Education & Training
Discover news and stories from across Oxford and Oxfordshire’s diverse education and skills landscape — from world-renowned institutions and leading state and independent schools to forward-thinking professional training providers and specialist skills academies
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The Oxford Trust launches Accessing Science Fund to support young people into STEM
The Oxford Trust has launched the Accessing Science Fund to improve science learning for children and young people who are less likely to have access to STEM activities and resources in schools and community groups across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
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St Catherine’s College gets a new temporary lecture theatre complex in just six weeks
St Catherine’s Colleges has installed a high-quality temporary solution to accommodate up to 250 people in just six weeks, while remediation work is carried out on its main lecture theatre due to the presence of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC).
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Cokethorpe School welcomes 100 guests for its inaugural business community event
The Cokethorpe Business Breakfast on Friday, 10 May, saw 100 representatives of local businesses welcomed to the school its first business community event, launching the Cokethorpe Business Directory.
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Oxford Royale receives the prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade
Oxford Royale has received the prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade, joining a distinguished group of 252 organisations nationally recognised for their excellence.
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Oxford High Prep School has been shortlisted for the Tes Awards 2024
Oxford High Prep School has been shortlisted in the Independent Prep School of the Year category of the Tes Schools Awards 2024
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Cothill School announces plans to become co-educational
Cothill School, an independent day and boarding prep school in Oxfordshire, for pupils aged 7 to 13, will become co-educational from September 2025, enabling more families to benefit from the school’s excellent academic offering boys have enjoyed for over 150 years.
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Oxford apprenticeship experts Ignite Training celebrates its 25th birthday
Ignite Sport launched in 1999 and delivered holiday camps and after-school clubs. It has since added to its portfolio and formed Ignite Training and Velocity Football.
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Majority of Oxfordshire children offered first choice secondary school place for 2024/25
A total of 88.24 per cent (6,492) of applicants have been awarded their first choice of secondary school place in Oxfordshire for 2024/25, slightly higher than last year (87.05 per cent, 6,415 applicants).
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Oxford University tutors win employee status legal challenge at tribunal
Rebecca and Alice, who have taught on the Masters in Creative Writing at the university on personal service contracts claimed that the terms of their contracts meant that they are employees.
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Milton Park is celebrating first year anniversary of its schools engagement programme
Milton Park is celebrating a successful first year of its schools-engagement initiative, Explore Milton Park, which has inspired 1,000 young students to consider a future in STEAM careers.
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UTC Oxfordshire in Didcot retains ‘Good’ Ofsted rating in all areas
UTC Oxfordshire, part of the Activate Learning Education Trust, has retained its ‘Good’ Ofsted rating following an inspection in December, with inspectors especially impressed with the school’s careers focus and links with industry.
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County Council approves funding for a new SEND school
£14.4 million will be invested in the planned school in Didcot with capacity to teach 120 children with special educational needs related to autism and/or social, emotional and mental health.
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The Unicorn School Head Teacher Andrew Day awarded MBE in New Year Honours List 2024
Andrew Day, Head Teacher at The Unicorn School, Abingdon, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List 2024 in recognition of his services to education.
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Oxford University Press to extend its Oxfordshire Raise a Reader programme
Oxford University Press (OUP) will be extending its Oxfordshire Raise a Reader programme, in partnership with the National Literacy Trust and its Libraries for Primaries campaign.
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Staff from local builder join annual Meet the Employer careers event in Didcot
Persimmon Homes Wessex was one of the organisations that attended a recent Meet the Employer careers day event at Didcot Girls’ School, where three of its employees spoke with groups of Year 13s in the area.
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The Rosalind Franklin Institute appoints Professor Paul Matthews as new director
The Rosalind Franklin Institute, based at Harwell Campus near Didcot, has appointed Professor Paul Matthews as its new Institute Director.