Education
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Cokethorpe School (Prep), Witney
A selective, co-ed independent school set in 150 acres of dreamy Oxfordshire parkland. Though academics are well looked after, there's a refreshing emphasis on letting kids enjoy being kids.
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Crown House Prep School, High Wycombe
A small, high-achieving prep school in a higgledy-piggledy converted manor house just outside High Wycombe town centre, and the perfect grammar feeder-school.
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Moulsford School, Moulsford
A highly-regarded boy’s prep school in South Oxon in a stonkingly lovely setting on the Thames, with a strong reputation for sport and extracurricular activities.
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Christ Church Cathedral School, Oxford
This Oxford city centre specialist chorister school for boys has excellent academics, music oozing from every corner, and stunning off-site facilities.
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St Edward’s School
Looking for a city school? St Edward's School in Summertown, Oxford is a corker, with half of the cohort taking the IB rather than A-levels. Read on for the Muddy verdict.
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Summer Fields School, North Oxford
A top pre prep and prep day and boarding school for boys with small pupil numbers and whopper facilities, hidden away in 70 stunning acres leading to the Cherwell River.
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d’Overbroeck’s, Oxford
d'Overbroeck's in Oxford has a first name policy, progressive curriculum, a dedicated Sixth Form campus and a whole clutch of brilliant results. Impressed.
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Chandlings Prep School, Bagley Wood, Oxford
Muddy says: A warm, friendly prep school just outside Oxford, set in 60 lovely acres of land. A hidden gem amongst Oxford's more shouty preps - but for how long?
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Kingham Hill School, North Oxon
Muddy says: An idyllically placed co-ed, non-selective secondary school with a strong Christian ethos, set in 100 acres of Cotswolds countryside.
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Heatherton School, Amersham
Part of the Berkhamsted family of schools, Heatherton is a small and nurturing independent primary for girls. What in lacks in acreage it makes up in individual attention and pastoral care.