Five 6th form students at Our Lady’s Abingdon were in the winning group at the National Finals of the UK Space Design Competition (UKSDC) 2023. The strongest team players will be selected to take part in the World Finals at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
A large majority of parents and children across Oxfordshire have been offered their first choice of secondary school for 2023/24, according to Oxfordshire County Council.
A new five-year school engagement programme will see employers located at Milton Park develop local young people’s employability skills and engage students with careers in science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics (STEAM).
Councillors at Oxfordshire County Council have said that the council’s spare seats scheme has not changed and that work to improve provision is ongoing.
Planning permission has been granted for a new, state-of-the-art residential campus for St Edmund Hall comprising 128 study bedrooms and communal facilities at Norham Gardens in north Oxford.
Professor Susan Perkin, a Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Oxford, has been honoured in the annual Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists in the UK
Oxfordshire’s director of children’s services believes the county needs more clout and more cash to plug the black hole in special educational needs finances.
Professor Tracey spoke of her pride in being asked to lead her hometown university, where she has studied and worked as an internationally-renowned neuroscientist.
Oxfordshire County Council insists staff “don’t recognise” a councillor’s allegation that parents pushing for special education needs services have been presented with the idea of giving up their children.
The Cherwell School in Marston Ferry Road received the top grading after inspectors from the national school standards watchdog visited in October.
The Schwarzman Centre construction commencement ceremony represents an important milestone in the single biggest capital project ever carried out at Oxford University.
The £9m school – for children between two and 11 years – consists of 17 classrooms over two floors, a spacious hall and studio, a library and several staff work rooms and group rooms.