Summer Fields A GSG School
- Summer Fields
Mayfield Road
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX2 7EN - Head: Mr D Faber
- T 01865 454433
- F 01865 459200
- E [email protected]
- W www.summerfields.com
- An independent school for boys aged from 4 to 13.
- Boarding: Yes
- Local authority: Oxfordshire
- Pupils: 330
- Religion: Church of England
- Fees: Day £12,360 - £21,795; Boarding £31,272 pa
- Open days: Contact the school
- 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..
Head maintains, ‘Proof of the pudding is that the less academically able boys still get into public schools’. Parents like the fact that it doesn’t feel like a ‘feeder’ but still gets great results. Discipline maintained by healthy competition and withdrawing privileges rather than anything more grueling. Boys emerge from lessons brightly but quietly. They are articulate and confident, although suspiciously neat and clean in brightly coloured shirts and sweaters. Parental niggle that boys were ‘a bit too…
What the school says...
Maclaren Scholarships worth up to 100% of fees are available to boys starting in Years 6 or 7 whose families could not otherwise afford the fees. For more information, please contact the Registrar on 01865 459204.
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Sports
Polo
Fencing
Shooting
What The Good Schools Guide says
Headmaster
Since 2010, David Faber MA Oxon (50s); came to Summer Fields as old boy; former parent and governor, as well as grandson of illustrious alumnus, Harold Macmillan PM. After Eton and Balliol, became a Conservative MP from 1992-2001, including Opposition spokesman foreign affairs (recently secured schools minister as a speaker for a meeting of prep and public school heads). A keen cricketer (sits on MCC committee) and has introduced new cricket nets to the fields; also referees boys’ football matches.
Interesting appointment as not originally from a teaching background. Urbane and reserved in manner until on the subject of the boys’ achievements – fond collector of past medals; ‘sporting caps’ and historical mementos of the school. Uses his experience as a historian and author (two books on modern history) in...
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Special Education Needs
Boys are given one to one help with a trained SEN teacher. Nov 09.
Leavers' destinations
| School | Year | Places | Scholarships | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eton College | 2020 | 17 | 4 | King’s Scholarships (2); Music Exhibitions (2) |
| Harrow School | 2020 | 9 | 3 | Academic Scholarship; Sports Scholarships (2) |
| Radley College | 2020 | 9 | 4 | Academic Exhibition; Music Scholarship; Music Exhibition; All-Rounder Exhibition |
| Oundle School | 2020 | 8 | 1 | Academic Exhibition |
| Winchester College | 2020 | 4 | 3 | Music Exhibition; Winchester Scholarships (2) |
| St Edward's Oxford | 2020 | 3 | 1 | Academic Exhibition |
| Marlborough College | 2020 | 2 | ||
| St Paul's School | 2020 | 2 | ||
| Stowe School | 2020 | 2 | ||
| Abingdon School | 2020 | 1 | ||
| Bedales School | 2020 | 1 | ||
| Bradfield College | 2020 | 1 | ||
| Charterhouse | 2020 | 1 | ||
| Magdalen College School | 2020 | 1 | 1 | Music Exhibition |
| Sherborne School | 2020 | 1 | ||
| The King's School Canterbury | 2020 | 1 | ||
| The Oratory School | 2020 | 1 | 1 | Sports Scholarship |
| Tonbridge School | 2020 | 1 | ||
| Westminster School | 2020 | 1 |
Who came from where
| School | Year | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Eaton House Belgravia | 2020 | 2 |
| Garden House School | 2020 | 1 |
| Hawkesdown House | 2020 | |
| Merlin School | 2019 | 1 |
| Wetherby School | 2019 | 2 |
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