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Hampton School

Hampton School is a fee-charging, boys-only private day school in Hampton, London, England. As of the 2024–2025 academic year, the school charges a minimum of £29,916 per year for attendance (plus additional charges). Until 1975, the school was a voluntary aided grammar school, with no fees. The school admits pupils aged between eleven and eighteen. In 2021, 92% of the school's pupils achieved A* or A at A-Level. The school features 40th in one ranking of fee-paying schools in the United Kingdom by A-Level results. It has a preparatory school attached to it, for girls aged 3–7 and boys aged 3–11. It is next to The Lady Eleanor Holles School for girls, with which it co-operates in a number of co-curricular activities and shares several classes, clubs, facilities (including a swimming pool) and a coach service. The headmaster receives a salary of between £400,000 and £450,000 per year .

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Hampton School is a fee-charging, boys-only private day school in Hampton, London, England. As of the 2024–2025 academic year, the school charges a minimum of £29,916 per year for attendance (plus additional charges). Until 1975, the school was a voluntary aided grammar school, with no fees. The school admits pupils aged between eleven and eighteen. In 2021, 92% of the school's pupils achieved A* or A at A-Level. The school features 40th in one ranking of fee-paying schools in the United Kingdom by A-Level results. It has a preparatory school attached to it, for girls aged 3–7 and boys aged 3–11. It is next to The Lady Eleanor Holles School for girls, with which it co-operates in a number of co-curricular activities and shares several classes, clubs, facilities (including a swimming pool) and a coach service. The headmaster receives a salary of between £400,000 and £450,000 per year .

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  1. date of foundation: 1557 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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