European School, Culham
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Coordinates: 51°39′22″N 1°15′28″W / 51.65611°N 1.25778°W
| Motto | One Education Many Languages |
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| Established | 1852 (as Culham College), 1978 (as a European School) |
| Type | International |
| Headteacher | Mr. Simon Sharron |
| Location | Thame Lane Culham Oxfordshire OX14 3DZ England |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 4–18 |
| Founder | European Union |
| Former Pupils | Culhamites |
| Website | European School Official Website |
The European School in Culham, Oxfordshire, is one of 14 European Schools around Europe and the only one in United Kingdom and currently has around 800 Nursery/Primary (4–11 years old) and secondary (11–18 years old) students.
It is sited on the grounds of the former Culham College, a teacher training college established in 1852 by Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford. The Gothic Revival architect Joseph Clarke designed its buildings, and Sherwood and Pevsner described them as "institutional Victorian Gothic at its grimmest".[1]
As of October 12, 2003, the student population of the European School, Culham was 884 — of which 88 were in the nursery school, 343 in the primary school and 453 in the secondary school.
The European School Culham school newspaper was set up in 1994 as the "Culham Oracle". Recently it changed name to BIAS.
There are five language sections: German (DP or DS), French (FP or FS), Italian (IP or IS), Dutch (NP or NS) and English (EP or ES).
Each language has its own year group: Nursery Primary ("X"P) Secondary ("X"S)
For nursery there are two year groups. For Primary there are 5 year groups ("X"P1 to "X"P5)and for secondary there are 7 ("X"S1 to "X"S7). With the number of students in the Dutch and Italian sections decreasing these groups are usually grouped with the English classes for Science, Sports and Maths. L1 is still taught to the semi-merged groups in mother tongue.
The school's future is currently under discussion. These schools were formed primarily with the aim of serving Commission's employees where EU projects were present. JET/EFDA, in Culham, is currently scheduled for closure with the project moving to Cadarache, France around 2016/17. Parents and the local community are seeking to transform the school in order to safeguard its future as an associate European school. Details on the related activities can be accessed from the CESPA or the English Trust for European Education ETEE sites (see below).
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[edit] Sport
The school's basketball team were U14 national champions in 2000 and U19 national champions in 2003. The school finished 9th in Eurosport 2005 in Munich and 6th in Karlsruhe in 2009.
[edit] Facilities
The European School Culham has many sport and educational facilities. These are:
- A full-size basketball/volleyball indoor sports hall
- A five-a-side sized indoor gym
- A sport field
- Another sport field across the road which can be accessed using a bridge going across Abingdon road
- A library
- 4 computer rooms.
[edit] References
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 566
[edit] Sources
- Schola Europaea. Culham 1978 - 1988. Culham: European School Culham (Hg.). 1988.
- Naylor, Leonard; Howat, Gerald (1982). Culham College History. Culham Educational Foundation. ISBN 0907957013.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0 14 071045 0.
[edit] External links
- Official website of the European School, Culham
- Culham European School Parents' Association
- European School Culham by 2005 Baccalaureate StudentsWebmaster: Elludovico
- European Schools
- English Trust for European Education
