| Motto | Optima tenete ("Hold onto the best") |
|---|---|
| Established | 1959 |
| Type | Comprehensive academy |
| Headteacher | Dame Susan John, DBE MA (Hons). |
| Specialism | Humanities |
| Location | Lampton Avenue Hounslow Middlesex TW3 4EP England |
| Local authority | Hounslow Council |
| DfE URN | 102538 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Students | 1389 |
| Ages | 11–19 |
| Former name | Spring Grove Grammar School |
| Website | Lampton School |
Lampton School is a comprehensive secondary school, located in Hounslow, Middlesex, England.
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Lampton is a Humanities Specialist School, Leading Edge, and training school which currently has around 1,350 students on roll. Lampton borders the A4 Great West Road in Hounslow, and is next to Lampton Park and Hounslow Civic Centre. This is about one mile west of Spring Grove, and a mile south of the M4 near Heston. Osterley Park is a mile to the north-east.
Its ethnic mix reflects that of the local area, with most students being of Indian subcontinental heritage. That said, the school contains a wide range of ethnicities, including (but not limited to) White British, Pakistani and Somali, and around 30% of students receive free school meals.
Lampton also offers a 6th Form for pupils aged 16 and over, which takes the majority of its intake from Lampton GCSE students, but is also open to applicants from outside the school.
The current headteacher is Dame Susan John, who received her Damehood in the 2011 New Year's Honours List. She is supported by three deputy heads - Norman Lawrence (pastoral), Susan Casey (curriculum) and Ray Whyms (estates, buildings, ICT).
Lampton School was formerly known as Spring Grove Grammar School, a grammar school before being converted to a comprehensive.
The school gained its Humanities Specialist status in 2003, a designation which enabled the building of the Language and Learning Zone (LLZ), a multi-media and ICT suite situated at the western end of the Spring Grove building.
Lampton's motto is "Optima Tenete",[1] which translates roughly as "Hold Onto the Best".
The last OFSTED inspection, in 2008, found the school to be "outstanding".[2]
The school's GCSE results are broadly average,[2] although given the local area, Contextual Value Added at the school is exceptionally good.
The school has in recent years, achieved above average results at both GCSE and A-Level.
The school has a good record of students attaining places on the prestigious Prime Minister's Global Fellowship programme. The school achieved its first student in the inaugural year of the programme, 2008, and in 2009 had 2 more successful applicants.[3]