Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
School summary
Set in Hertfordshire and tracing its roots to 1939, Tring Park School for the Performing Arts combines a full academic education with serious vocational training in dance, drama and the wider performing arts. It is a small, mixed school of 346 pupils aged 8 to 19, with both day and boarding places and a notably generous pupil-to-teacher ratio of about six to one. The Independent Schools Inspectorate rated the school good overall, with pupils' personal development judged excellent. Just under half of pupils receive SEN support, pointing to a setting attentive to individual needs alongside its specialist focus.
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Latest results
GCSE grade 9-7
46%
National average 23%
A-level A*-A
33%
National average 28%
A-level A*-B
66%
National average 55%
Inspection reports
- ISI rating
- good
- ISI personal development
- excellent
- Last inspected
- 31 October 2022
Teaching & academics
Academic results are strong for a school whose energies are split between the studio and the classroom: 46% of GCSE entries reached grades 9-7, double the national average of 23%, while a third of A-level grades were A*-A and two-thirds A*-B, both ahead of national figures. The curriculum sensibly pairs performance subjects such as Drama and Theatre Studies and Dance with sciences and mathematics at GCSE, and French and Spanish are offered. At sixth form, where 172 pupils study, popular choices include Drama and Theatre Studies, English Literature, Film Studies and Psychology.
Languages
Popular GCSE subjects
Principal · Mr Simon Larter-Evans
Sixth form
- Sixth-form pupils
- 172
Popular A-level subjects
Qualifications offered
Beyond the classroom
Here the distinction between lessons and activities largely dissolves, as performance is woven into daily life through dance, drama and theatre. The boarding community extends the school day, and the government means-tested music and dance scheme can help families with the cost of specialist training.
School life & ethos
- Founded
- 1939
- Religious character
- None
- Boarding
- Yes
- SEN support
- 48.95%
- EHC plans
- 0%
Mobile phone policy
Year 11 pupils and below will not have access to their mobile phones during the school day. Sixth form pupils may keep possession of their phones during the school day on the strict understanding that they are not to be used, seen or heard. Sixth form pupils may access their phones during lunchtime in the sixth form common room or an allocated boarding common room. They should not use their phones elsewhere or at other times during the school day in front of younger pupils.
Fees & bursaries
- Day fees (per year)
- £18,327 - £32,796
- Boarding fees (per year)
- £32,085 - £49,536
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A specialist boarding and day school for committed young performers, where academic results hold their own alongside intensive vocational training. Fees are significant, though means-tested support is available for talented dancers and musicians.
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Compiled from public data. Last checked 5 June 2026.