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Oxford High School, England

April 11, 2024

Oxford High School is a private day school for girls in Oxford, England. It was founded by the Girls' Day School Trust in 1875, making it the city's oldest girls' school.

Oxford High School GDST
Address
Belbroughton Road

Oxford
,
Oxfordshire
,
OX2 6XA

England
Information
TypePrivate day school
MottoLatin: Ad Lucem
(Toward the light)
Established1875
Local authorityOxfordshire
Department for Education URN123310 Tables
Chairman of governorsKatherine Haynes
HeadmistressMarina Gardiner Legge
Staff120
GenderGirls
Age4 to 18
Enrolment952
Websitehttp://www.oxfordhigh.gdst.net/
View of the old main entrance at the top of Charlbury Road.

History edit

 
View on Banbury Road with No. 21 on the right, next to the current Oxford University Computing Services.

Oxford High School was opened on 3 November 1875, with twenty-nine girls and three teachers under headmistress Ada Benson, at the Judge's Lodgings (St Giles' House) at 16 St Giles', central Oxford.[1] It was the 9th school opened by the Girls' Public Day School Company. Pupils were given a holiday when the Assize Judge visited. The school moved to 38 St Giles' in 1879 and then to 21 Banbury Road at the start of 1881, in a building designed by Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, just south of the location of another Jackson building, the Acland Nursing Home.[2] By this time, the headmistress was Matilda Ellen Bishop.

Rapid expansion led to the ultimate removal of the school to Belbroughton Road in 1957. It became a direct grant grammar school in 1945 under the Education Act 1944 and chose to become independent in 1976 after the scheme was abolished. The junior section was opened in 1989 and further expanded in the 1990s to meet the growing demand. It absorbed two preparatory schools, Greycotes and The Squirrel, which meant girls could now be educated at Oxford High School from age 3 to Sixth Form.[3]

Academics edit

Oxford High School regularly ranks as one of the country's highest achieving independent schools in terms of examination results.[4][5] The school was ranked first in the South East in a Sunday Times survey based on exam results and "value for money".[6] In the 2011 examinations it was ranked amongst the top 20 independent schools nationwide for GCSE results and the best performing girls' school in the A Levels.[7][8]

In 2006, the school became the first in Oxfordshire to make Mandarin a compulsory subject. Pupils will study it for at least a year accompanying French and can choose to either continue Mandarin or continue French.[9]

Houses edit

The girls in the senior school are divided into four houses, each named after an Ancient Greek deity:

Headteachers edit

Notable former pupils edit

See also: Category:People educated at Oxford High School, England
 
Lucy Gordon

References edit

  1. ^ St Giles' House (Judge's Lodgings), 16 St Giles' Street, Oxford 15 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine (where OHS was founded).
  2. ^ Sherwood, Jennifer, and Pevsner, Nikolaus, The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, Penguin Books, 1974. ISBN 0-14-071045-0. Page 317.
  3. ^ . Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Private schools make top grade". Oxford Mail. 28 August 2001.
  5. ^ "Oxford High School's A-Level results – 2008 – another stunning year". Oxford Mail. 22 September 2008.
  6. ^ "Oxford High named top of class in south east". Oxford Mail. 22 October 2001.
  7. ^ "New GCSE results show the difference in how youngsters improve at secondary school". Oxford Mail. 26 January 2012.
  8. ^ "Oxford schools top the league tables". Cherwell. 2 September 2011.
  9. ^ "School pupils to learn Mandarin". Oxford Mail. 28 February 2008.
  10. ^ "Bishop, Matilda Ellen (1842–1913), college head". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48431. Retrieved 20 September 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. ^ "Soulsby, Lucy Helen Muriel (1856–1927), headmistress". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48573. Retrieved 20 September 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. ^ "Brown, William Haig (1823–1907), headmaster headmistress". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33634. Retrieved 26 July 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  13. ^ "No job for the boys as Abingdon School picks woman head". The Times. 25 November 2009.
  14. ^ . oxfordhigh.gdst.net. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  15. ^ "Introducing the New Head for Oxford High School". oxfordhigh.gdst.net. 7 September 2017.
  16. ^ "Male headteacher is historic first for city girls' school". Oxford Times. 14 September 2017. p. 15.
  17. ^ "Famous Faces". Oxford Mail. 24 August 2010.
  18. ^ Anon (2018). "Lea, Prof. Susan Mary". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U290639. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  19. ^ "Star attends Oxford High School 50-year reunion". Oxford Mail. 5 October 2009.

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oxford High School, Oxford.
  • School Website
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  • Profile on the ISC website

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Oxford High School is a private day school for girls in Oxford England It was founded by the Girls Day School Trust in 1875 making it the city s oldest girls school Oxford High School GDSTAddressBelbroughton RoadOxford Oxfordshire OX2 6XAEnglandInformationTypePrivate day schoolMottoLatin Ad Lucem Toward the light Established1875Local authorityOxfordshireDepartment for Education URN123310 TablesChairman of governorsKatherine HaynesHeadmistressMarina Gardiner LeggeStaff120GenderGirlsAge4 to 18Enrolment952Websitehttp www oxfordhigh gdst net View of the old main entrance at the top of Charlbury Road Contents 1 History 2 Academics 3 Houses 4 Headteachers 5 Notable former pupils 6 References 7 External linksHistory edit nbsp View on Banbury Road with No 21 on the right next to the current Oxford University Computing Services Oxford High School was opened on 3 November 1875 with twenty nine girls and three teachers under headmistress Ada Benson at the Judge s Lodgings St Giles House at 16 St Giles central Oxford 1 It was the 9th school opened by the Girls Public Day School Company Pupils were given a holiday when the Assize Judge visited The school moved to 38 St Giles in 1879 and then to 21 Banbury Road at the start of 1881 in a building designed by Sir Thomas Graham Jackson just south of the location of another Jackson building the Acland Nursing Home 2 By this time the headmistress was Matilda Ellen Bishop Rapid expansion led to the ultimate removal of the school to Belbroughton Road in 1957 It became a direct grant grammar school in 1945 under the Education Act 1944 and chose to become independent in 1976 after the scheme was abolished The junior section was opened in 1989 and further expanded in the 1990s to meet the growing demand It absorbed two preparatory schools Greycotes and The Squirrel which meant girls could now be educated at Oxford High School from age 3 to Sixth Form 3 Academics editOxford High School regularly ranks as one of the country s highest achieving independent schools in terms of examination results 4 5 The school was ranked first in the South East in a Sunday Times survey based on exam results and value for money 6 In the 2011 examinations it was ranked amongst the top 20 independent schools nationwide for GCSE results and the best performing girls school in the A Levels 7 8 In 2006 the school became the first in Oxfordshire to make Mandarin a compulsory subject Pupils will study it for at least a year accompanying French and can choose to either continue Mandarin or continue French 9 Houses editThe girls in the senior school are divided into four houses each named after an Ancient Greek deity Zeus green Ares blue Athena yellow Poseidon red Headteachers editAda Benson 1875 1879 Matilda Ellen Bishop 1879 1887 10 Lucy Helen Soulsby 1887 1897 11 Edith Marion Leahy 1898 1902 Rosalind Mabel Brown 1902 1932 12 Margaret Gale 1932 1936 Violet Evelyn Stack 1937 1959 M E Ann Hancock 1959 1966 Mary Warnock 1966 1972 Elaine Kaye 1972 1981 Joan Townsend 1981 1996 Felicity Lusk 1997 2010 13 Judith Carlisle 2011 2016 14 Philip Hills 2017 2019 15 16 Notable former pupils editSee also Category People educated at Oxford High School England nbsp Lucy GordonJosephine Barnes 1912 1999 first woman President British Medical Association BMA Ursula Bethell 1874 1945 New Zealand poet and social worker Vicky Bowman former British diplomat Emma Bridgewater potter Jacintha Buddicom poet and childhood friend of George Orwell Nancy Cadogan artist Catherine Conybeare academic and philologist Charithra Chandran actress Gail Davey professor of epidemiology Dame Cressida Dick b 1960 former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Sian Edwards conductor Sos Eltis author and academic Rebecca Flemming classicist Amelia Fletcher economist and indie band singer Martha Lane Fox entrepreneur lastminute com 17 Mel Giedroyc actress comedian Lucy Gordon actress model Emily Gowers Professor of Latin literature at the University of Cambridge Sophie Grigson cookery TV writer Dame Pippa Harris Film Producer Ethel Hatch British painter Mary Hockaday journalist Dame Margaret Hodge Labour MP and minister Verena Winifred Holmes engineer Harriet Hunt chess International Master Elizabeth Irving actress and founder of the Keep Britain Tidy Campaign Elizabeth Jennings 1926 2001 poet Ludmilla Jordanova Professor of Modern History at the King s College London Frances Kirwan mathematician Susan Lea Professor at the University of Oxford 18 Anna Lapwood Director of Music at Pembroke College Cambridge and television radio presenter Dame Rose Macaulay novelist Serena Mackesy journalist and author Miriam Margolyes b 1941 actress 19 Ghislaine Maxwell junior section left age 9 socialite and convicted child sex trafficker Charlotte Mendelson b 1972 novelist Anne Mills health economist Teresa Morgan academic Eleanor Oldroyd BBC Radio Sport presenter Ann Pasternak Slater academic Eileen Power 1889 1940 economic historian and medievalist Rhoda Power 1890 1957 broadcaster and children s writer Liz Shore former deputy chief medical officer Dame Maggie Smith double Oscar winning actress seven times BAFTA Film Awards winner Triple Crown of Acting Barbara Strachey 1912 1999 broadcaster and writer Catherine Tucker American economist Ayesha Vardag Founder amp President of Vardags divorce lawyer Anna Walker British civil servantReferences edit St Giles House Judge s Lodgings 16 St Giles Street Oxford Archived 15 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine where OHS was founded Sherwood Jennifer and Pevsner Nikolaus The Buildings of England Oxfordshire Penguin Books 1974 ISBN 0 14 071045 0 Page 317 School History Archived from the original on 12 June 2012 Retrieved 18 May 2012 Private schools make top grade Oxford Mail 28 August 2001 Oxford High School s A Level results 2008 another stunning year Oxford Mail 22 September 2008 Oxford High named top of class in south east Oxford Mail 22 October 2001 New GCSE results show the difference in how youngsters improve at secondary school Oxford Mail 26 January 2012 Oxford schools top the league tables Cherwell 2 September 2011 School pupils to learn Mandarin Oxford Mail 28 February 2008 Bishop Matilda Ellen 1842 1913 college head Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press 2004 doi 10 1093 ref odnb 48431 Retrieved 20 September 2020 Subscription or UK public library membership required Soulsby Lucy Helen Muriel 1856 1927 headmistress Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press 2004 doi 10 1093 ref odnb 48573 Retrieved 20 September 2020 Subscription or UK public library membership required Brown William Haig 1823 1907 headmaster headmistress Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press 2004 doi 10 1093 ref odnb 33634 Retrieved 26 July 2020 Subscription or UK public library membership required No job for the boys as Abingdon School picks woman head The Times 25 November 2009 New Head for Oxford High School oxfordhigh gdst net Archived from the original on 23 July 2011 Retrieved 23 August 2010 Introducing the New Head for Oxford High School oxfordhigh gdst net 7 September 2017 Male headteacher is historic first for city girls school Oxford Times 14 September 2017 p 15 Famous Faces Oxford Mail 24 August 2010 Anon 2018 Lea Prof Susan Mary Who s Who online Oxford University Press ed Oxford A amp C Black doi 10 1093 ww 9780199540884 013 U290639 Subscription or UK public library membership required Star attends Oxford High School 50 year reunion Oxford Mail 5 October 2009 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oxford High School Oxford School Website Headmistress s letters on the school website Profile on the ISC website 51 46 24 N 1 15 34 W 51 77333 N 1 25944 W 51 77333 1 25944 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oxford High School England amp oldid 1208779007, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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