Gillotts School

Gillotts School
Motto Non Nobis Solum (Not by Ourselves Alone)
Established 1950
Type Academy
Headteacher Catharine Darnton
Location Gillotts Lane
Henley-on-Thames
Oxfordshire
RG9 1PS
England
DfE number 931/4055
DfE URN 137921 Tables
Ofsted Pre-academy reports
Students 801 as of October 2014
Gender Coeducational
Ages 11–16
Colours navy, green
Website www.gillotts.oxon.sch.uk

Gillotts School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.[1] It is on a 33 acre site on the edge of Henley-on-Thames.

History

Gillotts was established as a girls' boarding school in parkland on the fringe of Henley-on-Thames in 1950, under founding headmistress Betty Barford. [2] Gillotts became a coeducational comprehensive school in 1960.

Houses

Gillotts school has 3 houses. They are called Darwin, Pankhurst and Orwell. The houses are named after Charles Darwin, Emmeline Pankhurst and George Orwell.

Alumni

Marcus du Sautoy (born 1965), Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford.
Simon Kernick (born 1966), crime novelist.

References

Coordinates: 51°31′31″N 0°55′18″W / 51.5252°N 0.9216°W / 51.5252; -0.9216

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