- THURSTABLE SCHOOL Mr. N. H. Hammond Head Master Thurstable school is an 11-18 mixed comprehensive school in the village of Tiptree some 8 miles from Colchester. There are currently about 1000 pupils on roll (140 in the sixth form) and the school has been over subscribed since September 1998. The Head Master, Mr. N H Hammond was appointed in September 1992. Over the past five years the school has ...www.thurstable.essex.sch.uk