Teddington School is a co-educational comprehensive school, designated as a specialist Visual Arts College

Arts College

Arts Colleges were introduced in 1997 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, the performing, visual and/or media arts...

. The school has over 1,100 pupils in the age range 11-16 and is on a large site close to the River Thames

River Thames

The River Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom. While it is best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows alongside several other towns and cities, including Oxford,...

 opposite Trowlock Island

Trowlock Island

Trowlock Island lies in the River Thames, just upstream of Teddington Lock and close to the Middlesex bank, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England.It is home to 29 bungalows as well as the Royal Canoe Club's clubhouse and gym...

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History

The school opened in 1962 as Broom Road School, which was originally a single-sex school, taking over the senior boys of Stanley Road School when it ceased to cater for the full age-range.

Under the Building Schools for the Future

Building Schools for the Future

Building Schools for the Future is the name of the previous UK Government's investment programme in secondary school buildings in England. The program is very ambitious in its costs, timescales and objectives, with politicians from all English political parties supportive of the principle but...

 project, the school was completely rebuilt in 2010, with the new buildings opening in September 2010.

Houses

There are 4 houses which have been made corresponding to the final letter of each form group's name. AS and BS form groups are a part of Stuart House, AT and BT form groups are a part of Tudor House, AW and BW form groups are a part of Windsor House, and AY and BY form groups are a part of York House. The house system was first used in the 2008/2009 academic year.

The house system operated in 1992, and possibly began earlier. There are four houses, Stuart, Tudor, Windsor and York.

Notable alumni

• Keira Knightley
  Keira Knightley
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  , actress
• Lenny Pidgeley
  Lenny Pidgeley
  Leonard James "Lenny" Pidgeley is an English footballer who plays for Exeter City as a goalkeeper.-Career:Born in Twickenham, London, initially signed up by Chelsea since the opening of the 2002–03 season, he was loaned out to Watford between September 2003 and May 2004, a deal initially intended...
  
  , professional footballer
• Bill Milner
  Bill Milner
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  , actor
• Sean Pertwee
  Sean Pertwee
  Sean Pertwee is an English actor known for his television, film and voice-over work.-Career:In the early 80s, he auditioned for a place at the Surrey County Youth Theatre where he was cast as Captain Fitzpatrick in the play Tom Jones, based on the novel by Henry Fielding...
  
  , actor