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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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.
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Unicorn School to double pupil numbers with acquision of former Premier Inn building
The Unicorn School in Abingdon is set to double its pupil numbers with the acquision of the former Premier Inn hotel and Beefeater restaurant building on Marcham Road.
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A new children’s nursery is coming to the Graven Hill development
Your Co-op Little Pioneers Nursery and Preschool, which has more than 45 nurseries and preschools in the UK, is set to deliver a new nursery at the popular Graven Hill development.
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Construction completes on new primary school at Graven Hill
The construction of the 420-pupil primary school development at Graven Hill has been completed, and the school has been handed over to the Warriner Multi Academy Trust to welcome children from 11 September 2023.
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Oxford student named champion of the British Society for Nanomedicine
University of Oxford student and Doctor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery Eeshani Bendale has become the first Ayurvedic physician to be named a Champion of the British Society for Nanomedicine.
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OLA Pupils achieve top grades in excellent 2023 GCSE performance
Our Lady’s Abingdon (OLA) is celebrating another strong year of GCSE results, with an outstanding 95% of results graded 9-4, 48% graded 9-7 and 46% achieving at least one grade 9 in 2023.
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Almost half of A-level students at Our Lady’s Abingdon achieved one grade A or above
Almost half of all students achieved at least one A-Level at grade A or above, with 80% securing their first choice of university.