King's School, Witney

Location of The Kings School,Witney in Oxfordshire
The King's School
Established 1984
Type Independent
Religion Christian
Principal Steve Beegoo
Chairman of Governors Alistair Barnett
Founder Oxfordshire Community Churches
Location New Yatt Road
Oxfordshire
OX29 6TA
England England
Coordinates: 51°47′56″N 1°28′21″W / 51.798756°N 1.472468°W / 51.798756; -1.472468
Local authority Oxfordshire
Students 163 approx.
Gender Co-educational
Ages 4–16
Colours

     Blue,      Black

     White
Website www.occ.org.uk/tks/

The King's School is a co-educational independent Christian school in Witney, Oxfordshire, England. It that is part of Oxfordshire Community Churches (OCC).[1] The school had 163 pupils at the time of its last Bridge Schools Inspection.[2]

History

The King’s School was started in 1984 by the OCC group of churches and initially used the Accelerated Christian Education programme. The school had several locations between 1984-1989. The school was first based at Merrifield house then it moved to Scout Houses and even spent some time based at the Cotswold Wildlife Park before finding its current home. The School is on New Yatt Road, Witney.

Extracurricular activities

Among the extracurricular activities at the school are Sports Day and the Expressive Arts Week.

At the end of the Easter term, the senior pupils take time off normal lessons as part of their annual Expressive Arts Week. Students display their work on graphics, P.A. and lighting, drama, music, dance, costume and stage design or creating wonderful refreshments for people to enjoy during the intervals.

To help the students with learning certain languages there are trips to both Germany and France along with the Y11 trip to such countries as Zambia and India.

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