Rated excellent
Abingdon School and Abingdon Prep School have been rated ‘excellent’ following an inspection by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) in November last year. The reports on the independent boys...
View ArticleWantage school plan hit as bid for £4m funding gets rejected
Improvements to King Alfred’s Academy (KA) in Wantage have hit a setback after £4million funding was rejected by the Department for Education. The school had applied to the Condition Improvement Fund...
View ArticleDidcot school confirms new headteacher
John Marston has been appointed the new headteacher of St Birinus School, governers confirmed on Friday. The school’s board of governors announced Mr Marston’s appointment in a statement, labelling it...
View ArticleSchool’s name
BICESTER: The new school at North West Bicester’s eco town will be called Gagle Brook Primary School. A consultation involving residents, councillors and developer A2Dominion decided to name the school...
View Article‘Inadequate’ Oxford primary school criticised by inspector
An Oxford primary school has been slammed by Ofsted in every area including health and safety and effectiveness of leadership. Rose Hill Primary School in The Oval, Rose Hill, was heavily criticised in...
View ArticleVillage homes approved amidst school place fear
A TOTAL of 44 new homes are set to be built in Steventon, near Didcot, after planning permission was granted on Wednesday despite fears from the parish council and local residents over school places....
View ArticleDesigns unveiled for new Didcot primary school
Designs for Didcot’s new primary school in Great Western Park housing estate have been unveiled ahead of the school’s opening in September. The first ground was broken to start building Didcot Primary...
View ArticleHousing prices causing teaching shortage says Cllr
Oxfordshire’s education boss said the soaring cost of house prices in the county is a major cause for the shortage of teachers at primary and secondary schools. Cabinet member for education at...
View ArticleFewer poorer students at Uni
The number of disadvantaged students at Oxford University has dropped over the last 10 years, a report found. Figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, published on Thursday, found in the...
View ArticleUni build starts
Building work on a new £22 million human rights institute at Oxford University is to start in the next few weeks. The Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, is to be built in the grounds of Mansfield...
View ArticleOpening day set for new primary
The second primary school for Didcot’s Great Western Park housing estate is set to open in September 2018, it has been revealed. Chalkhill Primary School will offer 420 places to children on the...
View ArticleSchool’s move
Oxford University’s new £100m politics facility is set to partner with the Cabinet Office in a move to help boost the level of teaching. The Blavatnik School of Government, which opened its...
View ArticleOxford University college gets green light to build new nursery
An Oxford University college has been given planning permission to build a new nursery on its grounds. St John’s College in Bainton Road is hoping to open its nursery to children of students and staff...
View ArticleTeacher gets top award
A Wantage Girlguide leader has gone above and beyond to be given the group’s highest award in London last month. Louise Goyder, a biology teacher, picked up the prestigious Queen’s Guide Award during a...
View ArticleSchool slips down in Ofsted ranking
The former teacher of a Wallingford primary school has leaped to defend it after Ofsted inspectors downgraded it and criticised teaching. St John’s Primary School in St John’s Road was given an...
View ArticleSchool places
More than 91 per cent of Oxfordshire children will start primary school this September at a first-preference school. The figure is up 3.47 per cent compared to last year. While 98 per cent were offered...
View ArticleCould schools join forces?
The headteacher of Abingdon’s only academy has said she would welcome a closer union with the rest of the town’s state secondary schools when they are forced to become academies by a new Government...
View Article£2m Bicester school expansion underway
A £2 MILLION project to expand a Bicester school by a third before September is underway. Pupils at Longfields Primary School watched on as a crane lifted six new modular classrooms into place. It...
View ArticlePlaces offered
Primary schools in the county are being offered the chance to take part in a trial designed to improve children’s literacy levels. The trial will be run by education charity Achievement for All and is...
View ArticleSite problems delay plans for new Oxford School
A scheme to open a new free school for 880 pupils in Oxford has been put on hold for another year. Plans for The Swan School, which was proposed by Oxford’s River Learning Trust, formerly known as the...
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