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A year to be proud of an exceptional past and a promising new future at Archbishop Tenisons School in Kennington here is a lot to celebrate at Archbishop Tenisons School this year and it is not just that they have been providing a quality education to children for a staggering three hundred and thirty years. This September the doors are opening to girls too in this previously all boys school. Admittedly girls have been attending the Sixth Form for some years but this autumn Year 7 is open to girls for the first time. Archbishop Tenisons have adopted what is called the Diamond Approach in which boys and girls join together but are educated in classrooms separately until Key Stage 5. This means that Archbishop Tenisons is now offering something that few non-independent schools in the country offer a single sex education in a co-educational setting. In the classroom boys and girls are able to learn and develop in ways that best suit their gender. During PSE tutor groups and play time they are mixed so they can enjoy and learn a wider range of people skills. Archbishop Tensions Principal Elizabeth Sims is confident this approach will offer pupils the very best of both worlds with an interesting competitive element between the boys and girls whilst also bringing in more social interaction for the boys already at the school. Unsurprisingly with its long history of being boys-only the school has a strong pedigree in science-related subjects. This year will offer girls a fantastic opportunity to step up and compete in Science Mathematics and Engineering. When London was still mostly built of wood and suffered in the Great Fire of 1666 Charles II was on the throne and Oliver Cromwells army had just taken the country through a civil war to deliver a new kind of Parliament. It was shortly after this time in 1685 that Archbishop Tenisons school was established to teach poor children in the crypt at St Martin in the Fields Trafalgar Square. This philosophy of care and provision of equal opportunity and education for all children is a deep-rooted one that survives with a justified pride at the school still. The premises eventually relocated across the river and the school has been sustained and well attended ever since. It continues with a little over five hundred pupils divided into four houses to which every child and employee from teachers to cleaners is assigned to one. These houses pull together creating a sense of family pride and not just a little healthy competition too. Open to pupils of any faith or none the school still enjoys a strong association with the Church of England with 70 of pupils recorded as church-going yet another tenet creating a close-knit community in which all teachers and pupils generally know at least everyones face if not their name. South London has many famously good schools that pupils wait on lists to get into but unknown to many is the fact that Archbishop Tenisons out-performs most when it comes to improvement statistics being in the top four performing schools in Lambeth. This is a jewel in the crown of education in Kennington and its future is as bright as its past is deep. Boys will be competing with girls in Science Mathematics and Engineering New uniform celebrating 330 years A long history of education and excellence in London Boys and girls will be educated in classrooms separately up to Key Stage 5 ARCHBISHOP TENISONS SCHOOL 55 Kennington Oval SE11 5SR t 020 7735 3771 28 THE RIVER AUTUMN 2015 EDUCATION