Rye St Antony School A GSG School
- Rye St Antony School
Pullen's Lane
Oxford
OX3 0BY - Head: Sarah Davis
- T 01865 762802
- F 01865 763611
- E [email protected]
- W www.ryestantony.co.uk
- A mainstream independent school for girls aged from 3 to 19 and for boys aged from 3 to 11.
- Read about the best schools in Oxford and North Oxfordshire and South Oxfordshire
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Oxfordshire
- Pupils: 277 (240 girls; 37 boys); sixth formers: 28
- Religion: Roman Catholic
- Fees: Day £11,250 - £20,250; Boarding £28,305 - £36,000 pa
- Open days: See website
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
- ISI report: View the ISI report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
‘The Rye Way’, as the school terms it, creates ‘resilient young people with a positive outlook’. ‘We are building more challenge into what we do day-to-day‘, says head, though nothing cut-throat: teaching nurtures pupils’ self-esteem rather than battering it. In a landscape crowded with big names (or hothouses, according to many Rye parents), we were struck by Rye’s confidence in not being all about grades. New ‘booked-based’ curriculum for key stages one and two. Enquiry-led, topic-driven – all very ‘now’ and encourages joined-up thinking. Lots of sixth formers take Leith’s course in food and wine. Modern, business-like approach to food and nutrition – not a doily in sight and lots of talk of marketing, food science and product development.
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since 2023, Sarah Davis (interim head).
Head of prep (since January 2021), Mrs Alexandra Prockter. Previously deputy head of lower school at Harrow International School, Bangkok.
Entrance
Headington and Rye St Antony are merging both schools to form a single, all-through school for pupils aged from three to 18 years. The merger will take place over a two-year period. When complete, the new combined school will operate a single-sex senior school for girls from year 7 to year 13 on the current Headington senior school site. A prep school, for both boys and girls from nursery to year 6, will operate from the current Rye St Antony site. The new school will be called Headington Rye Oxford.
The transition begins in January 2024 but there will be no...
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Special Education Needs
The school has a Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator and a team of five learning support teachers, of whom two are teachers of English as an Foreign Language. The department also supports specific learning difficulties, examination skills, and counselling. Learning support tuition is available, at an extra fee, for any pupil, whether for help in a specific area or with wider study skills needs.
Who came from where
School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Manor Preparatory School | 2023 | 2 | 1 | Academic Scholarship |
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