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The isbi Schools Directory Guide To The Top Private Schools & Colleges In Oxfordshire
For anyone planning a move to or within Oxfordshire in South East England we have collated information below about different places to live, schools, estate agents and other information we think useful for relocating within fantastic Oxfordshire.
Offering some of the best living anywhere in Great Britain, Oxfordshire's famous British cities and towns include Banbury, Didcot, and Henley-on-Thames.
Oxfordshire has a great choice of high quality UK private schools, beautiful countryside, lots of activities and excellent housing - with a fantastic range of different property to call home, from country mansions and estates, cottages and bungalows to new build executive housing, family townhouses and apartments.
"Oxfordshire is a beautiful county, rich with history, charming countryside and magnificent architecture. The city of Oxford is renowned for its magnificent architecture whilst the Cotswolds villages provide a haven for relaxation and peaceful walks." Visit Oxford
Oxfordshire is land-locked, with neighbouring counties such as Berkshire, Wiltshire, and Gloucestershire located to the west and Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire to the north-east. The River Thames runs through the southern parts of the county, coming right up to the heart of the city of Oxford.
The City of Oxford is featured in the Harry Potter Films! Christ Church College, part of the University of Oxford, can be seen most famously in the Goblet of Fire. The famous stone stairs of the Great Hall were used for a number of gripping scenes.
TOP PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK
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Looking for a prestigious Independent (private) school in Oxfordshire, GB?
If you are thinking of moving to live in Oxfordshire (or you already live in Oxfordshire but are considering relocating) and you and your family are researching Oxfordshire private schools there is a big choice of high quality schools to chose from, with a number of the of these schools ranking highly and being considered to be some of the best schools in the UK.
Oxfordshire’s private education sector features day schools and boarding schools, girls’ schools, boys’ schools and co-educational (mixed) schools, including leading private Nurseries, Prep Schools, Independent Secondary and Sixth Form schools and colleges.
Find Private Schools In Oxfordshire, UK (Or "Private Schools Near Me")
Developed over the last 36+ years, the isbi School Search Directory is one of the largest and most comprehensive private schools directories available, helping thousands of families to find, compare and select good schools since the 1980s.
> You can search for private schools with a reputation for excellence in Oxfordshire and in the cities of Oxford or towns like Banbury, Abingdon-on-Thames, Didcot and Bicester by using our Private Schools Directory and Independent Schools Finder (powered by isbi's School Search Directory) or by clicking on the names of the schools and colleges listed below to see detailed profiles with photos, videos, maps etc.
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> You can also focus your search on just private Pre-Prep and Prep schools or on Independent Senior and Sixth Form schools and colleges, or view search results for all of them together.
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THE BEST INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND BEST PRIVATE SCHOOLS & COLLEGES IN OXFORDSHIRE
Please see below for a full list of private schools and colleges in Oxfordshire, some of the best of which being:
The Oratory Prep School
Reading, Berkshire (Oxfordshire border), England, RG8 7SF
Private School (Fee Paying), Co-Educational, 2-13 years, Day & Boarding (Flexi, Full, Weekly)
The vision for our school is based on the life and ideas of our Founder, St. John Henry Newman.
We live the motto Newman bequeathed the school, ‘Cor Ad Cor Loquitur’ [Heart Speaks to Heart] with an emphasis on being courteous and respectful, showing kindness, consideration and compassion with a willingness to forgive and be open to change. This is reflected in the relationships between the children and their teachers. It underpins the strength and spirit of our school community in which our children grow and begin to realise their potential and their contribution to society.
[Read More About The Oratory Prep School...]
Kingham Hill School
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England OX7 6TH
Private School (Fee Paying), Co-Educational, 11-18 Years, Boarding (Weekly)
A Christian School for everyone
We warmly welcome pupils from all faith backgrounds and none, and we believe that our Christian ethos provides the best possible basis for them to grow as public citizens and in personal character.
Our Founder was the Christian philanthropist C.E.B. Young. He trusted in the Bible as the Word of God, and in the good news about Jesus Christ it reveals. We share that trust as the foundation of our common life as a school.
The teachings of the Bible provide the root to many of our most important values: democracy, liberty, and the rule of law, which rests on the freedom and dignity of human beings, and on the need for restraint in our capacity for wrongdoing.
We understand that all human beings are made in the image of God, with inherent dignity and potential, and that we were created for family and community, which shapes our pastoral structures.
Above all, we believe that love for God and one’s neighbour should direct our hearts and our actions, and we encourage an atmosphere marked by respect, gentleness, and kindness.
[Read More About Kingham Hill School...]
Tudor Hall
Banbury, Oxfordshire, England OX16 9UR
Private School (Fee Paying), Girls, 11-18 Years, Day & Boarding (Full)
Founded in 1850, vitalised in 1939 by Headmistress Nesta Inglis, settled in Wykham Park in Oxfordshire in 1946, Tudor Hall is one of the oldest girls’ boarding and day schools in Britain.
Being a Tudorian is about having the confidence to shape the world around you with generosity and openess. In many ways, our motto should be ‘We have that we may give’ …
It’s a Tudor Hall ethos, that our ‘I’s will flourish by knowing they are part of a ‘we’. Being part of Tudor Hall means having advantages and opportunities that you are impassioned to give onwards to others.
[Read More About Tudor Hall...]
The Manor Preparatory School
Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England OX13 6LN
Private School (Fee Paying), Co-Educational, 2-11 Years, Day
The Manor Buildings Vision
The Manor seeks to continue to provide the very best facilities for its pupils and that means continuing to review, improve, update and enhance its facilities. As the requirements in education continue to evolve The Manor wishes to continue to be a modern, forward-thinking school and to achieve this the buildings and facilities need to keep pace with this vision.
This will give more opportunities for more children to get involved in more disciplines and this long-term vision ensures that the future requirements of The Manor can be met.
[Read More About The Manor Preparatory School...]
Top Private Independent Secondary Schools & Colleges In Oxfordshire, UK
Some of the best Independent Secondary schools and colleges and Sixth Form schools and colleges in Oxfordshire, Great Britain providing a top-tier, world-class British day and boarding single-sex and mixed education for boys and girls include:
- Abingdon School
- Bloxham School
- Burford School
- Cherwell College Oxford
- Cockthorpe School
- Cranford House
- d'Overbroeck's Oxford
- Greene's Tutorial College
- Headington School, Oxford
- Kings Oxford
- Magdalen College School
- Our Lady's Abingdon Senior School
- Oxford High School (GDST)
- Oxford International College
- Radley College
- Rye St Antony School
- Shiplake College
- Sibford School
- St Clare's, Oxford
- St Edward's, Oxford
- St Helen and St Katharine
- The King's School, Witney
- The Oratory School
- Wychwood School
Top Private Pre-Preparatory & Preparatory Schools In Oxfordshire, UK
Some of the best Pre-Prep and Prep schools in Oxfordshire, Great Britain providing a top-tier, world-class British day and boarding single-sex and mixed education for boys and girls aged from 3 years to 11 or 13 years include:
- Abingdon Preparatory School
- Chandlings
- Christ Church Cathedral School
- Cokethorpe School
- Cranford House
- Dragon School
- Headington Preparatory School, Oxford
- Magdalen College School
- Moulsford Preparatory School
- New College School
- Oxford High School(GDST)
- Oxford Montessori Schools
- Rupert House School
- Rye St Antony School
- Sibford School
- St Helen and St Katherine
- St Hugh's Preparatory School
- St John's Priory School
- St Mary's School
- St Mary's School, Henley
- Summer Fields School
- The Carradus School
- The King's School, Witney
- Windrush Valley School
Special Needs Schools In Oxfordshire, UK
Some of the best Special Needs schools in Oxfordshire, Great Britain providing a top-tier, world-class British Special Needs and Special Education Needs education for boys and girls (single-sex and mixed) include:
- The Unicorn School for the Dyslexic Child
- Bruern Abbey School
- Chilworth House School
- Cilworth House Upper School
- Hillcrest Park School
- LVS Oxford
- Mulberry Bush School
- Swalcliffe Park School
- Woodeaton Manor School
MOVING TO OXFORDSHIRE? RELOCATING TO OXFORDSHIRE?
Where To Live In Oxfordshire, England, UK
The most popular British cities and towns in the Oxfordshire area (GB) include, with approximate population numbers:
> Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
Oxford (152,000) Jericho and Osney (5,800), Cowley (5,400), Headington (5,600), Iffley (5,200), Wolvercote (5,600)
> Cherwell, Oxfordshire, UK
Bicester (29,000), Banbury (44,000), Kidlington (14,00)
> South and Vale, Oxfordshire, UK
Didcot, (26,900), Henley (11,000), Thame (11,500), Wallingford (11,600), Wantage (11,327)
> West Oxon, Oxfordshire, UK
Woodstock (35,065), Witney (27,522), Carterton (20,000), Chipping Norton (6,300)
FOCUS ON... LIVING IN OXFORD, ENGLAND, UK
Oxford is a very popular place to live and many people move to each year, or to near and the surrounding area, from around the United Kingdom and abroad.
Many of those moving to Oxford are escaping more urban living in London or other larger cities, deciding to relocate to the Oxfordshire capital to enjoy a different pace of life and the historic and elegant surroundings of a prosperous city with great facilities and leisure amenities, high quality housing and schools, fantastic pubs, restaurants and sports and popular cultural events, arts and music.
Ten Things To Know About Oxford, England, UK
> FACT 1: Radiohead, a famous English rock band first got together in Oxford, whilst attending Abingdon School.
> FACT 2: Christ Church features in the Harry Potter films! The stone stairs of the Great Hall were used in a number of the films.
> FACT 3: The original Alice in Wonderland, Alice Liddell was the daughter of the Dean at Christ Church College. Charles Dodgson, (who went by the pen name, Lewis Carroll) spent a large amount of time with Alice Liddell and her family. It is suggested that she was the inspiration for Alice in Wonderland.
> FACT 4: If you visit the suburb of Headington, you will find the famous Shark House. It is a sculpture commissioned by Bill Heine as a comment on Cold War Politics in 1986. The house features a 25-foot long headless shark seemingly crashing into the roof.
> FACT 5: Oxford is famous for its number of writers, in fact the city has more published writers per square mile than anywhere else in the world.
> FACT 6: The Iffley Road track was made famous by Roger Bannister, who was an Oxford medical student and was the first man to run a mile in less than four minutes, completing the mile in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds
> FACT 7: The famous English poet Matthew Arnold was inspired by the renowned architecture of the Oxford University buildings, describing Oxford as the “City of Dreaming Spires”.
> FACT 8: The city of Oxford was the capital of England during the Civil War from 1642 to 1646
> FACT 9: The name Oxford originates from the meaning of the words ‘ford’ (shallow crossing) and cattle or ‘Oxen’.
> FACT 10: The Ashmolean Museum has been curating art and artefacts since 1683, making it the first museum in the world to open its doors to the public
Where To Live In Oxford, UK
Oxford and the surrounding area offers a huge choice of high quality, premium and luxury property to meet the needs of any family, whether wanting a cottage, townhouse, large apartment, mansion or country estate, with or without granny annex, garden or swimming pool. There are also property development and investment opportunities too, with land available to purchase and properties in need of renovation.
From central city living to rural, country lifestyles, Oxford and the areas near Oxford is full of bustling districts and leafy suburbs, lush green areas, charming Crescents and estates, rolling countryside, vibrant high streets, busy neighbourhoods and friendly residential communities.
Some of the popular residential areas include:
Jericho Oxford, Summertown Oxford, Cowley Road Oxford, Oxford, Barton Oxford, Binsey Oxford, Donnington Oxford, Port Meadow Oxford, Walton Manor Oxford, Wolvercote, Oxford, Waterways Oxford, Grandpont Oxford, Cutteslowe Oxford, New Hinksey Oxford, Holywell Oxford, Iffley Oxford, New Botley Oxford, Headington Oxford, New Marston Oxford
Commuting To And From Oxford By Rail Or Road
Relocating to Oxford is especially popular with those happy to work from home most of the time but needing to occasionally commute to other places for work.
Others are happy to commute more regularly to London, Bristol, Bath, Swindon, Reading and other locations for work.
Travel times to key destinations by road and rail include:
> Oxford To London: London is about 56 miles by road from Oxford via the M40 and A40 and driving to the centre of London from Oxford normally takes under 1 hour 45. There is a very regular train service to London from Oxford, with trains taking from 52 minutes into London Paddington and around 1 hour 18 minutes to get to London Marylebone.
> Oxford To Bristol: Bristol is about 72 miles by road from Oxford via the M4 and driving to the centre of Bristol from Oxford normally takes under 1 hour 45 minutes. There is a very regular train service to Bristol from Oxford, with trains taking around 1 hour 30 minutes.
> Oxford To Swindon: Swindon is about 30 miles by road from Oxford via the A420 and driving to the centre of Swindon from Oxford normally takes under 1 hour. There is a very regular train service to Swindon from Oxford, with trains taking from 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Nearest Airports To Oxford, UK
The nearest airport to Oxford is Heathrow Airport (LHR) which is 43 miles from Oxford. Other nearby airports include London Luton Airport (LLA) (under 65 miles), Birmingham (BHX) (under 70 miles), Bristol Airport (BRS) (80 miles) and Gatwick Airport (LGW) (80 miles)
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