European School, Culham
Coordinates: 51°39′22″N 1°15′28″W / 51.65611°N 1.25778°W
| Motto | One Education Many Languages |
|---|---|
| Established | 1852 (as Culham College), 1978 (as a European School) |
| Type | International |
| Headteacher | Mrs L Soekov |
| Location |
Thame Lane Culham Oxfordshire OX14 3DZ England |
| Students | 440 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Ages | 4–18 |
| Founder | European Union |
| Former Pupils | Culhamites |
| Website | Official website |
The European School in Culham, Oxfordshire, is one of fourteen European Schools around Europe and the only one in United Kingdom and currently has around 800 nursery/primary (4–11 years old) and secondary (11–18 years old) students.
It is located on the grounds of the former Culham College, a teacher training college established in 1852 by Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford. The Gothic Revival architect Joseph Clarke designed its buildings, and Sherwood and Pevsner described them as "institutional Victorian Gothic at its grimmest".[1]
The school's future is currently under discussion. The school was formed primarily to serve the children of EU employees working at JET/EFDA, in Culham, but the project is currently scheduled to move to Cadarache, France around 2016/17.
Organization
As of October 12, 2003, the student population of the European School, Culham was 884 — of which 88 were in the nursery school, 343 in the primary school and 453 in the secondary school. There are five language sections: German (DP or DS), French (FP or FS), Italian (IP or IS), Dutch (NP or NS) and English (EP or ES). Each language has its own year group: nursery, primary ("X"P), and secondary ("X"S).
For nursery there are two year groups. For Primary there are five year groups ("X"P1 to "X"P5)and for secondary there are seven ("X"S1 to "X"S7). With the number of students in the Dutch and Italian sections decreasing these groups are usually grouped with the English classes for Science, Sports and Maths. L1 is still taught to the semi-merged groups in mother tongue.
Sport
The school's basketball team were U16 national champions in 2000 and U19 national champions in 2003.
Facilities
The European School, Culham has many sport and educational facilities, including a basketball/volleyball indoor sports hall, a five-a-side sized indoor gym, and two sports fields.
Alumni
- Henry Brett - England polo player
- Tommaso Allan - Italian rugby union player
References
- ↑ Sherwood & Pevsner, 1974, page 566
Further reading
- Schola Europaea. Culham 1978 - 1988. Culham: European School Culham (Hg.). 1988.
- Naylor, Leonard; Howat, Gerald (1982). Culham College History. Culham Educational Foundation. ISBN 0-907957-01-3.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.