Hurtwood combines the best elements of the traditional boarding school system with the best elements of the modern sixth form college to create a wholly unique and individual establishment.
Facilities
With state-of-the-art technology and high levels of expertise and instruction, students are given the freedom to be creative and the tools to achieve at the highest level.
Features
Things to note
Sport plays an important part in Hurtwood life. Although it is not compulsory, there is a full programme of sports and other activities every afternoon with a crowded fixture list of inter-school matches and tournaments.
There is a glittering array of performance opportunities – some related to the A-level Theatre Studies course, but many more available outside school hours, all run to professional standards, largely because the teachers are West End/Media pros, absolutely on top of their game jaw-droppingly good concerts and theatre shows.” Good Schools Guide.
Elaborately staged concerts and musical showcases give artistes the opportunity to perform with professional musicians in front of audiences which often include agents and record companies.
Whether it is classical ballet, lyrical jazz, musical theatre, contemporary, tap, flamenco, pas de deux, modern, commecial hip-hop or Bollywood; whether it is for fitness or for fun; and whether it is curricular or extra-curricular, Hurtwood offers an extraordinarily rich and varied diet of dance styles and techniques.
They have one of the most successful and exciting Art & Design, Textiles and Photography departments in the country.
They have high expectations of students and this is reflected by the excellent examination results that have been achieved and the high percentage of students that gain access to Foundation and Degree courses in Art and Design both in the UK and abroad.
Photography is now the most widespread form of image-making in the world. Newspapers and magazines and advertising hoardings feed us thousands of photographic images every day, and they are perhaps more influential than we care to admit.
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