Possible Schools at 11+
2019-2020
This booklet is designed as a brief, initial guide to each school. Information is accurate as at August 2019. As dates and information can change at any time, we strongly recommend that you contact the schools in which you are interested and to check ther individual entry requirements.
Abingdon School Headteacher: Mr Michael Windsor Park Rd, Abingdon OX14 1DE Registrar: Mrs Jane Jørgensen Tel: 01235 521563 Email: [email protected] Website: www.abingdon.org.uk
Age Range: 11 –18 years Boys only
Day/Boarding: Day and boarding
Registration October of Year 5 Deadline:
Exam Date: January of Year 6
Bloxham School Headteacher: Mr Paul Sanderson Bloxham, Oxon, OX15 4PE Registrar: Ms Fay Hand Tel: 01295 720 222 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bloxhamschool.com
Age Range: 11 –18 years Co-educational
Day/Boarding: Day and boarding
Registration Friday 11 October 2019 Deadline:
Exam Date: Tuesday 5 November 2019
Cheltenham Ladies’ College Principal: Ms Eve Jardine-Young Bayshill Road, Cheltenham, GL50 3EP Admissions: Dr Hilary Laver Tel: 01242 520691 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cheltladiescollege.org
Age Range: 11 –18 years Girls only
Day/Boarding: Day and boarding
Registration Sunday 1 December 2019 Deadline: Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 January 2020 (for those taking the papers at CLC) Exam Date: W/C Monday 6 January 2020 (for those taking the papers at their current school)
Cokethorpe School Headteacher: Mr Damian Ettinger Witney, Oxon, OX29 7PU Registrar: Mrs Sara Sheer Tel: 01993 703921 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cokethorpe.org.uk
Age Range: 4 –18 years Co-educational
Day/Boarding: Day
Friday 18 October Registration PLEASE NOTE: On Tuesday 8 October there will be a Parents’ Information Deadline: Evening for those registered for Year 7, September 2020
Exam Date: Saturday 16 November (interviews Wednesday 6 November)
Cranford House Headteacher: Dr James Raymond Moulsford, Oxon, OX10 9HT Registrar: Mrs Alison Young Tel: 01491 651218 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cranfordhouse.net
Boys 3-11, Girls 3-16 3 –16 years Age Range: (Phasing in full co-education from (3-18 years from September 2020) September 2020)
Day/Boarding: Day
Registration As soon as possible and on a first come, first served basis Deadline:
Exam Date: Thursday 14 November 2019
d’Overbroeck’s Principal: Mr Jonathan Cuff Leckford Road, Oxford, OX2 6HX Registrar: Mr Rob Barker Tel: 01865 302620 Email: [email protected] Website: www.doverbroecks.com
Age Range: 11 –18 years Co-educational
Day/Boarding: Day only Year 7-11, day and boarding for Sixth Form
Registration As soon as possible Deadline:
Exam Date: Friday 29 November (tbc)
Downe House Headteacher: Ms Emma McKendrick Cold Ash, Thatcham, RG18 9JJ Registrar: Miss Angela Nutt Tel: 01635 200286 Email: [email protected] Website: www.downehouse.net
Age Range: 11 –18 years Girls only
Day/Boarding: Day and boarding
Registration As soon as possible Deadline: Assessment Day – September 2019 Exam Date: Common Entrance – Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 January 2020
Headington School Headteacher: Mrs Caroline Jordan Headington Road, Oxford OX3 7TD Registrar: Mrs Julia Mullen Tel: 01865 759100 Email: [email protected] Website: www.headington.org
Age Range: 3 –18 years Girls only
Day/Boarding: Day and boarding
Registration Friday 8 November 2019 Deadline:
Exam Date: Saturday 30 November 2019
Leighton Park School Headteacher: Mr Matthew Judd Shinfield Road, Reading RG2 7ED Registrar: Ms Claire Elmer Tel: 0118 987 9600 Email: [email protected] Website: www.leightonpark.com
Age Range: 11 –18 years Co-educational
Day/Boarding: Day and boarding
Registration Friday 15 November 2019 Deadline:
Exam Date: Saturday 11 January 2020
Magdalen College School Master: Ms Helen Pike Cowley Place, Oxford OX4 1DZ Registrar: Mrs Barberine Mallett Tel: 01865 242191 Email: [email protected] Website: www.mcsoxford.org
Boys only to Year 11 Age Range: 7 –18 years Co-educational Sixth Form
Day/Boarding: Day
Registration Thursday 31 October 2019 Deadline:
Exam Date: Saturday 18 January 2020
Malvern St James Girls’ School Headteacher: Mrs Olivera Raraty 15 Avenue Road, Malvern, WR14 3BA Registrar: Mrs Jennifer Moorhouse Tel: 01684 892288 Email: [email protected] Website: www.malvernstjames.co.uk
Age Range: 4-18 years Girls only
Day/Boarding: Day and boarding
Registration As soon as possible Deadline:
Exam Date: November 2019 (date tbc)
Our Lady’s Abingdon Principal: Mr Stephen Oliver Radley Road, Abingdon, OX14 3PS Registrar: Mrs Rowan Knowles Tel: 01235 524658 Email: [email protected] Website: www.olab.org.uk
Age Range: 3-18 years Co-educational
Day/Boarding: Day
Registration Friday 29 November 2019 Deadline:
Exam Date: Monday 6 January 2020
Oxford High School Headteacher: Dr Helen Stringer Belbroughton Road Oxford, OX2 6XA Registrar: Mrs Daniela Cullen Tel: 01865 559888 Email: [email protected] Website: www.oxfordhigh.gdst.net
Age Range: 4-18 years Girls only
Day/Boarding: Day
Registration Monday 30 September 2019 Deadline:
Exam Date: Saturday 9 November 2019
Pangbourne College Headteacher: Mr Thomas Garnier Pangbourne, Reading, RG8 8LA Registrar: Mrs Jane Herold Tel: 0118 984 2101 Email: [email protected] Website: www.pangbourne.com
Age Range: 11-18 years Co-educational
Day/Boarding: Day and boarding
Registration Thursday 31 October 2019 Deadline:
Exam Date: Tuesday 21 January 2020
Queen Anne’s Caversham Headteacher: Mrs Julia Harrington 6 Henley Road, Reading, RG4 6DX Registrar: Mrs Rachel Wright Tel: 0118 9187300 Email: [email protected] Website: www.qas.org.uk
Age Range: 11-18 years Girls only
Day/Boarding: Day and boarding
Registration As soon as possible Deadline: Assessment Day – Saturday 5 October 2019 Exam Date: Common Entrance – Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 January 2020
Rye St Anthony Headteacher: Mrs Sarah Ryan Pullen’s Lane, Oxford, OX3 0BY Registrar: Mrs Fern Williams Tel: 01865 762808 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ryestantony.co.uk
Co-educational to the end of Year 6 Age Range: 3-18 years Girls only from Year 7
Day/Boarding: Day and boarding
Registration As soon as possible Deadline:
Exam Date: Thursday 21 November 2019
St Gabriel’s Principal: Mr Ricki Smith Sandleford Priory, Newbury, RG20 9BD Registrar: Mrs Jane Benney Tel: 01635 555 680 Email: [email protected] Website: www.stgabriels.co.uk
Co-ed in Junior School Age Range: 6 months -18 years Girls only from Year 7 upwards.
Day/Boarding: Day
Registration As soon as possible Deadline:
Exam Date: Wednesday 6 November 2019
St Helen and St Katharine Headteacher: Mrs Rebecca Dougall Faringdon Road, Abingdon OX14 1BE Registrar: Mrs Carole Bailey Tel: 01235 520173 Email: [email protected] Website: www.shsk.org.uk
Age Range: 9-18 years Girls only
Day/Boarding: Day
Registration Friday 15 November 2019 Deadline:
Exam Date: Saturday 11 January 2020
St Mary’s Calne Headteacher: Dr Felicia Kirk Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 0DF Registrar: Mrs Sally Dickens Tel: 01249 857200 Email: [email protected] Website: www.stmaryscalne.org
Age Range: 11-18 years Girls only
Day/Boarding: Day and boarding
Registration As soon as possible and before the end of Year 5 Deadline:
Entrance Days - Wednesday 18 and Monday 23 September 2019 Exam Date: Common Entrance - Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 January 2020
The Abbey Headteacher: Mrs Rachel Dent Kendrick Road, Reading, RG1 5DZ Registrar: Mrs Sally Russell Tel: 0118 987 2256 Email: [email protected] Website: www.theabbey.co.uk
Age Range: 3-18 years Girls only
Day/Boarding: Day
Registration Monday 9 December 2019 Deadline:
Exam Date: Saturday 11 January 2020
Tudor Hall Headteacher: Ms Wendy Griffiths Wykham Park, Oxfordshire, OX16 9UR Registrar: Ms Philippa Drinkwater Tel: 01295 263 434 Email: [email protected] Website: www.tudorhallschool.com
Age Range: 11-18 years Girls only
Day/Boarding: Day and boarding
Registration Two years ahead of entry Deadline:
Exam Date: October 2019
Wychwood School Headteacher: Mrs Andrea Johnson 74 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6JR Registrar: Mr Mike Holland Tel: 01865 557 976 Email: [email protected] Website: www.wychwoodschool.org
Age Range: 11-18 years Girls only
Day/Boarding: Day and boarding
Registration As soon as possible Deadline:
Exam Date: Friday 22 November 2019
Wycombe Abbey School Headteacher: Mrs Jo Duncan High Wycombe, Bucks, HP11 1PE Registrar: Mrs Sophie Langdale Tel: 01494 520381 Email: [email protected] Website: www.wycombeabbey.com
Age Range: 11-18 years Girls only
Day/Boarding: Boarding and Day Boarding
Registration June of Year 5 Deadline: Assessment Day – October of Year 6 Exam Date: Common Entrance - Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 January 2020
13+ Schools This is just a small selection of schools with which we have links. For advice on 13+ schools and on bridging the gap between The Manor and a 13+ School, please make an appointment with Alastair Thomas via his PA, Nicole Burroughs, [email protected].
Bradfield College Headteacher: Dr Christopher Stevens Bradfield, Berkshire, RG7 6AU External Tel: 0118 964 4516 Relations: Mrs Alexandra Acton Email: [email protected] Website: www.bradfieldcollege.org.uk
Age Range: 13-18 years Co-educational
Day/Boarding: Day and boarding
Registration By the end of Year 6 Deadline: ISEB Common Pre-Test – November of Year 6 Exam Date: Entrance Tests – November to March of Year 6
Marlborough College Master: Ms Louise Moelwyn-Hughes Bath Road, Marlborough, SN8 1 PA Registrar: Mrs J Hodgson Tel: 01672 892200 Email: [email protected] Website: www.marlboroughcollege.org
Age Range: 13-18 years Co-educational
Day/Boarding: Boarding
Registration Autumn Term of Year 6 Deadline:
Exam Date: Common Entrance – Summer Term of Year 8
Radley College Warden: Mr John Moule Radley, Abingdon OX14 2HR Registrar: Mrs Vanessa Hammond Tel: 01235 543000 Email: [email protected] Website: www.radley.org.uk
Age Range: 13-18 years Boys
Day/Boarding: Boarding
Registration October of Year 6 Deadline:
Exam Date: 30th November of Year 6: Deadline to sit the ISEB Common Pre-Test
St Edward’s School Warden: Mr Stephen Jones Woodstock Rd, Oxford, OX2 7NN Registrar: Ms Nicola Jones Tel: 01865 319204 Email: [email protected] Website: www.stedwardsoxford.org
Age Range: 13-18 years Co-educational
Day/Boarding: Day and boarding
Registration By the end of Year 6 Deadline:
Exam Date: ISEB Pre-Tests: October/November of Year 7
Secondary School Open Days 2019/2020
Dates taken from school websites in August 2019. Please check individual school websites to confirm dates and to ascertain whether Open Days require booking.
Abingdon School Saturday 28 September 2019
Bloxham School, Oxford Saturdays – 5 October 2019, 7 March 2020, 25 April 2020
Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Cheltenham Open Days: Saturdays – 5 October 2019, 7 March 2020, 6 June 2020 Fridays – 13 Sept 2019, 17 January 2020, 26 June 2020 Open Mornings: Monday 27 January 2020
Cokethorpe School, Witney Saturday 21 September 2019
Cranford House, Moulsford Saturday 5 October 2019 d’Overbroeck’s, Oxford Saturday 5 October 2019
Downe House, Thatcham Saturdays – 23 November 2019, 18 January 2020, 21 March 2020, 25 April 2020, 13 June 2020
Headington School, Oxford Saturday 5 October 2019
Leighton Park School, Reading Saturday 28 September 2019
Magdalen College School, Oxford Saturday 14 September 2019
Malvern St. James, Malvern Saturday 28 September 2019
Our Lady’s, Abingdon Saturday 12 October 2019
Oxford High School, Oxford Meet the Head: Tuesday 10 September 2019, Wednesday 25 September 2019 Open Evening: Friday 4 October 2019
Pangbourne College, Pangbourne Saturdays – 21 September 2019, 12 October 2019
Queen Anne’s School, Caversham Saturday 14 September 2019 Friday 15 November 2019
Rye St Anthony School, Oxford Saturday 28 September 2019
St Gabriel’s, Newbury Saturday 5 October 2019 Fridays – 13 March 2020, 1 May 2020
St Helen and St Katharine, Abingdon Open Day: Saturday 28 September 2019 Headmistress’ Breakfast: There are several throughout the year, please contact the Admissions Office to book
St Mary’s School, Calne Saturdays: 19 October 2019, 19 November 2019, 29 February 2020, 25 April 2020
The Abbey, Reading Open Evening: Thursday 19 September 2019 Open Morning: Friday 11 October 2019
Tudor Hall School, Banbury Saturday 28 September 2019
Wychwood School, Oxford Saturday 21 September 2019
Wycombe Abbey, High Wycombe Saturdays – 14 September 2019, 6 June 2020
Oxfordshire State Schools 2019
DAY/ LAST SCHOOL LOCATION SIZE GENDER OFSTED RATING BOARDING OFSTED
Aureus Secondary School Didcot 320 Mixed Day No report - new school
Bartholomew School Eynsham, Witney 1279 Mixed Day 21-May-13 Outstanding
Blessed George Napier Catholic School Banbury 866 Mixed Day 06-Jun-17 Good
Burford School Burford 1382 Mixed Day/Boarding 10-May-18 Good
Carterton Community College Carterton 580 Mixed Day 02-May-18 Requires Improvement
Cheney School Headington, Oxford 1480 Mixed Day 21-Mar-18 Good
Chipping Norton School Chipping Norton 964 Mixed Day 07-Nov-17 Good
Didcot Girls' School Didcot 1422 Girls Day 24-Nov-15 Outstanding
Europa School UK Culham, Abingdon 862 Mixed Day 05-Dec-18 Good
Faringdon Community College Faringdon 1232 Mixed Day 26-Feb-19 Good
Fitzharrys School Abingdon 552 Mixed Day No report - new Academy
Gillotts School Henley-on-Thames 857 Mixed Day 20-Apr-16 Good
Gosford Hill School Kidlington 881 Mixed Day 20-Jun-19 Requires Improvement
Heyford Park Free School Bicester 663 Mixed Day 21-Nov-18 Good
Icknield Community College Watlington 693 Mixed Day No report - new Academy
John Mason School Abingdon 957 Mixed Day 21-May-19 Good
King Alfred's Wantage 1697 Mixed Day 09-May-18 Requires Improvement
Langtree School Woodcote, Reading 594 Mixed Day 10-May-17 Good
Larkmead School Abingdon 764 Mixed Day No report - new Academy
Lord Williams's School Thame 2129 Mixed Day No report - new Academy
Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge (School) Sonning Common, Reading 367 Mixed Day No report - new school
Matthew Arnold School Cumnor, Oxford 1169 Mixed Day 13-Nov-18 Good
North Oxfordshire Academy Banbury 967 Mixed Day 14-Mar-17 Good
Oxford Spires Academy Oxford 1209 Mixed Day 28-Nov-17 Good
St Birinus School Didcot 853 Boys Day No report - new Academy
St Gregory The Great Catholic School Cowley, Oxford Unknown Mixed Day No report - new school
The Bicester School Bicester 1007 Mixed Day 05-Jun-18 Good
The Cherwell School Oxford 2001 Mixed Day No report - new Academy
The Cooper School Bicester 1293 Mixed Day No report - new Academy
The Henry Box School Witney 1131 Mixed Day 21-Nov-17 Good
The Marlborough Church of England School Woodstock 1015 Mixed Day 20-Feb-18 Good
The Oxford Academy Littlemore, Oxford 1013 Mixed Day 28-Sep-16 Good
The Swan School Oxford Unknown Mixed Day Opening September 2019
The Warriner School Banbury 1319 Mixed Day No report - new Academy
UTC Oxfordshire Harwell, Didcot 362 Mixed Day 22-May-18 Good
Wallingford School Wallingford 1242 Mixed Day 14-Mar-17 Good
Wheatley Park School Holton, Wheatley 1076 Mixed Day No report - new Academy
Wood Green School Witney 1039 Mixed Day No report - new Academy Wykham Park Academy Banbury 844 Mixed Day 15-May-18 Good