Tonbridge School High Street, Tonbridge, TN9 1JP, Kent 01732 304297

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School type	Boys' Day & Boarding Senior & Sixth Form
Founded	1553
Headmaster	Mr James Priory
Date Appointed	August 2018
Boys Age Range	13-18 years
Number of pupils	807
Day fees per annum	£14,786 per term
Boarding fees per annum	£19,708 per term
Average Class Size	GCSE 18, A level 10
Teacher/Pupil ratio	1:8
Associations	HMC, AGBIS, BSA, ISC

Tonbridge is a leading boys' boarding and day School and is highly respected for providing a world-class education. Founded in 1553, it sits on an extensive 150-acre campus in the market town of Tonbridge, Kent, just 40 minutes by train from London Charing Cross.

Home to around 800 boys across seven Boarding Houses and five Day Houses, Tonbridge is dedicated to nurturing fine minds and good hearts. With a balanced approach to education, boys here achieve at the highest levels while remaining grounded and are encouraged to pursue their passions and make a positive impact on the world around them.

The School is consistently recognised in the Sunday Times 'Parent Power' Guide and is renowned for its excellent teaching and for academic achievement. Each year exam results at GCSE and A-level are outstanding, with boys progressing to leading universities including Oxford, Cambridge and Russell Group institutions, with the large majority securing their first-choice destination.

In the US and overseas, the School's leavers have gained places in recent times at MIT, Harvard, UCLA, Duke, Princeton, Columbia, and the Brown University as well as universities in Canada, the Netherlands, Australia and Hong Kong.

Pastoral care is based around an outstanding House system. Strong and positive relationships between boys, staff and parents are central to its success, and the School strives to ensure that each pupil, whether a boarder or a day boy, feels fully at home and well supported. Tonbridge was the first school in the UK to put mindfulness on the curriculum for all Year 10 pupils.

There is also a vibrant programme of co-curricular, featuring a wide range of societies covering everything from Beekeeping to Ultimate Frisbee.

More than 20 sports are on offer, and boys of all abilities are encouraged to take part and try something new. Sport for all, and sport bordering on elite levels, is part of everyday life at Tonbridge.

Plays, musicals and drama workshops take place in the School's own EM Forster Theatre. Music also plays an important part in Tonbridge life, where nearly half of boys learn an instrument, and about a third learn more than one. There are regular performances and concerts across all genres.

The School is strongly committed to widening access, with over 70 boys currently benefitting from a Junior Foundation Award. These awards cover between 10% and 100% of tuition fees, as well as additional expenses.

Boys at Tonbridge develop a strong sense of belonging to, and serving, both local and wider communities. More than 24,000 hours of volunteering time are given by pupils and staff in a typical year. The annual 'Sleepout' by First Years, for example, supports Porchlight, the homelessness charity. Child Action Lanka is Tonbridge's overseas partner charity and following fundraising activities, the School has been able to provide a new computer suite in the Child Action Lanka base in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka.

Whilst Tonbridge has world-class facilities and expansive grounds, it is the people within our community who make it beyond compare. The latest Good Schools Guide report states that at Tonbridge there is, "No dining out on reputation but working tirelessly for its pupils to provide an inspiring, ambitious, balanced education equipping the boys with ownership of their futures, anchored by life enhancing skills, learning and friendships".

Tonbridge encourages its students to make connections between academic subjects, between different sports and activities, between people, between cultures, all with the aim of producing fine minds and good hearts. The School's ethos is summed up in just two words: 'Only Connect'.