The School provides a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities, including sport, cultural and recreational activities and many others. Pupils are encouraged to develop existing skills, to discover new ones and to use them not only for personal pleasure but also for the benefit of others.

The Creative Arts Faculty stages at least one major drama production and two concerts each year. In addition, pupils' creative work is displayed through a number of smaller scale performances and exhibitions The Faculty enjoys a very favourable reputation for the quality of the work produced in all disciplines.

The School organises a range of weekend, day and evening visits to places of interest. Trips to London theatres take place regularly as do visits to galleries and museums. Each year, two skiing holidays and a Mediterranean water sports holiday and Hockey tours to Holland..

During the 2006 summer Holiday, a group of pupils travelled to kenya, under the auspices of the Kids Alive Charity, where they worked to improve the facilities for disadvantaged children. A further visit to kenya will take place in 2007 and there are plans to provide support in the Domican Republic in 2008. Links with our partner school in Berlin, the Paulsen Gymnasium, are well-established and provide excellent opportunities for exchange visits. Hall Mead enjoys a good reputation for the exemplary behaviour of its pupils on School visits. The School values this reputation and intends to uphold it.

Lunchtime and after-school clubs and activities ensure that Hall Mead pupils can gain maximum benefit and enjoyment from their time at school. A number of subject departments offer extra lessons or workshops beyond the normal timetable, particularly for pupils in the Upper School. Computer facilities and the expertise of our ICT Prefects are on hand during lunchtimes and after school each week.

Hall Mead has a strong sporting tradition. The School fields a large number of teams for matches against teams from other schools and caters for pupils who favour individual sports. Appropriate provision is made for all levels of ability. Great pride is taken in the considerable number of pupils who achieve representative honours - at national, county and borough level; the School is equally proud, however, of the hundreds of youngsters who take part in inter-house competitions.

The School's sporting aims are as follows:

1. To offer every pupil, whatever his/her level of sporting ability, the opportunity to participate.
   
2. To encourage participation by providing a range of team and individual sports in order to appeal to the widest possible range of interest.
   
3. To help each pupil to fulfill his/her sporting potential.
   
4. To help produce outstanding sportsmen and women.
   
5. By fostering enjoyment and an understanding of the importance of exercise in maintaining a healthy life, to encourage pupils to continue with sporting participation after leaving Hall Mead.
   
6. To liaise closely with the local sporting community including clubs:
   
7. To develop:
   
   • the appreciation of the concepts of fair play, honest competition and good sportsmanship;
     
   • the capacity to maintain interest and to persevere in order to achieve success;
     
   • self-esteem through the acquisition of physical competence;
     
   • self-confidence through understanding the capabilities and limitations of oneself and others;
     
   • the ability to work successfully as part of a team; and
     
   • creative and aesthetic experience through movement.