Thorpe Hall School celebrated its Centenary Year last academic year. It’s a truly impressive milestone that most definitely deserved to be celebrated, and a whole host of events were planned to mark the occasion.
You can read all about the fantastic events in our Centenary souvenir edition of the Thorpe Hall Times here. From our latest initiatives to our sporting successes, from award wins to unforgettable experiences, the publication is packed with 32 pages of news from across our Nursery, Prep and Senior school.
The THS Centenary Film is a heartfelt tribute to the rich history and spirit of Thorpe Hall School, now published below.
The 15 minute presentation film brings together snippets from interviews conducted with various members of our alumni community and highlights the special moments and happy memories from their time at Thorpe Hall School.
Founded at the request of Thorpe Bay residents in 1925, the school first opened its doors with a cohort of just six boys under the headship of the Rev. E de Russet, a respected Free Church Minister and educationalist, in a house in Thorpe Hall Avenue. By 1940 there were over one hundred Thorpe Hall School pupils and a new headmaster, Mr. A.C. Lewis, who had taken the radical step of admitting young ladies.
Another 49 years later in 1989, the school moved to its current 11-acre site, allowing for an expansion of new facilities including a fully-equipped 250-seat theatre, state-of-the-art ICT suites, dedicated studios for Food, Textiles, Music, Art and D&T, woodland classroom for outdoor learning, 5-acre sports and recreation field, all-weather cricket strip, tennis courts and a new Early Years dance and yoga studio. Under the headship of Mr Hampton, the school undertook the ambitious project of building a £2.4m sports centre – the Seaglass – which was opened by British Gymnastics gold medallist Max Whitlock in 2018.
Today, Thorpe Hall is a thriving co-educational, independent school, with more students on roll than ever before. The facilities and curriculum continues to expand, with the building of new science labs, textiles room and a media suite, plus the addition of a Creative Arts faculty for 2024/25. How exciting to see where the next 100 years will take us!
