Cokethorpe
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Cokethorpe School is an independent school
near Ducklington
, Witney, Oxfordshire
, England
, founded in 1957 by . It is a member of HMC
and SHMIS. The school has approximately 660 pupils, ranging in age from four to eighteen. It is the only coeducational day school in Oxfordshire with both Junior and Senior Schools on the same site.
At the heart of the school is an early 18th century Grade II* listed Queen Anne style
country house. The school is set in 150 acre (0.607029 km²) of parkland and there is also a chapel in the grounds. The tower of the chapel was virtually destroyed in a fire in 1994 but it has since been demolished and rebuilt.
The school operates a house system
, with houses called Harcourt, Gascoigne, Swift, Queen Anne, Vanbrugh and Feilden. The houses compete in sport such as house rugby
and football
for boys, hockey
and netball
for girls, and in field and track events at the annual school sports day. There are also competitions in the arts, such as house music, drama, photography and art.
The school celebrated its Fiftieth Anniversary in 2007.
The year groups are split up into sets such as third form. Top set 3A, 2nd set 3B, 3rd set 3C middle set 3D and bottom set 3E. Students are put in these sets by a series of exams.
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Independent school (UK)
An independent school is a school that is not financed through the taxation system by local or national government and is instead funded by private sources, predominantly in the form of tuition charges, gifts and long-term charitable endowments, and so is not subject to the conditions imposed by...
near Ducklington
Ducklington
Ducklington is a village and civil parish on the River Windrush south of Witney in West Oxfordshire.-History:Ducklington is one of the first Saxon parishes to be recorded in Oxfordshire. In a charter of AD 958 King Edgar the Peaceable granted at Ducklington to his Minister, Eanulf...
, Witney, Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
, England
England
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, founded in 1957 by . It is a member of HMC
HMC
- Education :* Harris Manchester College, at Oxford University* Harvard Model Congress, the oldest and largest congressional simulation conference in the world...
and SHMIS. The school has approximately 660 pupils, ranging in age from four to eighteen. It is the only coeducational day school in Oxfordshire with both Junior and Senior Schools on the same site.
At the heart of the school is an early 18th century Grade II* listed Queen Anne style
Queen Anne Style architecture
The Queen Anne Style in Britain means either the English Baroque architectural style roughly of the reign of Queen Anne , or a revived form that was popular in the last quarter of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century...
country house. The school is set in 150 acre (0.607029 km²) of parkland and there is also a chapel in the grounds. The tower of the chapel was virtually destroyed in a fire in 1994 but it has since been demolished and rebuilt.
The school operates a house system
House system
The house system is a traditional feature of British schools, and schools in the Commonwealth. Historically, it was associated with established public schools, where a 'house' refers to a boarding house or dormitory of a boarding school...
, with houses called Harcourt, Gascoigne, Swift, Queen Anne, Vanbrugh and Feilden. The houses compete in sport such as house rugby
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
and football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
for boys, hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
and netball
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
for girls, and in field and track events at the annual school sports day. There are also competitions in the arts, such as house music, drama, photography and art.
The school celebrated its Fiftieth Anniversary in 2007.
The year groups are split up into sets such as third form. Top set 3A, 2nd set 3B, 3rd set 3C middle set 3D and bottom set 3E. Students are put in these sets by a series of exams.
Notable former pupils
- Former Manchester United chairman Martin EdwardsMartin EdwardsCharles Martin Edwards was the chairman of Manchester United from 1980 until 2002. He now holds the position of honorary life president at the club.- Education :...
.
- Tony MartinTony Martin (farmer)Anthony Edward "Tony" Martin is a farmer from Norfolk, England, who in 1999 killed one burglar and wounded another who had both entered his home...
English farmer who was imprisoned for fatally shooting a burglar in the back.
- Lucy Boggis - international schools javelin thrower, now international heptathlete. Also took on role of Tempest in Sky1 Gladiators TV series
- Richard and Michael Hills - Twins and both successful flat racing jockeys in UK.
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