Headington Rye Oxford Prep School

Since 2014, Jane Crouch BA, MA. First headship was 10 years at Dame Bradbury’s School, Essex, though before that she was head of the junior section of Ashford School, Kent and deputy head of Great Walstead, West Sussex. Degree in French and geography

Informal ‘fun’ assessment into nursery, reception, year 1 and year 2, with activities involving numeracy and literacy. From year 3 upwards, computer-based assessments in maths, English and non-verbal reasoning, informal interview and taster day.

Eighty-five per cent of the girls go on to the senior school. Boys seek local co-ed options (D’Overbroecks, Cokethorpe) or single sex (Magdalen College School, Abingdon). Tailored exam preparation for boys, who’ve just had their own future schools

No bursaries. That said, ‘Incredible value for money’, says one parent, ‘it’s a really good education for half the price of some of the other Oxford schools.’

HRO was a mere babe when we visited, and we don’t like to judge one so young, but we knew and loved both Headington and Rye St Antony; the coming together of these two stalwarts of the Oxford landscape has, as you can imagine, been the talk of the

There’s real interest in this super-duper little school at the moment and a sense that Headington Rye Oxford will be more than the sum of its parts. We’ll be watching with interest to see how Oxford responds to the new kid on the block as these