Turing House School is a co-educational comprehensive

secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

which was opened in 2015 in the

London Borough of Richmond The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames () in southwest London forms part of Outer London and is the only London borough on both sides of the River Thames. It was created in 1965 when three smaller council areas amalgamated under the London ...

, south-west London, under the Government's free schools initiative. The proposal for the school was initiated by local parents in 2011 in partnership with the

Russell Education Trust The Russell Education Trust (RET) is a Multi-Academy Trust. It provides educational support services in the creation and operation of free schools. It is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee, with exempt charity status, regulated by the De ...

(RET), who operate four other free schools in the south and south-west of England. Turing House School is named in honour of

Alan Turing Alan Mathison Turing (; 23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical com ...

, the famous mathematician who lived for a while in nearby Hampton when he worked at the National Physical Laboratory. The school is governed by RET, with some governance responsibilities delegated to the school's local governing body.

Performance

In May 2018 the school was rated by

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as "good" overall, with areas being "outstanding". Like other schools, latest exam results and related data are published in the Department for Education's national tables. THSwhitton

Site history

Due to delays in securing a permanent site large enough for a

, Turing House was initially opened in a converted office block in

Teddington Teddington is a suburb in south-west London in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. In 2021, Teddington was named as the best place to live in London by ''The Sunday Times''. Historically in Middlesex, Teddington is situated on a long m ...

, using local sports facilities at Bushy Park, and, from 2018, a second site in

Hampton Hampton may refer to: Places Australia *Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia *Hampton, New South Wales *Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region * Hampton, Victoria Canada * Hampton, New Brunswick *Ha ...

. It moved to its permanent site in Whitton, in April 2022. The site is adjacent to

Borough Cemetery Borough Cemetery is a cemetery in Powder Mill Lane, Heathfield in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, though owned and operated by neighbouring Hounslow Council. It was established in 1942 in what was then the Municipal Borough of Hes ...

, Heathfield Recreation Ground, and Sempervirens Nursery (which is also the head office of the nursery's owner, Kingston Landscape Group). The permanent site resulted in controversy due to the

Metropolitan Open Land "Metropolitan Open Land" or "MOL" is a term or designation used only within London. Land designated MOL is afforded the same level of protection as the Metropolitan Green Belt. Designation is intended to protect areas of landscape, recreation, natu ...

designation.

Admissions

Admissions for Year 7, and in-year admissions for all year groups are handled by Richmond Council's schools admission team. The 2019 Year 7 oversubscription criteria allocate places by distance from two admissions points in Fulwell and Heathfield at a ratio of 80:20.

References

External links

Turing House School website

2015 establishments in England Educational institutions established in 2015 Secondary schools in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Free schools in London Twickenham Alan Turing {{London-school-stub