Inspections & Reviews

The Good Schools Guide (GSG) is a respected independent guide to schools in the UK. You can read their full report via the link below, but here are just a few of their comments on life at Hampton:

The strong focus on the boys’ happiness, alongside ‘really good teaching,’ helps them achieve exceptionally well.

It’s cool to be clever, and there’s a prevailing spirit of intellectual curiosity.

Pastoral care is ‘second to none’: parents give it an A*.

Intellectual exploration is celebrated in every corridor.

One of the most genuinely inclusive, diverse independent schools in the London area.

academic and aspirational, it’s nonetheless a very inclusive and caring school, providing as many all-round opportunities as possible.

Some of the politest boys you could hope to meet …..we loved their ready humour and zest for life.

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Hampton School is proud to be among the top UK senior schools included in the Tatler Schools Guide 2026. Here are just some of the comments from recent reviews:

 

Hampton is a ‘pastoral paradise’ according to one parent, while another says ‘We often have to pinch ourselves that our boys go to school there’

Hampton boys ’emerge grounded men of the world’

Head, Kevin Knibbs, is ‘off-the-scale brilliant!’

I cannot tell you how many times over the years we have thanked our lucky stars that we made the decision we did,’ says one parent

students love the ‘relaxed and jovial’ atmosphere in which they look out for each other: ‘People don’t just try to be the best they can but try to help those around them be the best they can.’

To read the latest Tatler review see below:

‘I cannot tell you how many times over the years we have thanked our lucky stars that we made the decision we did,’ says one parent, who has sent multiple sons to Hampton. Being among the oldest independent schools in the country, its motto of ‘Wisdom surpasses wealth’ has certainly stood the test of time. This sentiment is threaded through a thriving community partnerships programme, in which Hamptonians assist in reading development and chess lessons at local primaries, and exam results are always very strong. Sixth-formers have been given the chance to roam outside the curriculum with the introduction of an electives programme that offers topics ranging from acting and directing to ancient Greek art – not forgetting design engineering, for which students build environmentally friendly kit cars for racing. Clubs are interesting and varied, and a new Illusion Lab, which challenges pupils to create optical illusions, is a big hit. A number of sportsmen have achieved national acclaim, with one football player recently making his Premier League debut while another boy, who came up through the rowing programme, is now an U19 world champion in the Junior Men’s Eight. With five choirs and more than 20 ensembles, music is so much a high note that in 2024 the 50-strong a cappella choir scored five-star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe. Most importantly, students love the ‘relaxed and jovial’ atmosphere in which they look out for each other: ‘People don’t just try to be the best they can but try to help those around them be the best they can.’