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Academy INTERNATIONAL BOARDING SCHOOLS COTUIT HALL : NEW THINKING / 1 WELCOME WELCOME TO OUR CONSULTATION ON A NEW DESIGN TO BRING COTUIT HALL UNDER ONE ROOF AND SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE FACILITIES FOR STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL. Our new proposals represent a significant rethink of how we would like to transform the facilities and reflect how we have sought to address some of the concerns raised with previous plans. To lead this, we have appointed a brand new project team, including Tony Fretton Architects to deliver proposals that will encourage greater conservation, deliver architecture that reflects local heritage and provide landscaping that will shield neighbours and enhance the local area. Our aim is to also provide our students with a high quality, state of the art learning facility that sits comfortably with its surrounding environment. The exhibition provides an opportunity to view and comment on the new proposals before we submit a planning application to Oxford City Council. Members of the design team are on hand to answer any questions you may have. Please fill in the feedback forms made available here today, or visit our consultation website at www.cotuithall.co.uk Cotuit Hall Academy INTERNATIONAL BOARDING SCHOOLS COTUIT HALL : NEW THINKING / 2 EF ACADEMY EF Academy schools are united by a common educational philosophy, offering students a superior education, thorough preparation for university, and a future without borders. EF Academy is a relatively new part of EF’s extensive educational services provision. On the one hand, EF Academy is a development of EF’s language, cultural exchange, and university preparation programmes. On the other, it is an academic institution offering world-class educational qualifications. EF EDUCATION FIRST EF Academy is part of EF Education First, a pioneer in global education since 1965. EF’s mission has always been to open the world through language, academia and cultural exchange with innovative ways to learn. EF is committed to improving how the world learns. EF has established ground-breaking research collaborations at Cambridge University, Peking University, and Harvard Graduate School of Education. We have developed innovative youth programmes with the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and we have proudly served as the official language training supplier for numerous Olympic Games, including Rio 2016. Academy INTERNATIONAL BOARDING SCHOOLS COTUIT HALL : NEW THINKING / 3 COTUIT HALL : A HISTORY 1890 1916–1930 1930s 1940–1955 1950s 1962 1966 2011 Cotuit Hall was Cotuit Hall in Cotuit Hall was Cotuit Hall was the Cotuit Hall used as Cotuit Hall Erection of a three- The entire Cotuit designed by H. W. Pullens Lane was occupied by City of Oxford a private house was a Hostel storey building to Hall site sold by Moore and built by the junior section Redvers Opie, Children’s Home. again, occupied by of the College of provide residential Oxford Brookes Parnell & Sons of of the Headington Fellow and Tutor the Revd D. B. Technology, accommodation for University to EF Rugby. The building School. in Economics at Jones. which later became students and single- Academy. was formerly Magdalen College. the Polytechnic storey building for known as Napier and then Oxford games/lecture House, and it took Brookes University. room and ancillary its name from accommodation Arthur Sampson approved. Cotuit Napier (1853–1916), Hall itself was Fellow of Merton occupied by the College and Oxford College of Professor of Garden Design. English Language and Literature, who had it built and lived here with his large family from Cotuit Hall (Napier House) on an OS map of 1921 1892 until his death 24 years later. Aerial view of Cotuit Hall in 1949 COTUIT HALL TODAY Cotuit Hall is a boarding school for international students who are studying A-Levels or equivalent IB Diploma curriculums There are currently five buildings on site which function predominantly as accommodation for between 220 and 308 students The school is currently having to use teaching and kitchen facilities at the nearby International Language School Previous proposals to improve the existing site and bring the school under one roof was submitted in 2012 The plans were later withdrawn in 2013 following feedback from stakeholders on the design and landscaping, all of which have been addressed in the current proposals which are significantly different Academy INTERNATIONAL BOARDING SCHOOLS COTUIT HALL : NEW THINKING / 4 THE NEED FOR CHANGE We would like to significantly improve the facilities available to students at Cotuit Hall with an overall objective of consolidating all of the Academy operations to the site, including teaching, living, and learning, which are currently split between the Cotuit Hall site and the International Language School further down Pullens Lane. THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT IS UNSATISFACTORY FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS: The Academy operation is currently run The existing site is unable to The existing buildings need upgrading to between two sites which generates accommodate the teaching element of provide better facilities for students, traffic and results in high levels of EF Academy’s operation, which is an including improved dining, gym and pedestrian movements which cause integral element to the successful library and study spaces. inconvenience for neighbouring functioning of the school, and would residents and students. benefit the local residents by reducing the foot traffic along Pullens Lane. Existing Middle Garden Existing Refectory Building Cotuit Hall as existing Cotuit Hall Existing Brewer Building Existing Marcus Lower Building Existing Refectory Building Existing Lecture Hall COTUIT HALL AS EXISTING Academy INTERNATIONAL BOARDING SCHOOLS COTUIT HALL : NEW THINKING / 5 PREVIOUS WITHDRAWN SCHEME A previous application was submitted in 2012 for comprehensive redevelopment of the site and was withdrawn in 2013 following feedback. The feedback was obtained during a consultation process with local residents and officers at Oxford City Council. 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