Cokethorpe School - Witney
Cokethorpe is a vibrant and dynamic school for girls and boys aged 4 to 18, set in 150 acres of beautiful Oxfordshire parkland, just outside Witney and 10 miles from Oxford. They are a nurturing family inspired by the environment, paying attention to the overall development of the pupils and providing a rich, varied and broad education that fosters their diverse talents. There has been enormous investment over the last 15 years so there's virtually no stone unturned for facilities here.
Here is the Senior School video Cokethorpe School for a whistle stop tour.
In terms of facilities, there are the usual basics of a large sports hall with cricket nets, two full size Astros, three cricket pitches and six rugby/football pitches. Now add a golf course, fitness room, 10 metre outdoor climbing wall, a shooting range and clay traps, and enough room for the school to host its own show jumping competition and you’re getting the picture. A new Pavilion has just been completed – a slick, modernist, single level building that holds 220 kids in ten changing rooms for matches. However there is no swimming pool. That said the students sail at the Reservoir and kayak from the school's boathouse on the River Thames.
Beyond the sports curriculum and team play, the school runs AOB (it stands for Any Other Business), a clubs and activities programme with a mind-boggling 160 choices on offer. More on this below but suffice to say your child will not suffer for lack of sporting opportunity either – Kayaking, Shooting, Basketball, Golf and Sailing Club are all on the list for Summer Term, alongside quirkier options like Radio Cokethorpe, Mandarin, How to Start a Revolution, and Grow It, Eat It.
There is a 200 person theatre, drama workshops and LAMDA classes are taken up by 12% of pupils in the Senior Schol - with 12-13 performaces throughout the year.
Academically it is performing well - Result-wise, in 2022 53% of all grades at GSCE were 9-7, and 80% were 9-6. In other words, over half of the students reached A-A*. For A level, 52% of students achieved an A/A*, 85% achieved A*/B, and more than one third of students achieved all A*/A grades.