A performing arts school where academic performance also shines
Pupils benefit from an outstanding academic education, whilst being able to specialise in Dance, Musical Theatre, Acting and Commercial Music courses.
Tring Park School is a co-educational boarding and day school based in Hertfordshire, UK. Pupils receive rigorous training in the performing arts, that is combined with an extensive academic programme of study. Our Preps benefit from a unique private school education with an emphasis on performing arts and creativity. From Year 7, pupils can specialise in either Dance or Performance Foundation, with the option to focus on Dance, Commercial Music, Musical Theatre or Acting at Sixth Form level.
Our pupils are dedicated, committed, enthusiastic, and hard working. It’s an energetic and vibrant atmosphere – and that is something that quickly rubs off on new pupils.
Tring Park School for the Performing Arts provides an environment which allows for a fusion of natural talent and creativity combined with fine teaching and training.
What we offer here is unique. Talented children and young people benefit from an excellent standard of teaching in the Performing Arts, and this is reinforced by a very high level of academic education. This results in rounded individuals who are fully prepared for life; not just trained performers, but ‘thinking’ performers. It is this depth and breadth of education that will give them the best possible chances in their future careers.
We know that every single one of our pupils is different, each with their own blend of ability and ambition. We endeavour to provide a training and education which meets the needs of each pupil and allows them to achieve their very best.
Tring Park is a very exciting place to be. Visitors comment on the buzz and energy that is about the place. A cursory glance at the timetable will show how much we do during the week, vocationally and academically, both inside and outside school. Additionally, all our vocational departments present productions that run in our own Markova Theatre throughout the academic year.
All this performing, training and learning requires a great deal of dedication and commitment from both staff and pupils and this creates a stimulating environment within a supportive community.
Come and visit us to see and experience the school for yourself – I very much look forward to welcoming you.
For the past four years Tring Park has been my home from home and my rock. When I joined the school as a shy thirteen-year-old, I could not have imagined where I am today, writing my welcome message as Head Girl.
Tring is unlike any other school, and you really do have to be here to understand the unique education and community that it offers each and every student.
When I first started at Tring, walking into a buzzing dorm of six, on the top floor of Mansion House, I was thankful for the nurturing pastoral staff who comforted my homesickness, as well as all the friends I have made who I can truly say are friends for life.
Over the years, the incredible academic staff have taught me self-belief to gain a great set of GCSE results that have provided a platform for my A level studies that I love.
And of course, one of the main reasons we come to Tring is for the totally amazing vocational staff, who have honed my dancing skills to become not only an employable dancer but have shaped me as an individual and equipped me with skills for life, no matter what path I take.
Crazy, jam-packed schedules are the norm at Tring and something I had to get used to, but when my after-school hobby became part of my school life, it’s hard not to enjoy every day.
I know I will look back on my Tring years as being the most fun and truly brilliant time of my life and I am grateful every day to be here. I wish you all the very best and I hope everyone has a fabulous year!
There is something very special about Tring Park. Something which is difficult to put into words.
Being surrounded by like-minded individuals who all have a certain drive and motivation to succeed not only drives you as a person, but creates certain friendships (rarely found anywhere else) built on the foundations of a passionate, nurturing and thriving school environment.
Having only recently joined Tring, I understand and fully appreciate the tumultuous feelings one new student can experience in such a “full-on” school. But rest assured, it is a magical and unmatchable feeling when you realise how unique and great Tring is.
My previous school was very different to Tring and what now almost seems like a completely different lifestyle. I was very lucky in that Performing Arts was widely accepted at my old school, but it was still not seen as the most “in” thing to do. Therefore, I am incredibly grateful and appreciative that Tring enables you to really come out of your shell and feel like you truly fit in – academically, vocationally and most importantly as a person.
I can strongly say that deciding to attend the school has been the one of the best decisions I have made so far. Pupils’ success here can not only be attributed to the outstanding facilities and the dedicated teaching staff, but also to the well-grounded community that this school thrives on. In agreement with all the current pupils here, I can confidently say that joining the Tring Park community will be the best choice you make. Here’s to a wonderful (hopefully Covid free!) year.
Tring Park School for the Performing Arts’ mission is to provide the best combined vocational and academic education in the UK. The School aims to provide this education to talented pupils from all backgrounds and to extend its specialist facilities and teaching expertise to children and young adults with talent or potential in the wider community.
Our values are Excellence, Creativity and Resilience. It promotes social and life skills such as tolerance, consideration for others, self-discipline, and resilience in order to prepare pupils to be successful and valued members of society.
Tring Park offers a wide range of benefits (role dependent) including a pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, free school lunches during term time, free onsite parking and enhanced maternity and paternity schemes.