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* '''Havelock''' is a boys day house, their tie colour is black with white diagonal stripes |
* '''Havelock''' is a boys day house, their tie colour is black with white diagonal stripes |
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* '''Latimer''' is a girls day house, they currently do not hold a house tie. The house colour is lime green. |
* '''Latimer''' is a girls day house, they currently do not hold a house tie. The house colour is lime green. |
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* '''Bradford''' is a senior boys house, and their tie colour is yellow. The house was refurbished recently.<ref name="KHwebsite" /> |
* '''Bradford''' is a senior boys house, and their tie colour is yellow. The house was refurbished recently and is leeking toilet water.<ref name="KHwebsite" /> |
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* '''Sheffield''' is a senior boys house. Between 2006-2007, girls from Greenwich House were housed in Sheffield House due to the refurbishment program. The refurbishment of Greenwich is now completed. The boys have now gone back to Sheffield House.<ref name="KHwebsite" /> |
* '''Sheffield''' is a senior boys house. Between 2006-2007, girls from Greenwich House were housed in Sheffield House due to the refurbishment program. The refurbishment of Greenwich is now completed. The boys have now gone back to Sheffield House.<ref name="KHwebsite" /> |
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Revision as of 09:14, 4 November 2010
| Kingham Hill School | |
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| Location | |
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| , , OX7 6TH | |
| Information | |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
| Founder | Charles Edward Baring Young |
| Local authority | Oxfordshire |
| Headteacher | Rev. Nick Seward |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Website | http://www.kinghamhill.org.uk/ |
Kingham Hill School is a Christian school based on the Church of England denomination. It was founded by local Christian landowner Charles Edward Baring Young in 1886 as a school and home for deprived boys and was designed by the architect William Howard Seth-Smith. The school is located in Oxfordshire near the village of Kingham and the town of Chipping Norton. It is an independent fee-paying boarding school.The school consists of eight houses, six of which are boarding and two are houses for day students. Students who board have the option of either staying all term (varies depending on time of year) or they can go to their parents or guardians on Fridays until Sunday when they must return to school. Baring Young also founded Oak Hill Theological College in London. Due to Baring Young's wishes as a founder the whole school attends a chapel every morning and an evensong on Sunday evenings.
Recent Activities
The school Chapel celebrated its centenary year in 2003.
For the last ten years bar one, students have been going on an annual trip to Romania. They stay just outside a town called Sibiu, which is in the region of Transylvania. They have been going every year since 1994, except in 1999 when they went to Kenya. As well as this the school holds trips to the USA every other year and also during the summer holidays Sixth Form students have the option of going to the Ukraine to help with charity work being done there.
Boarding Houses
There are currently six houses and two sets of upper sixth flats. The boarding house locations and use has changed over the years with them currently being as follows:
- Plymouth is a junior boys house. Their ties are navy blue.
- Greenwich was originally a senior boys house. Its tie colour was lilac/violet. It changed to a junior girls house however in previous years has held Senior and Junior girls. The house was refurbished recently.[1]
- Severn was a house for the accommodation of single members of staff and is now a senior girls house.
- Norwich is a senior boys house. The colour of its tie is maroon.
- Havelock is a boys day house, their tie colour is black with white diagonal stripes
- Latimer is a girls day house, they currently do not hold a house tie. The house colour is lime green.
- Bradford is a senior boys house, and their tie colour is yellow. The house was refurbished recently and is leeking toilet water.[1]
- Sheffield is a senior boys house. Between 2006-2007, girls from Greenwich House were housed in Sheffield House due to the refurbishment program. The refurbishment of Greenwich is now completed. The boys have now gone back to Sheffield House.[1]
Notable alumni
- Minister of State for Transport Lord Andrew Adonis[2]
- Air Commodore Malcolm Brecht[3]
- Guy Pratt. Formerly of Bradford House. Bassist for Pink Floyd and for David Gilmour on stage, author of 'My Bass and other Animals'; raconteur.
- Alex Paterson of The Orb
Facilities
The school offers specialist dyslexic teaching in an SPLD department. This comprises five specially trained teachers to help students with learning difficulties such as Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and Dyscalculia.
The school has a pool and a Fitness Suite that are open to students and to the public all week. The school trains and employs life guards to monitor the pool and also give swimming lessons. The gym has a manager and personal trainer on site during the week.
The school also has an Astroturf with Tennis and netball courts adjacent for the use of hockey and football teams.
References
- ^ a b c Welcome to the Kingham Hill School Website
- ^ Guardian Online, May 10, 2005
- ^ "New man takes control at RAF base". BBC. 4 September 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
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