochures and application forms
may also be obtained from the Admissions
Secretary at the school.
Scholarships for Sixth Form Entry
Academic or Music scholarships are awarded by
examination or audition to outstanding candidates
for entry to the Sixth Form. Those wishing to be
considered for academic scholarships should
register by the end of October for examinations
in early November. Auditions for Music
scholarships will be held at Tonbridge.
The Foundation Awards Programme
The Foundation Awards Programme is
designed to help fund a Tonbridge education
(on a means tested basis) for talented boys
whose families would otherwise not be able to
send them to the school. Applications are
welcomed from both those in maintained
schools and those in Prep schools.
Awards are most often made to boys in Year 6
(for entry to Tonbridge in Year 9) although
applications will also be considered from those
in Year 11 for entry into the Sixth Form. Boys who
earn an Award in Year 6 whilst in a maintained
primary school will receive means-tested
support to allow transfer into a preparatory
school for Years 7 and 8; thus all those winning
awards in Year 6 should be in a position to sit
the Tonbridge School Scholarship Examination
in Year 8 (although the place at Tonbridge is
guaranteed from Year 6). Our Foundation
Awards Programme brochure provides further
information on this scheme.
Choral Boarding Places
Choral Boarding Places, with a value of 10%
of the school fee, are awarded to Choristers of
Cathedral or other Choir Schools who otherwise
satisfy the entry requirements of the school.
These awards may be held in addition to any
other award.
In Addition
The school holds of a number of other funds
from which Bursaries can be awarded to boys
already in the school whose parents suffer a
change of financial circumstances such that
they would not otherwise be able to keep their
son at Tonbridge. Specific grants for educational
purposes not included in the school fee can
also be made in cases of clear need.
A 10% remission of fees is given to the third son
(and any subsequent sons) of the same family
to attend the school.
Composition Fee Scheme
To assist in the payment of school fees the
All Junior Foundation Scholarships are awarded Governors operate a scheme which enables
a lump sum payment to be made in advance
on the basis of examinations or auditions and
against the cost (in whole or in part) of educating
interviews held in November of Year 6. The
a boy at Tonbridge School. Details may be
academic examination consists of papers in
obtained from the Bursar.
English and Mathematics, together with a
computer-based cognitive test. The value of
Visas
any scholarship awarded is determined by
assessment of the parents’ means. Full details, Children who are citizens of countries outside the
and an application form, may be obtained from European Economic Area will need to apply for
a Tier 4 Child Student visa under the points-based
the Admissions Office.
system. The school will issue a Confirmation of
Acceptance for Studies (CAS) to support the visa
Judd Foundationer Status
application once your son’s place is confirmed.
Judd Foundationer Status may be awarded to
Further information can be obtained from the
the sons of parents of limited means who live
following site:
within ten miles of Tonbridge Parish Church.
The grant of Judd Foundationer Status confers
https://www.gov.uk/government/
the remission of one-third of the tuition fees.
organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration
Further details and an assessment form may
be obtained from the Bursar.
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Choice of House
Boarding Houses
The majority of parents express a preference
for a particular boarding or day house at some
stage between registration and entry – usually
when completing the Final Entry Form on
acceptance of a conditional place. Where no
preference is expressed, boys are allocated to
houses by the Headmaster in consultation with
the Director of Admissions.
The individual House lists for entry in any given
year open in March some 2½ years in advance
of the date of entry, about a month after the first
large tranche of conditional offers for that year is
made. Parents may wish to familiarise themselves
with two or three Houses and Housemasters in
the months before that. Candidates may only be
registered on House lists when the offer of a
conditional place in the school has been accepted.
It is inevitably the case that the earlier a House
preference is notified to the school after the offer
of a conditional place, the greater the likelihood
that the boy will be able to enter the House of
his choice. If application is made for a House
whose list at that time is full, the preference will
be noted but parents are always invited, and
recommended, to make second and third choices.
A note giving further detail about the choice of
House accompanies the acknowledgement of
each registration, and again each offer of a
conditional place.
The Headmaster or the Director of Admissions
will be glad to give general advice on the choice
of House in discussion with parents visiting the
school.
Day Houses
Welldon House
Richard Evans
01732 353054,
rhe@tonbridge-school.org
49 London Road,
Tonbridge, TN10 3AD
Judde House
Graeme Gales
01732 353435,
gpg@tonbridge-school.org
10 London Road,
Tonbridge, TN10 3AG
Parkside
Jonathan Perriss
01732 502973,
jep@tonbridge-school.org
2 Dry Hill Park Crescent,
Tonbridge, TN10 3BG
Ferox Hall
Andrew Whittall
01732 353032,
arw@tonbridge-school.org
High Street,
Tonbridge, TN9 1JX
Park House
Adam Bissill
01732 502979,
aeb@tonbridge-school.org
9 Dry Hill Road,
Tonbridge, TN9 1LS
Manor House
Colin Swainson
01732 502972,
cjcs@tonbridge-school.org
Shipbourne Road,
Tonbridge, TN10 3DP
Whitworth
Will Biddle
01732 355673,
wdfb@tonbridge-school.org
11 Dry Hill Road,
Tonbridge, TN9 1LU
chool House
S
Richard Burnett
01732 352180,
rb@tonbridge-school.org
53 London Road,
Tonbridge, TN10 3AD
Smythe House
Chris Henshall
01732 353600,
cmh@tonbridge-school.org
45 London Road,
Tonbridge, TN9 3AD
Hill Side
James Johnson
01732 502982,
jj@tonbridge-school.org
Dry Hill Park Road,
Tonbridge, TN10 3BT
Cowdrey House
Robert Oliver
01732 360239,
rwgo@tonbridge-school.org
33 Dry Hill Park Road,
Tonbridge, TN10 3BU
FROM JANUARY 2015
Jonathan Harber
jch@tonbridge-school.org
Herewith follows a list of the Houses and the
Housemasters, with addresses, email addresses,
and telephone numbers:
Oakeshott House
John Bleakley
01732 500034,
jrb@tonbridge-school.org
18 Dry Hill Road,
Tonbridge, TN9 1LX
UK schools which have recently sent boys
to Tonbridge
Abbs Cross Academy, Essex
Aldro, Surrey
Ashdown House, Sussex
Aylesbury Grammar School, Buckinghamshire
Beaudesert Park, Gloucestershire
Beeston Hall, Suffolk
Bennett Memorial, Kent
Bickley Park, Kent
Bishop Ramsey, Middlesex
Brambletye, Sussex
Caldicott, Berkshire
Chinthurst, Surrey
Christchurch Cathedral School, Oxford
Copthorne, Sussex
Cothill House, Oxon
Cottesmore, Sussex
Cranleigh Prep, Surrey
Cranmore, Surrey
Cumnor House, Sussex
Cumnor House, Surrey
Danes Hill, Surrey
Devonshire House, London
Dolphin School, Berkshire
Dorset House, Sussex
Downsend, Surrey
Dulwich Prep, London
DPS Cranbrook, Kent
Dragon School, Oxford
Durston House, Ealing, London
Eaton House, The Manor, London
Eaton Square, Belgravia, London
Edge Grove, Hertfordshire
Elstree Prep, Berkshire
Feltonfleet, Surrey
Fulham Prep, London
Great Walstead, Sussex
The Hall, Hampstead, London
Handcross Park, Sussex
Haslemere Prep, Hampshire
The Hawthorns, Surrey
Hazelwood, Surrey
Hilden Grange, Kent
Hoe Bridge School, Surrey
Holmewood House, Kent
Homefield School, Surrey
The Judd School, Kent
Junior King’s School, Canterbury, Kent
King’s College School, Cambridge
King’s House, Richmond, London
King’s Wimbledon Junior, London
Lockers Park, Hertfordshire
Ludgrove, Berkshire
Marlborough House, Kent
Milbourne Lodge, Surrey
The New Beacon, Kent
Newland House, Twickenham
Newton Prep, London
Northbourne Park, Kent
Northcote Lodge, London
Norton Knatchbull, Kent
Papplewick, Berkshire
Parkside, Surrey
Pilgrim’s School, Hampshire
Port Regis, Dorset
The Prebendal School, Sussex
Rokeby, Surrey
Rose Hill, Kent
Sevenoaks Prep, Kent
Shrewsbury House, Surrey
Simon Langton grammar, Kent
Skinners’ School, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Skippers Hill, East Sussex
Solefield, Kent
Southend High School, Essex
St Andrew’s, Eastbourne
St Aubyn’s, Essex
St Aubyns, Sussex
St Christopher’s, Sussex
St Edmund’s JS, Kent
St George’s, Windsor
St Gregory’s, Kent
St John’s Beaumont, Windsor
St John’s College School, Cambridge
St Michael’s, Kent
St Michael’s, Jersey
St Paul’s Cathedral School, London
St Philip’s, London
St Ronan’s, Kent
Stoneyhurst St Mary’s Hall, Lancashire
Summer Fields, Oxford
Sunningdale Prep School, Surrey
Sussex House, London
Sutton Valence Prep, Kent
Thomas’s Clapham, London
Tower House, London
Trinity School, Surrey
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys, Kent
Vinehall, Sussex
Wellesley House, Kent
Westminster Abbey Choir School, London
Westminster Cathedral School, London
Whitgift School, Surrey
Windlesham House, Sussex
Woodcote House, Surrey
Yardley Court, Kent
Overseas schools which have recently sent
boys to Tonbridge
Alice Smith School, Malaysia
Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore
Bangkok Patana School, Thailand
British International School, Tokyo
British School of Paris, France
British School, The Netherlands
Canadian International School of HK
Chinese International School of HK
Christian Brothers College, Cork
Collège du Léman, Switzerland
Collegiate School, New York, USA
Diocesan Boys’ School, HK
French International School, HK
German Swiss School, HK
Green Springs, Nigeria
Harrow International School, Thailand
International School of Panama
ISF Academy, Hong Kong
King’s College, HK
La Salle College, HK
Le Bocage, Mauritius
Munich International School, Germany
Queen’s College, HK
Saltus Grammar School, Bermuda
Seoul International School, Korea
Singapore International School, HK
Somersfield Academy, Bermuda
South Island School, HK
St George’s School, Switzerland
St Joseph’s College, HK
St Paul’s College, HK
St Paul’s Co-educational College, HK
Tallin High School, Estonia
Tanglin Trust School, Singapore
The American School of Milan
Wah Yan College, HK
Yew Cheung International, HK
8
9
The Curriculum
This section sets out the curriculum to be followed
in the school from September 2014. A standing
Curriculum Review Group keeps the curriculum
and timetable under constant review, and minor
changes may be made even during the currency
of this booklet.
Daily Programme
There are five teaching periods (of 40 minutes
each) every morning, including Saturdays, and
two teaching periods in the afternoons of Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays. There are thus 36
periods in a week. However, the teaching
timetable is based not on a six-day week, but
on a twelve-day fortnightly cycle of 72 periods:
so the allocations of curricular time set out below
are expressed in periods per fortnight. The
fortnightly cycle has significance only for the
arrangement of the teaching programme, and
does not affect parents in any way: all other
school activities follow the calendar week.
The school day starts at 8.35am with a wholeschool Chapel service on Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday and a talk by a boy or member of staff
on Saturdays. On Monday mornings there are
separate assemblies for the First and Second
Year pupils and on Wednesday mornings the
boys in the first three years have time with their
House tutor.
First Year (Year 9)
All boys study the same range of subjects. All
boys take Latin in the First Year, joining a set
appropriate to their ability and experience, and
there is always at least one set for those who
have done no Latin before: the higher Latin sets
study both Latin and Greek within the allocation
of periods for Latin. The only choice is in the area
of modern foreign languages. In late June new
boys and their parents are asked to select two
10
languages. One must be a continuation of previous
study, chosen from French, Spanish or Mandarin
Chinese; the second must be a new language,
chosen from German, Spanish or Mandarin
Chinese. It is not possible to start French ‘from
scratch’. The Technology course followed by all
in the First Year is a composite course including
elements of Design Technology and Electronics.
On the Activities Afternoon boys in the First Year
follow a programme of activities including drama
and Personal, Social. Health & Economic
Education (PSHEE), as well as introductory
training in various sports which they may not
have experienced previously.
An Information Systems course, designed
to ensure that all boys acquire a high level of
computer proficiency, is part of the curriculum for
the First and Second Year boys.
The 72 periods of the twelve-day cycle are
allocated as follows:
Periods per fortnight
English 8
Mathematics 8
Biology 5
Chemistry 5
Physics 5
Latin, or Latin & Greek* 6
Continuation foreign language 6
New foreign language* 6
History 3
Geography 3
Information Systems 2
Technology* 3
Art* 3
Drama 2
Music 2
Divinity (Religious Education) 3
Physical Education 2
*Music Award holders opt out of one of these subjects in
the first year to allow additional time for music practice.
Second Year (Year 10)
In the Second Year boys study nine subjects, and
continue courses in both Divinity and Information
Systems: they also follow a course in Personal,
Social and Health Education. Six (I)GCSEs are
compulsory for all – English, English Literature,
Mathematics, and the three Sciences. In common
with many other UK independent schools, boys
take International GCSEs (IGCSEs) in most
subjects.
Boys choose a further four subjects from:
Latin/Latin & Greek/Classical Civilisation,
French, German, Spanish, Mandarin, History,
Geography, Religious Studies (GCSE course),
Design Technology, Art, Music, Drama.
Their options must include at least one modern
foreign language.
The 72 periods of the fortnightly cycle are
allocated as follows:
Periods per fortnight
English & English Literature 8
Mathematics 8
Biology 6
Chemistry 6
Physics 6
Religious Education 2
Information Systems 1
Personal, Social and Health Education 1
Physical Education 2
4 Options 4x8
Boys in the top French set have the option of
taking Italian GCSE over two years.
The only requirement constraining boys’ choice
is that, by the end of their Third Year, all boys must
have taken GCSE in English, Mathematics, a
modern foreign language, and the three sciences
(either separate sciences or Double Award
science). Subject to that constraint, there is much
flexibility, enabling boys to choose a programme
best suited to their abilities, interests and needs.
Third Year (Year 11)
Boys continue the same GCSE subjects studied
in the Second Year, and also follow a nonexamined Seminar programme, allocated three
periods per cycle, and Information Systems, as
described in the main prospectus. Their study
of the sciences leads either to three GCSEs
in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, or to the
two GCSEs of Double Award Science (which
includes the core syllabus of all three sciences)
as appropriately determined by Head of Science
for each individual.
The 72 periods of the fortnightly cycle are
allocated as follows:
Periods per fortnight
English & English Literature 8
Mathematics 8
Science 21
Seminar 3
4 Options 4x8
Depending on their choices (e.g. Latin & Greek)
and the mode of their Science GCSEs, boys will
take between 9 and 12 GCSEs in all. To qualify
for entry to the Sixth Form, boys must pass at
least 6 GCSE subjects at grade B or above.
Very few boys fail to qualify in this way.
Sixth Forms (Years 12 and 13)
In the Lower Sixth Form all boys study four
subjects to AS level and continue with three or
(in the majority of cases) four subjects to the full
A level in the Upper Sixth. The usual allocation
of time to each subject is 15 periods per fortnight
in the Lower Sixth and 16 periods per fortnight in
the Upper Sixth. The choice of subjects is wide,
and the arrangement of the subjects in four
timetabled blocks allows most combinations
to be taken.
Courses are offered in the following subjects:
Latin, Greek, Classical Civilisation, French, German,
Spanish, Mandarin, Religious Studies, English,
Geography, History, Economics, Business Studies,
Government & Politics, Mathematics, Further
Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Art,
Music, Design Technology, Theatre Studies,
Physical Education.
Lower Sixth Formers follow a Seminar programme,
allocated 3 periods per fortnight, as described
in the main prospectus.
All boys in the Sixth Form have some study periods
in each cycle: the number of study periods varies
according to boys’ individual programmes, often
increasing in the Upper Sixth Form.
School Societies
All have a member of staff in charge.
Art
Astronomy
Athena
Beekeeping
Chess
Classical
Creative Writing
Cycling
Debating, Senior and Junior
Economics
Engineering
English
Film Society
Frusta Frustra (Politics)
History
Mah Jong
Mathematical
Medical
Modern Languages
Principia (Science)
Robotics
Ruston
Social Science
Sub Aqua
Terra Nova (Senior and Junior)
Wine Appreciation
Wednesday
Afternoon Activities
Archives/Library
Art
Big Bands
Brass Ensemble
Bridge
CCF Navy Section
CCF Army Section
CCF Air Force Section
Chamber & String Orchestras
Chess
Chinese
Conservation
Critical Thinking
Cycling
Design Technology
Drama (Senior and Junior)
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award
Engineering Education Scheme
Equestrianism
Film Editing
Film Studies
Green Committee
Green Thumbs
History of Art
Investors Club
Model United Nations
Music
Novi Activities/Coaching
Playwriting
Political Philosophy
Programming
Rackets
School Orchestra
Science for Schools
Symphony Orchestra
Tennis
Terriers
The Tonbridgian
Tonbridge Community Action
Tonbridge TV
Sports
Michaelmas Term
Badminton
Fencing
Golf
Rackets
Rugby
Sailing
Shooting
Skiing
Soccer
Squash
Swimming
Tennis
Lent Term Sports
Basketball
Climbing
Cross country
Fencing
Fives
Hockey
Judo
Rackets
Sailing
Shooting
Soccer
Squash
Swimming
Water Polo
Summer Term
Athletics
Badminton
Climbing
Cricket
Cycling
Fencing
Golf
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Table Tennis
Tennis
Ultimate Frisbee
Volleyball
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Academic Results
Leavers’ Destinations
GCSE Results 2013
All GCSE grades held by 2013 Year 11 (mean grades using ISC scale of A* = 8, A = 7, etc.)
Subject
Art & Design
Number
of entries
Grades
A*
A
B
C
D
18
14
3
1
0
2002 – 2013: Universities
The table below lists all UK universities to which
more than 2 Tonbridgians have moved on
between 2002 and 2013.
All Advanced Level Results held by 2013 Upper Sixth
E
% A–C
Pass
Mean
Grade
0
0
100
7.72
Subject
Art & Design
Number
of entries
Grades
% A–E Mean
A*–E Pass Grade
A*
A
B
C
D
E
U
7
2
4
1
0
0
0
0
7
100
10.29
Biology
119
98
19
2
0
0
0
100
7.81
Biology
30
4
16
8
2
0
0
0
30
100
9.47
Chemistry
119
105
13
1
0
0
0
100
7.87
Business Studs.
13
1
5
7
0
0
0
0
13
100
9.08
Chinese
28
15
9
3
0
0
0
100
7.36
Chemistry
52
21
20
8
3
0
0
0
52
100
10.27
Design Tech.
47
34
12
1
0
0
0
100
7.70
Class. Civ.
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
100
6.00
Drama
7
4
3
0
0
0
0
100
7.57
Design Tech.
9
1
5
3
0
0
0
0
9
100
9.56
English
166
92
67
7
0
0
0
100
7.51
Economics
60
8
40
12
0
0
0
0
60
100
9.87
English Literature
164
120
35
7
2
0
0
100
7.66
English
46
31
10
5
0
0
0
0
46
100
11.13
French
118
75
32
7
2
2
0
98.3
7.49
French
18
2
10
4
1
1
0
0
18
100
9.22
Geography
Geography
20
3
11
5
1
0
0
0
20
100
9.60
4
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
4
100
8.50
20
8
9
2
1
0
0
0
20
100
10.40
104
50
40
10
4
0
0
100
7.31
German
20
11
8
1
0
0
0
100
7.50
German
Greek
23
18
4
1
0
0
0
100
7.74
Gov. & Pol.
History
108
83
19
3
3
0
0
100
7.69
Greek
Italian
20
14
6
0
0
0
0
100
7.70
History
Latin
Mathematics
Music
60
37
16
7
0
0
0
100
7.58
Latin
166
123
36
7
0
0
0
100
7.70
Mandarin
18
12
4
2
0
0
0
100
7.56
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
3
100
10.00
52
16
24
12
0
0
0
0
52
100
10.15
7
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
7
100
10.00
13
1
7
3
1
0
1
0
13
100
8.77
Mathematics
107
53
39
9
5
1
0
0
107
100
10.58
Physics
119
114
5
0
0
0
0
100
7.96
Maths Further
34
21
6
3
4
0
0
0
34
100
10.59
Religous Studies
78
46
22
9
0
1
0
98.7
7.44
Music
7
1
3
3
0
0
0
0
7
100
9.43
Science
(Double Award)
94
26
42
23
3
0
0
100
6.97
Physical Edu.
3
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
3
100
6.67
Physics
52
24
17
7
1
2
1
0
52
100
10.19
Spanish
68
29
24
14
1
0
0
98.0
7.19
Religious Studs.
25
12
9
2
2
0
0
0
25
100
10.48
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
100
8.00
Spanish
12
2
5
4
1
0
0
0
12
100
9.33
4
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
4
100
10.00
601
100
9.41
Other Languages
Theatre Studs.
TOTALS
1,124
419
106
16
3
%
67.4
25.1
6.4
1.0
0.2
100
TOTALS
215 250
104
25
5
2
0
Cumulative %
67.4
92.5
98.9
99.8 100.0 100.0
100
%
35.8 41.6
17.3
4.2
0.8
0.3
0.0
100
Cumulative %
35.8 77.4 94.7 98.8 99.7 100.0
100.0
100
12
1,668
0
99.8
7.59
601
Cambridge 180
Oxford167
Durham 148
Nottingham 135
Bristol 119
Exeter 102
Newcastle 74
University College London 62
Imperial College London 59
Leeds54
Bath 45
Edinburgh 42
LSE 41
Southampton 40
Manchester39
Warwick 33
King’s College London
33
York 32
Loughborough 28
Cardiff 24
St Andrew’s 21
Sheffield 19
Oxford Brookes 17
Birmingham11
Reading 10
Bristol West of England 7
Royal Holloway 7
East Anglia 7
Glasgow6
Liverpool 6
Surrey 6
Bournemouth University 5
Aberdeen 5
SOAS5
Kent 4
Queen Mary’s London Arts Institute Bournemouth Brighton & Sussex Med School Hull London Uni of Arts Nottingham Trent Westminster Wimbledon Art College Swansea 4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
In addition Tonbridgians have moved on to the
following universities outside of the UK :
Oxbridge Offers 2013/14 Leavers
27 boys received offers of places at Oxford
or Cambridge for October 2013 entry.
The subjects covered were:
Biological Sciences; Chemistry; Economics;
Engineering; English; English Language &
Literature; Geography; History; Law;
Mathematics; Maths & Philosophy; Medicine;
Modern and Medieval Languages; Modern
Languages; Music; Physics; French and
Linguistics and French and Spanish.
Trinity College, Dublin Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
Harvard, USA
McGill University, USA Dartmouth USA Maastricht, Holland Melbourne, Australia Minneapolis College of Animation and Design North Carolina, USA Stanford, USA Dalhousie, Canada
Berkeley, California
UCLA (University of Los Angeles), California
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Expected Behaviour
at Tonbridge School
Think how they can serve the school community
Tonbridge School is a community where the
welfare of all is protected and promoted. To this
end certain standards of behaviour are expected
of all pupils in and around the school, and on
any school activity or trip. These expectations
are promoted and reinforced, within the overall
school behaviour policy, by a system of rewards
and sanctions.
Support activities to help the wider community
outside school
We expect pupils to:
Show respect for others
Show good manners, tolerance, regard for
authority and for individual privacy
Celebrate difference and diversity in others
Show respect for Chapel and for those of
different faiths
Follow and support the school’s anti-bullying
policy
Avoid bad language and any behaviour which
might cause offence
Strive for self-respect
Be trustworthy, honest and tell the truth
Attend and be punctual at all compulsory
school obligations
Keep themselves safe and healthy by proper
appreciation of risk, by regular exercise and
by avoiding harmful substances
Be self-disciplined and committed
Take pride in appearance
Make a positive contribution
Take pride in their membership of the school
and be its ambassadors
Engage with and commit to a wide range
of activities
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Participate in decision-making about how the
school is run
Enjoy and achieve at school
Value effort and achievement
Take responsibility for their own learning and
academic progress
Help promote a positive learning atmosphere
in the classroom and elsewhere
Develop their own skills and interests by full
participation in extra-curricular activities
Prepare themselves for life after school by
developing good work habits and social skills
Respect property and the environment
Respect the property of others
Look after the fabric and property of the school
Think ‘green’ in their attitudes to the school and
wider environment
Respect other people’s working and living
environment by avoiding undue noise
Student Councils
Lower and Upper School Councils comprised of
boys representing all houses, chaired respectively
by the Lower Master and the Upper Master, meet
termly to discuss various school-wide issues raised
by the boys themselves. There are also House
Councils, comprised of boys from each year group,
which meet regularly to discuss House issues.
In addition we have an Overseas Student
Council, chaired by the Overseas Co-ordinator,
and an Anti-Bullying Council for each year group.
Medical Arrangements
The School Medical Centre has twelve beds
and full outpatient facilities, and is covered
twenty-four hours a day by six Medical Centre
Sisters who are all Registered Nurses.
Morning surgery is held at the Medical Centre
five days a week by the school Doctors, Dr J.P.
Moore and Dr R. Claxton, members of a local
general practice.
Boarders are registered with the school
Doctors while members of the school, being
treated as temporary residents at home during
holidays if necessary.
Boys are free to discuss problems with the
Doctors privately, and may visit the Medical
Centre Sisters for treatment and advice at any
reasonable time.
Enquiries about medical issues are welcomed
from parents, who should telephone the Medical
Centre (01732 304272) or their son’s Housemaster.
Immunisation
All boarders are kept up to date with their
immunisations for Meningitis C, MMR, tetanus,
diphtheria and polio. Boarders travelling abroad
will be immunised as necessary for the country
they are visiting, and given malaria prophylaxis
as required in accordance with the
recommendations from the local MASTA travel
clinic.
Flu inoculations are given to boarders in the
Michaelmas Term.
BCG inoculations may be given, according to
current government policy, in the Summer Term
of a boy’s first year at school.
Physiotherapy
Two private physiotherapists visit the Medical
Centre two afternoons a week, and by
arrangement, to treat boys as required.
Treatment is charged to the parents, and
may be claimed for on medical insurance.
Medical and dental insurance
The school offers a group medical insurance
scheme with BUPA, details of which are sent in
advance to the parents of all new boys (and are
also available from the Bursary). In addition the
school offers an emergency dental insurance
scheme – this is combined with personal
accident insurance.
Counsellor
A Counselling Psychologist spends four days at
the school each week, and is freely available in
that time for consultation, in confidence, by boys
who are experiencing any form of problem
or difficulty.
The Counsellor is always willing to meet with
parents as well, or speak to them on the
telephone, where that might be helpful.
them access to the internet, the school’s intranet,
educational resources and software, and their
own file storage. This is largely a facility used by
boarders in the evening. Boys using laptops in
school are bound by the Acceptable Use Policy.
Any laptop on any operating system can be
connected to the system, but parents may
like to consider acquiring a laptop through the
Tonbridge School purchase scheme, run for
us by an Oxfordshire company, EAC Network
Solutions. Scheme laptops come with all relevant
software installed, 3 years next-day worldwide
on-site maintenance, optional theft and accidental
damage insurance, and support provided by the
school’s ICT Services department. The school
cannot provide support for non-scheme laptops,
except for assistance with network connectivity.
Should you be interested in the scheme, more
details are available on the school website
(www.tonbridge-school. co.uk/about-the-school/
our-facilities/ict/laptops).
Laptop policies also apply to mobile devices, iPads
etc., which can be connected to the network.
The Tonbridge Society
School Laptop Policy
There is no requirement for boys at Tonbridge
to possess their own laptops, although many,
mainly boarders, do. All boarders have a wired
connection to the network, and any boarder
who does not have a laptop is provided with
a “thin client” – essentially a terminal which
allows access to the internet and to all school
resources. There are also a large number of
desktop computers around the school for general
daily use by both boarders and day boys.
Boys who bring personal laptops to school can
connect them to the school network; this gives
The Tonbridge community has, in addition to boys,
three main groups which come together in the
Tonbridge Society to support each other and the
school. The Parents’ Arts Society provides a focus
for parents and other friends of the school and
gives them the opportunity to benefit from its
educational and cultural facilities. The Old
Tonbridgian Society provides a social and
support network for boys after their five years
here. Finally, the Tonbridge School Foundation
is committed to supporting the development of
the school. Collectively the Tonbridge Society
represents all members of the Tonbridge family
and brings the groups together for events of
overlapping interest.
The Parents’ Arts
Society
Tonbridge School
Foundation
The Parents’ Arts Society arranges over forty
cultural and social events each term for the
benefit of parents. These events include opera
evenings, visits to art galleries, the Headmaster’s
Garden Party, wine tasting evenings, theatre trips
and a formal Summer Ball. There are also evening
lectures on subjects encompassing science
and politics as well as the Arts. Evening classes
are also a regular part of the programme, and
there are long weekend trips to destinations
such as Florence, Paris, Barcelona, and Prague.
We also have our first overseas branch, the
Tonbridge HK Parents’ Society.
The recent past
The last twenty years has been a period of
extraordinary growth at Tonbridge – in
numbers, in academic, cultural, and sporting
standards, and in the school’s facilities and
amenities. Thanks to the generous philanthropy
of parents, OTs and the wider community, the
Tonbridge School Foundation has been
instrumental in supporting the success of the
school through a continued programme of
development.
Many parents remain members of the Society after
their sons have left the school. More information is
available from the Chairman, David Tennant, at the
School; dht@ tonbridge-school.org and on the
website, which can be found under the
Tonbridge Society tab.
Old Tonbridgian Society
The OT Society, the association of former
pupils of the school, offers Old Tonbridgians
the opportunity to maintain friendships, continue
interests, and remain in contact with the school.
The Society publishes a twice yearly magazine,
maintains a website (www.otsociety.org), and
organises a variety of social and sporting events
each year. There is an annual dinner at Skinners’
Hall, and a Reunion is held at the school for a
particular age-group each year.
All Tonbridgians join the OT Society.
The subscription for Life Membership is spread
across a boy’s first four school accounts. More
information is available from John Gibbs, the
OT Secretary, on 01732 304251, or by email on:
jdg@tonbridge-school.org
The role of the Development Office is to
support the school strategy in four key areas
by:
• Creating a world class educational environment.
• Widening access to the school through our
Foundation Award scheme and by supporting
outreach initiatives with the community.
• Improving the school environment and campus.
• Providing opportunities to encourage innovation,
depth and breadth across the life of the school.
In order to achieve these aims we seek to
encourage the involvement of the school
community in a variety of ways: by promoting a
culture of support through charitable donations
and legacies, and by embracing expertise, skills,
experience and networks.
Recent developments include:
• A Robotics Arm for the teaching of Design,
Technology and Engineering.
• The Foundation Awards programme – a range
of means-tested bursaries and scholarships
aimed at promising boys who would not be
able to attend Tonbridge without very significant
financial assistance.
• Funding a media consultant to support the
teaching of film-making.
• The new Tonbridge School Centre for sports
and media – the school’s most ambitious
development in decades.
• The Appeal Court, a second rackets court for
Tonbridge. The improved facilities will ensure
the profile of rackets as one on the school’s
premier sports.
* A Cloud Chamber for the teaching of outreach
Physics.
* The OBS Gallery for exhbitions of art work by
professional artists and students.
The future:
In conjunction with parents, OTs and expert
advisors the school has completed a review to
determine priorities for the future development
of Tonbridge. The 2014/15 academic year will
see the next steps in delivering a programme of
projects that will underpin the school’s strategic
vision and ensure our pupils are well equipped
to cope with the challenges of the 21st century.
Development Director: Murray Lindo
Tel: 01732 304253,
email: murray.lindo@tonbridge-school.org
Development Manager: Cindy Price
Events & Communications Assistant: Jayne
Gillespie-Proto
Development Assistant: Sarah Rexstrew
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Visiting the School
For many families this is their first experience
of Tonbridge. Visits are arranged through the
Admissions Office, and include a tour of the
school and his House with a senior boy, followed,
or preceded, by half an hour with the Headmaster.
Parents often come on an initial visit three or four
years before their son’s date of entry. This may
be followed by a second visit with their son when
they may also meet a Housemaster. Further visits
to meet two or three more Housemasters can be
arranged directly with them.
We thoroughly enjoyed our tour, which was
useful and informative. Tonbridge is a genuinely
excellent school.
I had intended to write to you in any event to give
our guide a mention in despatches. By now
a veteran of “the school tour”, over the last 18
months or so I have met members of the Lower
Sixth at many leading senior schools. Almost
all of them have been impressive young men;
none, however, has been so impressive as him.
Quietly confident, intelligent, independentminded, articulate, interesting and above all
courteous towards us, he also managed to be
friendly and approachable to two prep school
boys like our sons. I cannot tell you how highly
we thought of him. If he is the sort of young
man Tonbridge is producing, then you are
obviously doing something (indeed many
things) right!
From a prospective parent to the Director
of Admissions.
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Open mornings
Our Open Mornings are held termly and are
planned to allow an informal visit to the school.
After an address by the Headmaster, Tim Haynes,
you will be shown around the school by pupils,
then have a chance to meet with and talk to
various members of Tonbridge staff.
Contact
There is no need to book into an Open
Morning; all are welcome.
Mr Andrew Leale
Tonbridge School, Tonbridge,
Kent, TN9 1JP
Tel: 01732 304297
admissions@tonbridge-school.org
Saturday 11th October 2014 at 10.15am
Saturday 14th March 2015 at 10.15am
We also have a Sixth Form Open Morning
on Saturday 20th September 2014 at 9.45am.
Please contact Admissions to advise them if you
will be attending the sixth form open morning.
Main switchboard
Tel: 01732 365555
Admissions office
(for details of entry at all levels,
and scholarships)
Independent Schools Examination Board
The Pump House
16 Queen’s Avenue
Christchurch, BH23 1BZ
Tel: 01202 487538
enquiries@iseb.co.uk
How to find us
Chairman of Governors
Mr Jonathan Cohen
The Skinners’ Company, Skinners’ Hall,
8½ Dowgate Hill, London, EC4R 2SP
Bursary
(Fees, Composition Fees)
Mr Anthony Moore
Tonbridge School, Tonbridge,
Kent, TN9 1JP
Tel: 01732 304298
Fax: 01732 770853
sms@tonbridge-school.org
Director of Music
Mr Mark Forkgen
Tonbridge School, Tonbridge,
Kent, TN9 1JP
Tel: 01732 304288
jmm@tonbridge-school.org
Director of Studies
Mr John Pearson
Tonbridge School, Tonbridge,
Kent, TN9 1JP
Tel: 01732 304245
jcp@tonbridge-school.org
Director of Sport
Mr Chris Morgan
Tonbridge School, Tonbridge,
Kent, TN9 1JP
Tel: 01732 365555
cdm@tonbridge-school.org
By road
Please follow the maps opposite
By rail
From London (Charing Cross, Waterloo East or London Bridge);
journey time about 45 minutes; over four trains per hour.
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Tonbridge School, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1JP
www.tonbridge-school.co.uk
01732 365555
admissions@tonbridge-school.org