Tonbridge School Annual Report 2015

Annual Report 2015Tonbridge School

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Once again the School enjoyed remarkable exam results. We achieved our record number of Oxbridge offers (41 boys) and almost all boys moved on to leading universities post A-level. The younger boys had similar public exam success.

Tonbridge is of course about far more than academic results. We witnessed a superb ‘whole-school’ concert with every boy, not just our musicians and choristers, performing publicly in the Chapel for the first time in several years. School drama productions were again of the highest standard and sold out the EM Forster Theatre. Our young engineers claimed national awards for their projects and boys representing the School excelled across the sports fields of the country.

With the generous support of the Judd Foundation and donors, we continued to improve the campus and I was delighted to help open our new divinity building last September. It has been named after one of our most distinguished Old Tonbridgians, Reverend Professor Owen Chadwick OM, KBE, who sadly died this year. He was one of the School’s great ‘all-rounders’ with a life as a religious historian, academic, administrator, author and sportsman. He was also the most charming and modest of men and we hope boys will be inspired by his example.

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A Message From The Chairman of Governors

We have completed a major refurbishment and extension to Ferox Hall and a substantial extension to Dry Hill House, where the English department is housed. The new tennis courts have been a great success and the enlarged car park by the Sports Centre is taking many cars away from the quadrangle.

The School marked the centenary of the First World War, which is something we will continue to do over the next three years. 415 Old Tonbridgians were lost in the conflict and at every Chapel service boys read out the names of those who fell on the corresponding day, or close to it, 100 years ago. In July, we began the construction of a Garden of Remembrance to further mark their sacrifice. Especially for this report, Peter Carpenter has produced a wonderful article on Dr William Rivers. Rivers, an Old Tonbridgian, worked with soldiers in the Great War and is credited with pioneering the modern treatment for what we now know as post-traumatic stress disorder

I would like to finish by thanking the whole school community for helping to achieve our outstanding ISI inspection report. The inspection confirmed what the Governors and a great many others already knew; that because of the joint work of the teachers, support staff, pupils, parents and Old Tonbridgians, Tonbridge is a truly exceptional school.

Best wishes,

Jonathan Cohen QC, Chairman of Governors

‘Tonbridge is about more than results,

we have a duty to prepare boys for life outside the School.’

Jonathan Cohen QC, Chairman of Governors

ContentA Message From The Headmaster 3Welcome to our 2015 Annual Report

The Excellence For All Campaign 5The story so far

Excellence For All Highlights 6Events throughout the year

We’re on our way ... 7Help raise the final £1.5m

An introduction to the Old Tonbridgian Society 8Creativity in the Digital Age 9Preparing boys for the future

Tonbridge in Sri Lanka 11Making a difference

Mindfulness at Tonbridge 13Leading the way in its practice

Fires in the Dark 15William Halse Rivers

A Message From The Bursar 17Key numbers for Tonbridge School

The Parents’ Arts Society 19PAS annual update

Donations Received 21

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Welcome to our 2015 Annual Report. Last year’s publication, the first of its kind for Tonbridge, proved to be extremely popular and I would like to thank all those people who gave us their feedback.

Once again, we aim to provide readers with details about our finances, donations and the development programme, but we have also included features about various aspects of school life.

Shortly after the last Annual Report was published, the School was visited by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI). I am delighted to say their inspection report praised and highlighted all the hard work of those connected with Tonbridge. The inspectors ranked the boys’ level of achievement and learning as ‘exceptional’ - this is the highest possible accolade a school can receive in its report and is, by definition, rarely given. They found the School to be excellent in all other areas and commented that Tonbridge boys are, ‘well educated and highly aspirational, both in their thirst for knowledge and in their love of learning for its own sake’ and, ‘charming, self-assured and thoughtful and highly respectful of their conduct towards both peers and members of staff.’ There are many other positive statements within the report, too many to include here, but more details are available on our website.

Like any successful organisation, we are always striving to improve. We have been working hard to assess what we are doing well now, what we need to consider going forward and, critically, how we are preparing boys for what is to come after their time with us. Crucial to this is providing the best possible facilities for learning. Work is well underway on the extension and transformation of the Smythe Library, which will create a modern learning centre that will house our books, the best of technology and new study spaces, as well as our learning support and university and careers services. This superb facility is in addition to the new tennis courts and the Chadwick Building for divinity, which were completed in the last year. We also continue with our emerging plans for a science hub, where we hope to develop partnerships with universities and the commercial sector. It is hugely important to me that these projects have a wider role in creating excellence for others in our community through our outreach and partnership activities.

I am also pleased to report that this summer’s exam results were strong. Nearly 42 per cent of all A-level grades were A*s and the ‘average’ holding at GCSE was 7A*s and 3As. We also received a record number of offers for entry to Oxford and Cambridge universities in 2014.

I do hope you find this document, and the case studies within, of interest. Please contact my office if you would like to make any comments about the publication.

Best wishes,

Tim Haynes, Headmaster

‘Our level of achievement and learning was identified as exceptional.’ Tim Haynes, Headmaster

A Message From The Headmaster

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Excellence For All is delivering the most ambitious transformation of the school campus since the 1860s and its projects will have a wider role in creating excellence for others outside of the immediate school community through our outreach and partnership activity.

This fantastic response has not only enabled work to begin this summer on the new Library and Learning Centre, but also for us to move forwards with our plans for a new Science Centre. We have also been able to fund a further two boys through our Foundation Award programme. We are deeply grateful to all our supporters and hope that you will continue to be involved as we move forward.

It is just over 18 months since we launched phase one of our Excellence For All Campaign and we are delighted to say that with the outstanding generosity of the Tonbridge School community we have already raised £4.5m towards our fundraising target of £6m.

Skinners’ Hall launchOver 300 OTs, parents, boys and members of staff attended the launch of Tonbridge’s ‘Excellence For All’ development campaign at Skinners’ Hall.The guests were treated to inspiring, thought-provoking and entertaining speeches from the Chairman of Governors, Jonathan Cohen QC, The Headmaster, Tim Haynes and two of our parents; Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s Chief International Correspondent and James Rubin, Former US Assistant Secretary of State.

Hong Kong Gala DinnerIn April, in the wonderful surroundings of the Hong Kong Club over 200 parents, former parents, current boys and Old Tonbridgians came together for the first Gala dinner to celebrate the School’s special relationship with our Hong Kong parents and OTs. The guests enjoyed a series of beautiful musical performances from current and past pupils led expertly by Tonbridge’s Director of Music, Mark Forkgen. The Headmaster, Tim Haynes gave the keynote address and was able to share the latest plans for the School and to launch the ‘Excellence For All’ campaign. We are grateful to all the guests for coming and to the Hong Kong event committee who worked so hard to give us such a memorable and stunning evening.

‘Thanks for organising such a wonderful evening! It was great to see all the old and new Tonbridgians together.’ Derek Wong, OT, (PH 84-88)

To launch the Excellence For All Campaign we have held a variety of events throughout the year and enjoyed meeting and sharing our plans with so many of you. We would not have been able to run these events without the help and support of our Ambassadors and our fantastic Hong Kong committee for which we are hugely grateful.

Excellence For All Highlights

Foundation Inter-House Cricket and Tennis CompetitionThe third year of the Foundation Cup took place in May and with over 250 players and over 100 spectators it proved to be an enjoyable day of champagne and Corinthian sport.While the main objective of the day was designed to celebrate the wider Tonbridge Society of current boys, Old Tonbridgians and parents past and present, it was also an opportunity to share the exciting future plans for the school as part of the ‘Excellence For All’ campaign. A huge thank you to all the players, spectators and Tonbridge staff that made the day such a great success.

‘A wonderful way for each house to come together, whether OT’s or current students, in a friendly, competitive manner and to foster good relations.’ Sarah Merriman, parent

Telephone CampaignThis year’s telephone campaign was one of our most successful ever. Our team of 14 student callers spoke to over 600 Old Tonbridgians and parents and everyone spoken to seem to enjoy their conversations, and many stories were relayed about Tonbridge both past and present.

As a result of the conversations, work placements have been set up and the boys have better insight about their possible future career paths. In return everyone had the chance to learn more about the School’s plans for the future and how they can help. Added to this, over £100,000 was pledged over the next four years from many of those contacted. We are thrilled with this result!

‘I have enjoyed flowing conversations about the merits of the school’s projects. Talking to OTs who have had extremely diverse experiences after leaving school and offered some very useful advice that I intend to use in the future.’ Ed Marsh, OT, (JH 07-12)


The Excellence For All Campaign

‘I am continually grateful for the blessings and opportunities that the award of a Foundation scholarship has granted me over the past five years at Tonbridge School. I have always looked to explore the many possibilities open to Tonbridgians throughout my time at the school.

I am looking forward to studying Aeronautical Engineering with a year abroad in Continental Europe at the University of Bristol. Naturally I will choose to spend the year abroad in Madrid with a view to becoming more or less a fluent Spanish speaker. Beyond university I want to keep all options open, but I am likely to explore engineering opportunities in the Spanish speaking parts of the world first with some emphasis on the humanitarian capabilities an engineer can bring. Of course I realise that many of the opportunities and experiences I have had would not have been possible were I not a Foundation scholar. For that I am indebted to the benefactors of the Foundation and the school.’

Josh Cronin, (HS 10-15)

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We’re on our way ... An introduction to the Old Tonbridgian Society

Generosity towards the future of others starts with giving what you can in the present.To help raise the final £1.5m for Excellence For All, we need your support. It’s amazing to think that if 15% of all OTs and parents give the historically significant amount of £15.53 per month for 5 years we will hit our target of £6m. With your support we will ensure that Tonbridge remains at the forefront of the education sector in the UK and continues to deliver an unsurpassed education of excellence and breadth.

The OT Society exists to enable Old Tonbridgians to remain in contact with each other and with the School. It also organises and encourages any clubs or societies representing Old Tonbridgians.

Recruitment of more Excellence For All AmbassadorsAs many of you will know from chatting to our EFA ambassadors at recent events they play a pivotal role in the campaign and are key to making sure that everyone is kept informed as to the plans and fundraising progress, as well as helping host some of the House events. We would love to recruit more ambassadors not just from the parent body but also from Old Tonbridgians – it’s a great way to be involved with the campaign and also gives you the opportunity to meet with the other ambassadors and share ideas as we move forward with the campaign. We hold regular meetings, usually on a Saturday morning, as well as having a more informal and fun get-togethers. If you would like to learn more about becoming an ambassador please call the Development Office on 01732 304253.

It achieves these objectives by arranging a number of social functions, to some of which all OTs are invited and to others only certain groups are, such as reunions.

Events currently held each academic year:

• Annual Dinner which is held at Skinners’ Hall, in September, attended by 120-140 OTs.

• A reunion on a Saturday in October for all those who came to the School within a given span of years, normally around ten years. Tours of the School are arranged for those who have requested a tour, and the programme also includes chapel service, reception, lunch, matches to watch in the afternoon and then tea back in the houses.

• A drinks party for all OTs who left school five years previously. This is normally held in February at the East India & Sports Club.

• A City summer drinks party held at Skinners’ Hall for any OTs working in the London area.

• A summer lunch held at Skinners’ Hall in June for older OTs.

• An OT Dinner held in New York in October for any OTs working in NY or other American cities.

• An OT choral evensong is held in alternate years in the Summer Term, when former members of the choirare invited to augment the school choir.

A careers and mentoring evening is run annually by Anna Rogers, our University and Careers Adviser, and a good number of OTs are involved, as well as past and present parents.

Future EventsWe are currently increasing the number of social events which can be held overseas to enable OTs who work abroad to keep in touch with fellow OTs. It is not always easy to find OTs abroad who are willing to take on the responsibility of organising these events, but we are making progress in Australia and Singapore.

Forthcoming eventsAs we move forward with our Excellence For All campaign we will be planning more events, throughout the year to keep as many of you as possible informed. We plan to continue the EFA House events which were a great success throughout 2015. Not only were they great fun, but a perfect opportunity to catch up with the Housemaster on House news. There will also be special events for our Novi parents, such as a wine tasting evening in the Michaelmas Term; thank you drinks for all our supporters and a major event in the summer.

If 15% of all OTs and parents give the historically significant amount of £15.53 per month for 5 years we will hit our target of £6m.

OUR PROGRESS TO DATE.

Thanks to the support and generosity of parents and OTs we have so far raised an astonishing £4.5m. Over 850 members of the Tonbridge School community have donated to date and with your support we’ll soon hit our target of £6m.

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£4.5m raised

Old Tonbridgian SportThe Old Tonbridgian Society provides financial assistance to all the OT Clubs, to enable them to help younger OTs to participate as much as possible and also to defray some of the expenses which are incurred when teams play in competitions. The sporting clubs which are currently being run for OTs include golf, rugby football, cricket, association football, squash, hockey and rackets.

Old Tonbridgian NewsOld Tonbridgian News is a magazine which is normally published twice a year, giving news of a wide range of OTs, what they have achieved and an update on events at the School.

Visits to UniversitiesThe OT Secretary visits those universities where there are a significant number of OTs studying every one or two terms. These visits would normally include Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, Bristol, Exeter and London or other universities by request.

Advice on careersIndividual OTs are always welcome to come back during their years at university for advice and mentoring in the particular careers they are considering.

In general the OT Society takes an interest in all Old Tonbridgians and what they do when they have left Tonbridge. We will always be happy to advise and assist OTs in ventures on which they may be embarking and to encourage those with an entrepreneurial instinct, by putting them in touch with more experienced OTs.

John Gibbs, Secretary


Creativity in the Digital Age

‘We are always looking forward to the next big thing.’ Tonbridge’s Head of Digital Creativity Paul Huxley defines not only his department’s philosophy with such a comment, but also a core of belief of Tonbridge as a whole.

The School encourages innovation and digital creativity is one method by which we can nurture curiosity and a cutting-edge skill-set in our boys.

The School’s decision to reassess what was the ICT curriculum in 2013 was ahead of its time and pre-empted the national move to abolish ICT in favour of computing. From September of that year, ‘Information Systems’ at Tonbridge became Digital Creativity and this is now established as a dynamic, creative subject in which both boys and teachers embrace new, emerging technology and learn together.

Boys in the Novi (first year) now write their own web-based apps or use readily available software to create their own computer games. Second year boys are encouraged to develop their digital capacities further and use their lesson time to compose music, learn how to use 3D-drawing software to create objects for 3D printing, develop their own websites, shoot and edit short films or learn a new programming language. This module is called Digital Enterprise and the boys are encouraged to pursue their own interests as far as they can.

Paul said: ‘We haven’t completely abandoned the core skills – dubbed Digital Literacy – but these are now embedded in the schemes of work of other subjects around the School. It leaves Digital Creativity free to look at the code behind the web, for example, and allows boys to develop their skills in new and growing areas.’

In conjunction with curricular developments, there have been some significant changes to the learning environment too. What was once the department office was cleared out in November 2014, redecorated and equipped with some of the latest digital technologies for the boys to experiment with. This provided the impetus to examine the main teaching room – largely unchanged since the completion of the Vere Hodge Centre in 1996 – and to radically change the look and feel of the space. The room has now been transformed into a clean, light and dynamic area that has totally altered the environment and given Digital Creativity the space to match its ambitions.

This summer we saw the refurbishment of another, smaller room, which will be equipped with five Raspberry Pi workstations. These credit card sized devices, developed in Cambridge and launched in 2012, are now the UK’s fastest-selling computers and are at the core of the computer science revolution that has taken place in education. They will be accessible to any boy that is interested in finding out what goes on ‘inside the box’.

Paul added: ‘The great thing about Digital Creativity is that the development of new and exciting areas for boys and staff to embrace and learn from is always just around the corner.’

‘The next new and exciting development is just around the corner.’


Paul Huxley


The School was working with Child Action Lanka, a charity that works to transform the lives of disadvantaged children in the country.

Small groups of Tonbridgians were sent across the country to coach players from different areas and then bring them back to Kandy.

But rugby was just the starting point. Members of the whole school community were in Sri Lanka to assist with school building, teaching, training courses and other volunteer work. The trip took place under the School’s community outreach arm, Tonbridge Community Action (TCA).

Project Lead and Head of Learning Support for the School, Jonathan Lewis, said: ‘We are developing boys’ learning and thinking skills and it is all very much on a national and even international stage for them and the School.

‘We secured the national rugby stadium, which is quite something, and the High Commissioner presented the awards. One of my roles in this was the media and marketing side and I was speaking to newspapers and television about it out there, so it was a big deal.

‘We were looking for our boys to be self-motivating, to be self-reliant, to participate and show empathy. It has been a life-changing experience for many of them.’

Jonathan is keen to stress the rugby tournament was simply a central point from which a range of other ‘Tonbridge’ activities and support projects could take place.

‘Boys worked in local schools doing some English teaching, worked on building projects, renovating old school buildings, painting …’ he said. ‘They lived in the country, in the community, and experienced very basic conditions. Some were sleeping on floors with matting, some in buildings without much of a roof, others were on a tea plantation and they were really worked hard.’

Staff too helped to provide guidance and expertise. Jonathan himself delivered teacher training to the volunteers who try to educate street children in the country. He added: ‘This was about Tonbridge, through the TCA saying, “What can we do and how can we help?”’

During the summer of 2015, boys from Tonbridge School took on the remarkable challenge of travelling to Sri Lanka to find young rugby players and mould them into teams to compete at a tournament held in the country’s national stadium.

Tonbridge in Sri Lanka

‘The support we received was exceptional. Gilbert (the sports manufacturer), generously supplied equipment. The art department produced t-shirts. The boys raised funds with a swimathon and other endeavours.

‘We found out some of the kids out there needed cricket equipment. So to test our boys self-reliance we said to them before they left, “Here is an empty cricket bag - can you take it out to Sri Lanka full?” They didn’t disappoint.’

Jonathan is determined this will not be a one-off venture for the School.

‘We want this to be a lasting partnership. Everyone from the School should be able to go out to Sri Lanka as part of their own personal development … to be able to go out there, during holiday time and offer their support and to have that experience, whether it’s a porter, teacher, cleaner, a member of the sports staff, whoever …’

And he is sure the boys and staff who visited this summer came back changed from their experience and also challenged. Time was offered at the end of the trip for boys to talk about their experiences and thoughts.

‘There is no getting away from the fact that some of this is heavy stuff, with boys seeing poverty the likes of which they won’t have witnessed before,’ said Jonathan. ‘It is important to allow them to discuss that and the impact it has had on them.

‘The change in some of them is obvious. In my experience Tonbridge boys are remarkable boys anyway, certainly a lot different from how I was as a teenager. That compassion and sense of wanting to help is already there.

‘But there is no doubt in my mind it has been a positive influence and has greatly aided their development in a way that will stay with them for the rest of their lives.’

‘This is Tonbridge saying, “What can we do to help?”’



Much has been written in recent years about ‘Mindfulness’ and Tonbridge teacher and housemaster Richard Burnett is a key voice in the movement as the co-founder of the Mindfulness in Schools Project.

Mindfulness involves learning to direct attention to one’s experience as it unfolds, moment by moment, rather than worrying about what has happened or might happen. It has its origins in Buddhist thinking and meditation practice, but is now completely secular and has been simplified to suit a Western context. Numerous independent studies have identified benefits for those who use the technique.

An example of forward thinking and a willingness to embrace new ideas, the School was the first to include Mindfulness in its curriculum. The Mindfulness in Schools Project has developed a programme for schools called ‘.b’ (dot-be), which stands for ‘Stop, Breathe and Be’. It is a curriculum that students find fun, accessible and relevant to their lives and it was developed in the classrooms of Tonbridge before being introduced to other schools in the UK and beyond with enormous success.

The Mindfulness in Schools Project team is in constant demand. Over 1,000 teachers from 35 countries have been trained in .b and the course has been translated into eight languages. Richard has provided testimony on its benefits to All Parliamentary Groups in the House of Commons and delivered talks at TEDx events.

For many pupils the course can lead to immediate and striking results: they feel happier, calmer and more fulfilled; they can concentrate better; they have a toolkit to deal with stress and anxiety.

Other organisations have become aware of the advantages of practicing Mindfulness. It is proving hugely popular within the education, health and business sectors and Mindfulness has received plenty of coverage in the media, even making the front cover of ‘Time’ magazine under the title, ‘The Mindful Revolution’.

Tonbridge is leading the way in a practice designed to help students, and many others, deal with stress and feel happier by focusing on the present.

Mindfulness at Tonbridge

Richard is keen to point out that Mindfulness is not the latest self-help fad.

He said: ‘It is certainly not some sort of quick-fix panacea and it would be a very poor teacher who suggests that it is. It takes practice and patience. Mindfulness is, however, a useful tool that people can benefit from if they choose to do so.

‘Real Mindfulness, I say, is about ‘being alive and knowing it’. It is about tuning into the here and now and getting in touch with your mind and body, not taking yourself to another place or creating an alternative state of mind.

‘It is education rather than therapy, and is not designed to address serious mental health problems, although it can certainly help with some difficult emotional states.’

Indeed, Mindfulness is now one of the preferred treatments for depression and anxiety recommended by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence.

However, Richard is keen to point out that Mindfulness isn’t simply for dealing with stress, but has another role, especially for young people.

‘It is about flourishing. It can help young people to achieve and improve at the other end of the spectrum, in academia, music or sport. It can help them concentrate and focus and feel happier generally,’ he said.

Recently it was announced that the Wellcome Trust has granted more than £5m to Oxford University to carry out a Randomised Control Trial into the effectiveness of mindfulness in schools, and they will be working with .b teachers.

It seems clear that interest in Mindfulness, and the role of Tonbridge in developing the .b curriculum, will continue to grow as more people discover its benefits.

‘Mindfulness is about being alive and knowing it.’Richard Burnett



A Thinker of the First RankI started writing this article on June 4th, the anniversary of William H. R. Rivers’ premature death in 1922, the great year of modernism. In the July of that year in the ‘Tonbridgian’ an obituary for the day boy who was here at the school from 1877 to 1880 ends thus: ‘Through Dr Rivers’ death, the world loses a thinker of the first rank.’ Rivers was only 58 years old. His death was, in all senses, untimely and cruel; he was one of the most innovatory and forward-thinking polymaths of the last century.

It has been a very warm Whitsuntide weekend in Cambridge and Rivers, a fellow from 1902, and, from 1919, Praelector of Natural Sciences, at St John’s College, had instructed his college servant to take the Saturday off to enjoy the good weather. Typically selfless and thoughtful. He prepared his own breakfast, but a twisted hernia led him to collapse and, alone, to suffer in agony for long hours. By the time help came and he was taken to the Evelyn Nursing Home, the operation was too late to save him.

The impact of his death was profound and wide-reaching. His friend and colleague, the psychologist Frederic Bartlett wrote thus: ‘As I approached the College on the morning of June 5th I saw the flag at half mast. He had, in fact, died in the early afternoon of the preceding day. Never have I known so deep a gloom settle upon the College as fell upon it at that time. There was hardly a man - young or old - who did not seem to be intimately and personally affected. Rivers knew nearly everybody. As Praelector of Natural Sciences at St. John’s he interviewed all the science freshmen when they came first into residence and, in an amazing number of cases, he kept in close touch with them throughout their Cambridge career. Everybody who came into contact with him was stimulated and helped to a degree which those who are acquainted only with his published works can never fully realise.’

‘Fires in the dark you build; tall quivering flames In the huge midnight forest of the unknown.’ Siegfried Sassoon: from ‘A Very Wise Man’, 1920

Fires in the DarkWilliam Halse Rivers (Old Tonbridgian, 1877-1880)

Pioneering StudyRivers’ life was spent in pioneering study, as he sought to help others overcome crippling trauma and mental distress; he may be said to have established psychology and social anthropology as academic disciplines in the United Kingdom. His work at Craiglockhart Hospital during World War One was revolutionary and went against the grain. An ethnologist, clinical neurologist, anthropologist and experimental psychologist, his study of dreams was applied to the crippling neuroses and physiological impact of ‘shell-shock’ on men who had been fighting at the front. ‘Conflict and Dreams’ (1923) a posthumous collection of lectures delivered by Rivers, edited by Dr G. Elliot Smith, is a good place to start: ‘Dr Rivers’s chief argument is that dreams are attempts to solve in sleep conflicts which are disturbing the waking life.’

Humane and WiseHis empathic treatment of shell-shocked soldiers was both humane and wise, based on scientific study and simple compassion. It led him to ‘talking’ therapy, where a patient’s neuroses, triggered by repression – an attempted forgetting – of terrible experiences, were encouraged back into the consciousness by talk. This (as an alternative to a variety of shock treatments, or a ‘stiff upper lip’ denial of the display of strong emotions) anticipates much of our thinking on, and treatment of, what we now refer to as ‘post-traumatic stress disorder’. It led him famously to meetings with some of the great writers on war including Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves. He was a man whose life can be measured by its beneficial and lasting impact on others.

Day Boy with a StammerRivers had come a long way. A day boy with a stammer. ‘A paralytic stammer. Not just any old stammer.’ ( As the fictional construct, Billy Prior, reflects in The Ghost Road) With that odd unexplained stammer there in his name. We know little of his time at Tonbridge: diffident yet resolute, a bright spark (winner of prizes for ‘Good Work’ and ‘Classics’ in the IV Form, 1878), keen on debate (elected to the Debating Society on June 10th 1879) and sport, with a leaning towards the sciences. Early academic hopes of going up to Cambridge were put on the back burner due to serious illness in 1880.

Lonely SentinelI went up to Cambridge to find his resting place; I marched north along the Huntingdon Road, turning left into All Souls’ Lane and up into the Ascension Burial Ground. Here lie some of the greatest thinkers that Cambridge has nurtured, including Wittgenstein. Many of the plots are overgrown, untended. I found, with a start, Rivers’ gravestone after hours of tentative exploration. There it was. A lonely sentinel, in a remote spot next to a gap in a hedge; a stark Celtic Cross rising from the wild flowers and waist-high seeding grasses (see image). The story of his life seemed captured in this image: truly, to use Milton’s words, one of ‘heroic martyrdom/Unsung’.

Who is Rivers?When Paul Whittle delivered a lecture at Cambridge on Rivers in 1997 he did so to mark the centenary of Rivers’ appointment as University Lecturer in Physiological and Experimental Psychology. Whittle recounts that one of his graduate students when told of the subject had asked him ‘Oh Yes. Who is Rivers? ’ so firm had the neglect of Rivers work in psychology become. And this was on the back of the fine Regeneration trilogy by Pat Barker published between 1991 and 1995; with The Ghost Road, the third novel, winning the Booker Prize. Most people probably know of Rivers via these works or the depiction of him by Jonathan Pryce in the film of the books. Or maybe from Siegfried Sassoon’s autobiography (under the veil of The Memoirs of George Sherston) where, in the third part, an entire chapter is devoted to Rivers: ‘All that matters is my remembrance of the great and good man who gave me his friendship and his guidance.’

Unconquerable OptimismRivers lives on through the works, words and lives of others. In 1997 at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, the Rivers Centre was opened, a clinic for the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. On a minor key next to this the new headmaster’s house at Tonbridge, completed in 2005, was named ‘Rivers House’. Once you start to realise the scale and nature of Rivers’ achievements you are gripped. The marvellous obituary notice from Frederic Bartlett includes this: ‘..it is of Rivers as a man that we think; of his eager and unconquerable optimism, and of his belief in the possible greatness of all things human. Whatever may be the verdict of the years upon his published works, the influence of his vivid personality will remain for all who knew him as one of the best things that have ever entered their lives.’

Siegfried Sassoon, who suffered terribly from Rivers’ death (he fainted at the funeral and admitted to being haunted by him), arguably articulated this loss in the finest ways: ‘I would very much like to meet Rivers in the next life. It is difficult to believe that such a man as he could be extinguished.’

© Peter Carpenter 2015

Peter Carpenter has taught at Tonbridge School from 1992; during this time he has been Head of English and Director of Teaching and Learning. He has written six collections of poetry, numerous reviews, essays and articles, including the chapter on creative writing for the Oxford Handbook of Contemporary British and Irish Poetry. He has been a visiting fellow at the universities of Warwick and Reading.

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Rivers’ grave in Cambridge

Jonathan Pryce as Rivers in ‘Regeneration’

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The table opposite shows key numbers for Tonbridge School, highlighting that:

• The number of boys in the School fluctuates a little year-on-year, but the School has been at capacity for the last five years, with around 60% of the boys being boarders;

• Our aim continues to be to ensure that no boy who could benefit from a Tonbridge education is prevented from doing so by his parents’ inability to pay the fees; the number of boys receiving means-tested support has dropped slightly over the last five years as fewer boys have needed financial support;

• The interaction between the boys and our teachers continues to be at the core of our academic, co-curricular and pastoral provision, and we have kept the pupil teacher ratio almost constant over recent years (at 7.9 pupils per teacher) to help maintain the quality of this interaction;

• Results in public examinations continue to be very strong with 78% of grades being A* or A at A-level, and over 90% being A* or A at GCSE in 2015.

From a financial perspective:

• Total fee income is now over £20m a year;

• The School forgoes approximately £2.5m of fee income every year by providing bursaries and scholarships to recognise the most able on entry, and to ensure that the School attracts and retains the boys who could benefit most from what the School has to offer, regardless of their parents’ ability to pay;

• Our fee income (or Total Fees Receivable) does not fully cover the School’s expenditure (on staff, equipment and services); the School relies on donations (from the Judd Foundation and from individuals) and trading income (from the hire of its facilities) to generate a positive surplus (measured as Incoming Resources or Movement in Funds) each year;

• We have continued to invest in the School’s facilities and equipment, with the latest additions being the permanent tennis courts, extended gym and pavilion, extension to Dry Hill House for English, and full refurbishment of Ferox Hall. The small Net Cash surplus generated each year is allocated to reserves for future development, including the redevelopment of the Smythe Library.

Anthony Moore, Bursar

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A Message From The BursarKey numbers for Tonbridge School

BOyS IN THE SCHOOL 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15Number of Boarders Number at the start of the year 446 447 454 458 461Number of Day Boys Number at the start of the year 337 333 328 321 328Total Number of Boys in the School Number at the start of the year 783 780 782 779 789% of Boys Receiving Means-Tested Support Number at the start of the year 11.1% 10.5% 9.8% 8.9% 7.2%

TEACHERS AND THE TEACHING POPULATION 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15Total Number of Full-Time Teaching Staff Including all teachers 92 93 93 92 92Total Number of Part-Time Teaching Staff Including all teachers 13 11 10 11 13Total Number of Teachers in the School 105 104 103 103 105Number of Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Teachers

Including all teachers 99.59 99.37 98.54 98.48 100.11

Pupil / Teacher Ratio Total Boys / FTE Teachers 7.86 7.85 7.94 7.91 7.88

ExAMINATION RESULTS 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15A2: Average UCAS Points per Candidate (AS + A2)

2015 results are before remarks 468.8 466.6 478.6 467.4 469.4

A2: % Boys achieving AAB or better 2015 results are before remarks 78.2% 76.4% 81.6% 74.3% 78.3%A2: % of A* and A Grades 2015 results are before remarks 76.8% 74.8% 77.4% 77.2% 78.3%GCSE: Mean Grade per Entry Mean grade where A*=8, A=7 etc. 7.56 7.45 7.56 7.67 7.55GCSE: % of A* and A Grades 2015 results are before remarks 93.3% 89.3% 92.1% 94.6% 91.9%

HEADLINE FINANCIAL NUMBERS 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15Total Gross Fees (£m) Tuition and other fees receivable 21.3 22.2 23.4 24.3 25.3Bursaries and Scholarships (£m) 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.3Total Expenditure (£m) Gross Fees less Bursaries & Scholarships 19.4 20.0 20.9 22.5 23.5Surplus before Donations and Trading (£m) Income less costs -0.5 -0.3 0.0 -0.6 -0.5Net Income From Donations and Trading (£m) 2.1 2.7 2.0 2.0 3.6Net Incoming Resources (£m) From the three numbers above 1.6 2.4 2.0 1.4 3.1Net Movement in Funds (£m) After investment lossess/gains & transfers 2.0 2.3 2.2 1.5 3.2School Net Cash Flow (£m) From operations, financing & investments 0.6 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.5Investment in Fixed Assets (£m) 0.7 1.2 0.3 3.0 4.9

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From small beginnings, with a pioneering committee and a limited number of members, Anthony guided the Society through its first eighteen months with the energy for which he is famous. However, schoolmasters of Seldon’s ability seldom remain in one place for long, and when he moved from Tonbridge to a Deputy Headship, I was invited by Martin Hammond to be the Society’s next Chairman.

In those days the Society was a relatively modest affair. On the committee were half a dozen very hard working parents and a couple of colleagues, but under half the Tonbridge parents were members, and inviting speakers to come and talk was a rather nerve-wracking experience; you could never be sure of the size of the audience!

How things have changed. Over a hundred events - lectures, evening classes, trips and social occasions took place last year and the society has flourished. The membership now includes over 1100 families (OT’s can join too) and with a turnover approaching £370 000 this year there has been a great deal going on. We try and make sure there is something for everyone, whatever their interests or tastes.

There are regular trips to the West End to see opera, ballet and theatre, while at the School, parents can attend Art Study Days, learn Mandarin, study Italian, make jewellery, discover the art of photography or brush up on their creative writing. Our location makes it easier to recruit top quality speakers from London and this year speakers have included Nicola Horlick, Jonathan Smith, Sir Paul Britton and Harry Collins. Our City walks are always oversubscribed and in the summer there are lots of trips to gardens. The visits abroad are particularly popular and over the years we have visited more than twenty European cities, often guided by colleagues from the Common Room. This year we have had trips to both China and Poland. And, if you enjoy a good party, then you need to look no further than the PAS Summer Ball, which took place on the Upper Hundred, a week before Skinner’s Day. 540 people attended.

So what are we trying to achieve and what does the Parents Arts’ Society contribute to the School? One of the things we set out to do is provide plenty of opportunities for parents to meet and get to know each other. This is important: parents are embarking on a partnership; they are investing a great deal in their boy’s education and we want to make sure that they enjoy their five years at Tonbridge as much as their sons.

The Parents’ Arts SocietyPAS annual update

It is now twenty four years since Anthony Seldon started the Tonbridge School Parents’ Arts Society – and what an inspired idea it has turned out to be.

Another aim is to give everyone a chance to take advantage of some of the educational and cultural opportunities provided by the School. When members of the Common Room give up their time to run classes, parents have a chance to experience the quality of teaching enjoyed by their sons – and they are impressed.

We are not here to raise funds, but there is a lot of public relations benefit which is provided by the Society and we try and support the school community as much as we can. Membership extends to everyone at Tonbridge – not just the Common Room – and we support the Arts in a number of areas. Where possible, boys are encouraged to come to our events, particularly the lectures.

Above all the success of the Society is down to the committee and the support we receive from our members: it is no surprise to find that a school with outstanding boys also has some very talented parents. Over the years we have had the good fortune to recruit some exceptionally gifted people on to the committee. The time and care they take and the hours of work they put in, all on a voluntary basis, is of enormous benefit to the School.

So I would like to end by paying tribute to the enormous amount of work the Parents’ Arts Society committee has done on behalf of the membership and the School. We are determined to continue to provide top quality events, trips and lectures to the Tonbridge school community, to OT’s and to all of our enthusiastic, appreciative and cultured Tonbridge parents.

David Tennant, Chairman of the Parents’ Arts Society

A PAS trip abroad


Donations ReceivedBy supporting the Excellence for All Campaign you are part of a philanthropic network helping the School provide an education of unsurpassed depth and breadth and we are enormously grateful for every gift.

BENEFACTORSThis group of donors collectively have given/pledged over £638,000Mr & Mrs T B Barry* Former ParentsMr & Mrs E C K Chan* ParentsM A Colvill* FH 54-58J R Davie* JH 59-64Mr & Mrs D J Flint Former ParentsP B Judd* Former ParentsMr & Mrs J Lovering Former ParentsNicholas C Miles SH 71-75Edward C Pong Former ParentsMr & Mrs M Serdtsev* ParentsMr & Dr D H Spiller* Former ParentsThe Wolfson Foundation Trust

PIONEERSThis group of donors collectively have given/pledged over £4,000,000Mr & Mrs J Aisbitt* Former ParentsMr Y Cao & Ms L Chen ParentsMr & Mrs J Coldman* Former ParentsDFN Charitable Foundation ParentsMr C Gillmore ParentMr D S Lee & Mrs H J Lim ParentsMr & Mrs R Ma Former ParentsMr & Mrs R Munton* Former ParentsMr & Mrs G Rochussen ParentsMr M Ross-Collins (on behalf of the late W B Collins)

Friend

Mr J Rubin & Ms C Amanpour ParentsMr & Mrs T Shields Former Parents

Sc 64-68Mr & Mrs J Whiter Former Parents

PATRONSThis group of donors collectively have given/pledged over £1,600,000Dr E R Arnold HS 34-39Mr & Mrs P F Blain Former ParentsMr & Mrs J Bourne Former ParentsH R T Bowen* PH 29-33I D Boyce* JH 58-63Mr & Mrs P A Brown Former ParentsR D Brown HS 61-65Mr & Mrs A J Burke Former ParentsA J Butler JH 47-52Dr J D H Cave Sc 42-47Mr & Mrs J Chawner Former ParentsMr A K S Cheung & Mrs I L Y Law

Parents

Jonathan Cohen GovernorC C S Cotton* FH 55-59Mr & Mrs M F Creamer* Former ParentsMr A S C Davison & Mrs E A Desmond*

Former Parents

Robert J Elliott Former Parents, Governor

M Evans* HS 77-82Mr & Mrs M Frayne Former ParentsMr & Mrs S Gee* ParentsD J Greenslade * Sc 47-51Mr & Mrs M P Hanwell Former ParentsMr & Mrs M J Harris Former ParentsMr & Ms M J Head* Former parentsJ D G Hooper Sc 55-59Mr & Mrs R I Hough* ParentsMr & Mrs N K Howick Former ParentsMr & Mrs R Hui Former Parents

We value each and every donation and are delighted to see so many donors giving on a regular basis. As you know our House Foundation Award programme is an important aspect of our Excellence for All campaign and we would like to acknowledge all those who have supported this scheme (*).

Depending on the level of support you will be invited to join a network of like-minded individuals. The highest level of recognition is for our Pioneer Funders and in return for their outstanding generosity we host regular dinners and events throughout the year. We provide similar engagement opportunities for our other supporter networks known as Benefactors and Patrons.

N L Jarrett SH 47-50Sir Brian Jenkins GBE MH 49-54J Keevil JH 62-66P C Keevil* JH 60-64M W Keyte* Sc 57-61Ms E Lai* Former ParentA L Lambert SH 30-35J G Leahy Esq Former Parent

PH 74-79

Mr & Mrs D W M Lee ParentsS P G Lee* WH 74-79Mr W Lee & Ms A Wong ParentsMr A R K L Li & Mrs A Wu ParentsMr & Mrs R C W Liang Former ParentsMr & Mrs E John Llewellyn-Lloyd

Former Parents

Mr & Mrs T Lowrie Former ParentsD J Macnamara* WH 70-75Mr & Mrs P A Maltz Former ParentsMajor A G Marsden WH 34-39Sir Arthur Marshall OBE HS 18-22R J Mathieu Sc 80-85J N M McLean OBE* JH 67-71Lord & Lady C Moynihan Former ParentsMr & Mrs G H Musker Former ParentsMr & Mrs M M H Ngan Former ParentsA R Nichols* Sc 50-54Mr & Mrs P O'Grady Former ParentsMr & Mrs M L O'Neil Former ParentsMr & Mrs R B M Odds Former ParentsMr & Mrs A G Paisley* ParentsMr & Mrs N S Pike Former ParentsG M Powell* MH 59-64A E Proud HS 83-87

Mr & Mrs C D Randell* Former ParentsA J Seale PS 53-57C J Stewart* FH 56-61The Madeline Mabey Trust TrustThe Tennis & Rackets Associations

Organisation

Mr & Mrs A D Thorne* Former ParentsMr & Mrs N K Tozzi Former ParentsK A Walker JH 85-90Mr & Mrs P F Wallace* Former ParentsMr & Mrs L Webb ParentsE J Wray* MH 81-86Mr & Mrs A Paisley * ParentsG M Powell * MH 59-64A Proud HS 83-87Mr & Mrs G Rochussen ParentsA J Seale PS 53-57J Keevil JH 62-66P C Keevil * JH 60-64M W Keyte * Sc 57-61A L Lambert SH 30-35Mr & Mrs D Lee * ParentsMr D S Lee & Mrs H J Lim ParentsMr W Lee & Ms A Wong ParentsJames G Leahy * PH 74-79D J Macnamarama * WH 70-75A G Marsden WH 34-39A G Marshall HS 18-22Rupert J Mathieu Sc 80-85D J Macnamarama * WH 70-75A G Marsden WH 34-39A G Marshall HS 18-22Rupert J Mathieu Sc 80-85E J Wray * MH 81-86

* Support for House Foundation Award programme



GIVING FOR 6 yRSN A Birrell* HS 36-39Lieutenant Colonel H M MacNicol

PS 41-44

B I Nathan SH 47-50A G L Rich* PH 48-52R A C Berkeley* OBE HS 51-56J D Gibbs* FH 56-61E C Heathcote* MH 58-63C Knox JH 58-63T S Falconer* FH 60-65J N Clarke Sc 63-68R M Hadfield* MH 67-71Colonel M S Adams* WH 72-77

GIVING FOR 5 yRSC T S Hawkins* HS 39-43R W N Payne* HS 44-48Dr T V N Merriam* PH 50-51B D Mitchell* FH 51-55P C Thompson* WH 55-60I A Stoker* HS 56-60F I Sumner* FH 56-60Dr J H Newman* FH 57-61I A Miles Sc 71-76J D Tullett SH 72-76C M Ogilvie PH 78-83M J C Smallwood PH 80-84E C Rash MH 85-90I A Jensen-Humphreys FH 91-96J D Clements FH 96-01J A N Solomon* MH 97-02

GIVING FOR 4 yRSR E Godson Sc 47-51R J Warburton* HS 48-53Lieutenant Colonel J J White WH 49-53G R C Hubbard PH 53-58D N M Andrews PH 54-59R M Jackson FCA FH 57-60J D Emms* Sc 66-71P D L Marwood* WH 67-71M C Titcomb* JH 76-80C J R Rash* MH 78-82A M Spurling JH 78-83P B Weston HS 82-87J G Donne PH 85-90D K R Peyton* SH 88-93M T Agate HS 93-98J D Parkin* PS 96-01A D Judd Sc 00-05O R Whiteman* JH 02-07

GIVING FOR 3 yRSA C Gardner* PH 44-50G H Dudley HS 47-51M J Judge* HS 48-52M G Roffey JH 56-60W T Whight* SH 56-60T J Forrest WH 57-61T J Grant* HS 61-66A S C Law JH 66-71C S W Swingland PS 66-71R C Jones WH 67-68D J Moran MH 72-75G W Hazelwood SH 79-84C E Myatt FH 81-86M C Pettman WW 81-85A S Cheuk Sc 82-87A G Colling SH 82-87R M Sankey PS 83-87A E Instance PS 85-90R P Walker SH 86-91J E N Butcher PS 90-95D T S Fitzgerald SH 92-97W J Gelling OBE WH 92-96T B Kelly JH 92-97P J Murphy Sc 92-97Dr P S Sehmi MH 92-97T C F Atwood CH 93-98Lieutenant William J Flegg WH 93-98D C M Gould WH 93-98G T H Featherstone HS 98-03

GIVING FOR 2 yRSP T Warren FH 46-49Commander D Dawson-Taylor RN (retd)

FH 47-52

N H Clutton OBE* HS 48-51J T Ireland* HS 56-60Dr P A Weller Sc 60-64D N Odling HS 61-65The Rev A E Evans WH 71-76Dr P W P Bearcroft* WH 77-81A E Proud HS 83-87

GIVING FOR 1 yRSP F Hills* JH 39-44A W Riddiford JH 53-54P J Macann FH 58-60A McGlauflin* PH 62-63Dr and Mrs M G Redley PH 62-67K M Hammoud JH 80-85T D Faulkner HS 81-86W C W Chan Sc 95-00D Lapidus FH 04-09J Zhang Sc 11-13

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Old Tonbridgians

GIVING FOR 12 yRSC W N Salmon* WH 69-73J G Hutchinson* JH 74-78

GIVING FOR 11 yRSGroup Captain P G Hill RAF* PH 35-40Dr K G R Somer PS 43-46M A A Garrett MBE* HS 51-55D J P Hadler* SH 51-54A W Brice* PS 52-57N J Hatch* SH 53-57F W R Stocks* Sc 53-58A E Rice-Oxley WH 57-62I D Boyce* JH 58-63Dr J S F Holden SH 74-79I M Mitchell Sc 76-80R I Hough* PH 79-84

GIVING FOR 10 yRSK L Osborne JH 35-39Brigadier J B Wilks CBE Retd PH 44-50R H M Lindesay* PH 49-54Dr M D Sanders PH 49-53Dr D J D Farrow PS 51-55H D T Moss TD HS 53-59R P G Le Marchand WH 59-64J V P Drury* FH 60-65D R Walsh* HON 72-09J W Aisher* FH 74-79S P G Lee* WH 74-79J P Blackmore* SH 75-80Dr J McManus PhD WH 89-94J R T Rogers* PH 95-00

GIVING FOR 9 yRSK R Pointon* MH 46-51D J Greenslade* Sc 47-51H B Foskett* HS 49-53Sir B G Jenkins GBE* MH 49-54D P Goodwin* JH 50-54B Coleman* WH 53-56R A Dalzell* HS 54-58B A Judd* HS 55-59A V Maltby PS 56-60J P Durant* HS 57-61P D E Logsdon* PH 58-62Dr P G Frost* WH 59-63Lieutenant Colonel D A H Sievwright

Sc 59-63

C E R Ledsam HS 62-66A M Charlton QC* JH 71-76M Evans* HS 77-82M G Gibson* HS 79-83

GIVING FOR 8 yRSD B Farrar* MH 43-48R A Clay* HS 48-53J A Clemence CBE TD JH 50-55A R Nichols* Sc 50-54E R Hickmott* WH 51-55J D Darby* HS 52-56D R M Dunbar* HS 52-57G C Shaw* HS 53-58C A B Hamilton* PH 54-59P R Langridge* SH 56-60C J Stewart FH 56-61C D A Rosenmeyer* SH 62-67N B Denison* WH 72-76A T Sprague* MH 72-76G P Robbins* MH 73-77C J Wise* WW 78-82P S Shea* PS 87-92S G Zeronian JH 87-92M A Patrick* SH 88-93S E Carr-Jones* JH 95-00J I R McKerchar PS 96-01O E Tetlow* PS 96-01

GIVING FOR 7 yRSDr J D H Cave* Sc 42-47M B Bosher* HS 43-46J M Combes* MH 55-60N H O Clough* FH 57-62P B Hoole WH 58-63R P Morris* PS 58-62Sir Christopher W Bellamy QC* Sc 59-64A C B Addison PS 62-67N J Goddard SH 63-68J P H Chishick* Sc 64-68W M Knocker* Sc 66-70R H J Newey SH 69-74Dr J D Budd HS 70-73G R M Ludlow-Thompson* Sc 70-74D J Macnamara* WH 70-75G N A Faller* FH 72-76Hon Mr Justice; Sir G R Newey* SH 72-76C B Passmore* Sc 72-77A J Edwards* Sc 73-78A C Wright* PH 75-80D C P Roberts* WW 76-81J B M Pearce PH 79-84J C C Cross PS 81-86P A Brice* FH 82-87J M M Wilmot* FH 82-86J P Arscott PH 83-88F J D Evans FH 83-88M D M Aylwin* PH 85-90C D Walsh PH 89-94M J Bluett* PH 90-95M E Fry* PH 93-98P C Jones JH 95-00L T S McMullan* PH 95-00G J Withers* WH 97-02C F Young* PH 99-04

All our donors will be invited to special events throughout the year including a drinks reception in the summer term in Skinners’ library hosted by the Headmaster.


Members of The Judde SocietyA recognition group for all those who have included Tonbridge School in their will. The total pledged to date is almost £4m

FEROxM A Colvill FH 54-58M G Falcon FH 54-59C C S Cotton FH 55-59C J Stewart FH 56-61A M Box FH 57-61R N Langridge FH 57-59L J Watt FH 59-63S T P Davies FH 78-83

HILL SIDEP T Stainforth HS 35-40J R Taylor HS 42-47R M Garnett HS 46-50R A Clay HS 48-53The Reverend C H A Garrett

HS 48-53

R A C Berkeley OBE HS 51-56M A A Garrett MBE HS 51-55I S Perkins HS 51-56B K C Nathan HS 53-57G C Shaw HS 53-58R A Dalzell HS 54-58Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Wilson KCB AFC

HS 54-59

G J F Berkeley HS 55-59T J Farr HS 55-59Anonymous (1)

JUDDE HOUSEK L Osborne JH 35-39D K Cattell JH 39-43Major I Mayman DL C St J JH 43-45R F Schooling JH 48-53C B Maeers JH 50-54W R Sylvester JH 50-55P S Young JH 53-57J Searle JH 55-60Anonymous (4)

MANOR HOUSED H Evans MH 39-44Dr K W Braybon MH 42-47J Kitching MH 48-53J W Nobbs MH 49-54B D Price FCA MH 53-57E C Heathcote, FRAeS MH 58-63E A Dilworth MH 74-78

PARK HOUSED H Goodland PH 41-46Sir John Leahy KCMG PH 41-46D L Thomas MA MIEE PH 44-49A B Rye PH 45-49R H M Lindesay PH 49-54J G Wiltshier PH 51-56P D E Logsdon PH 58-62P A Jupp PH 63-68E M Wesson PH 79-83Anonymous (3)

PARKSIDED S Kemp PS 42-47A C Vivian CBE Ret'd PS 46-51R M Foulsham PS 47-51D W H Farmer PS 49-53A J Taylor PS 52-57J E Gordon PS 53-58A J Seale PS 53-57P Hayes PS 57-62Anonymous (1)

SCHOOL HOUSEW K Brown DFC Sc 34-39D A Emms OBE Sc 38-43C R Butterworth Sc 44-48The Reverend N C Evans MA Sc 44-48M S Mander Sc 49-52A R Nichols Sc 50-54J P M Collins Sc 51-55J B S Townend QC Sc 51-55R N Sax Sc 52-57J I H Mackintosh Sc 53-58Lieutenant Colonel D A H Sievwright

Sc 59-63

Colonel B R Anderson MVO Sc 61-64J D Emms Sc 66-71Anonymous (6)

SMyTHE HOUSESir Peter Marshall KCMG, CVOSH 38-43Dr N A G Leadbeater SH 46-49N L Jarrett SH 47-50C A Lark SH 48-53C R Berridge SH 51-56A B Cardwell SH 51-57D J P Hadler SH 51-54Anonymous (3)

WELLDON HOUSED C L Marwood WH 36-40A G Marsden WH 34-39M A S Berks WH 47-50Colonel R Lea DSO MBE WH 47-52John E Boulding WH 48-53Lieutenant Colonel J J White WH 49-53B Coleman WH 53-56P W A Lake WH 55-60W G S Winter WH 55-59C R Pettman, CA WH 56-61Dr P R Nailor WH 74-78Anonymous (1)

LEGACIES RECEIVEDLegacies received this financial year ending 30th June 2015.A L Lambert SH 30-35A G Marsden WH 34-39Christopher R Brooke FH 44-49John E Boulding WH 48-53

FRIENDS OF TONBRIDGE SCHOOL & STAFFM H Bushby HON 54-91D R Walsh HON 72-09Anonymous (3)

Parents

Mr & Mrs J W AisherDr & Mrs D J AthertonMr & Mrs P A R AylmerMr & Mrs J R BaillieMr & Mrs N G BakerMr & Mrs J G M BallingallMr & Mrs J F BarnesMr & Mrs M BaroneMr & Mrs T G Bevan-ThomasMs Blatch & Mr Eames (Sc 69-74)*Mr & Mrs C Blauth-MuszkowskiMr & Mrs B D BristowMr & Mrs W W Brook*Mr & Mrs C S Brown*Mr & Mrs N P BurrMr Y Cao & Ms L ChenMr & Mrs M J CawthorneMr & Mrs E C K Chan*Dr & Mrs S K CheukMr A K S Cheung & Mrs I L Y LawProfessor B Cheung & Mrs P CheungMr & Mrs A Choo-ChoyMrs J M ClarkMr & Mrs J P CockeMr & Mrs D Collingwood*Mr & Mrs C B CorrinProfessor & Mrs F E Cotter*Mr & Mrs D J CowanMr & Mrs A M DennyMr & Mrs M G C DickensMr & Mrs D M EarlMr & Mrs Tim R Elliott*Mr & Mrs J FrancisMr & Mrs M A Garraway*Mr & Mrs K W GillMr & Mrs G R GittinsMr & Mrs J C GreenMr & Mrs G W Hancock*Mr & Mrs M S Hansra*Mr M J & Dr B Harding*Mrs & Mrs C R HardwickMr & Mrs R B HarveyMr & Mrs S HarveyMr & Ms M J Head*Mr & Mrs J J HendersonMr A Hooke & Mrs H GillinghamMr & Mrs A M HopkinsMr & Mrs R I Hough*Mr & Mrs P HowardMr & Mrs S Jay*

Mr & Mrs M E JennerMr & Mrs D H T JeremyMr & Mrs A V Kemp*Mr & Mrs W F Kendrick*Ms E KheifitsMr & Mrs C P H Knaggs*Mr K W Kwong & Ms K W Lee*Ms E Lai*Mr & Mrs D W M LeeMr D S Lee & Mrs H J LimMr Y Y Lee & Miss A S P CheungMr & Mrs F LegmannMr A R K L Li & Mrs A WuMr S P Llewellyn & Ms M BattesonDr J C LynnA V Maltby EsqMr & Mrs McCarthyDr & Mrs E T McWilliams*Mr P Meakin & Ms J L WileyMr & Mrs L F MoffatDr A Monaghan & Dr H M LeithMr & Mrs A L Monkhouse*Mr & Mrs A W MorrisMr J S MuscatMr & Mrs E C H NgMr & Mrs M J NichollsMr & Mrs D NicholsonMr & Mrs A A OgunyemiMrs H Oliver*Mr & Mrs C D J Pearce*Mr & Mrs D D PercivalMr and Mrs M C PettmanMr & Mrs C P N RayMr & Mrs P D ReddingMr & Mrs G M Rochussen*Mr & Mrs J RowlandMr & Mrs S RuslingMr & Mrs P R ScaramangaMr H H T Sheir & Ms C L H WongMr & Mrs A J C SmitherMr & Mrs R J TaconMr & Mrs M TaylorMrs K E Thurman*Mr & Mrs M TrenowdenMr C H C Tsang & Ms S K L KwongMr & Mrs G P WhiteMr & Mrs N J WilkinMiss L E WillisMr & Mrs R J WoodAnonymous (4)

Charitable Trusts

Goldman, Sachs & Co*

Hong Kong Charitable Trust

The Hong Kong Parents' Society

Tonbridge Educational Foundation

Friends & Staff

Mr L Bruce-Lockhart* Former StaffMr and Mrs T Drayson FriendMr M Henman FriendMr S Kverndal FriendMr A J Leale* StaffMr M S Lindo StaffMr T McIlwaine FriendMr D Pennick FriendDr M Reijers StaffMrs D Richardson* FriendMr R Spender FriendMr R K C Yan* Current

PupilAnonymous (1)


OTs (43%) Parents (56%)

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