Kingham Hill School

Kingham Hill School
Motto	In virum perfectum
Established	1886
Type	Independent school Boarding school
Religion	Church of England
Headteacher	Rev. Nick Seward
Founder	Charles Edward Baring Young
Location	Kingham Oxfordshire OX7 6TH England Coordinates: 51°56′00″N 1°36′43″W / 51.933347°N 1.611978°W / 51.933347; -1.611978
Local authority	Oxfordshire
DfE URN	123277 Tables
Students	300~
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–18
Website	www.kinghamhill.org.uk

Kingham Hill School is a co-educational independent day and boarding school for children aged 11-18, located near the village of Kingham in Oxfordshire. It was founded by local landowner Charles Edward Baring Young in 1886, with buildings designed by the architect William Howard Seth-Smith.

The School today

Kingham Hill is a fee-paying day and boarding school. The school consists of nine houses, six of which are boarding and three are houses for day students. Students who board have the option of either staying all term or they can go to their parents or guardians on weekends. The whole school attends a chapel every morning and an evensong on Sunday evenings. Every other year the School organises a trip overseas for pupils to work for charitable organisations in countries such as Romania, Ukraine and Zambia.

Facilities

The school has a swimming pool, fitness suite, dance and drama studio, astro turf and tennis courts on site. These facilities are available for use by the local community at certain times. As well as sports pitches the 100 acres of grounds includes parkland, 30 acres of woodland and 8 acres of pasture housing the school's horses, sheep, alpacas and goats. In 2015 the School opened a new maths and science building, with six state of the art laboratories.

Boarding and day houses

Norwich is a senior boys boarding house.
Sheffield is a senior boys boarding house.
Bradford is a senior boys boarding house.^[1]
Clyde is a junior boys day house and was re-established in a refurbished building in 2015.
Durham is a senior girls house and was refurbished in 2012.
Greenwich is a junior girls house.^[1]
Severn is a senior girls house and was refurbished in Summer 2015.
Sheffield is a senior boys house and was partly refurbished in 2014.^[1]

The Lodge houses the upper sixth girls in their own accommodation.

Notable former pupils

Lord Adonis, journalist and former Labour politician, Secretary of State for Transport 2009-2010 ^[2]
Air Vice-Marshal Malcolm Brecht^[3]
Guy Pratt, Formerly of Bradford House. Bassist for Pink Floyd and for David Gilmour on stage, author of 'My Bass and other Animals'; raconteur.
Alex Paterson of The Orb
Martin Glover, known as "Youth". Music producer, bassist and member of Killing Joke.

References

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- Havelock is a senior boys day house and moved to a refurbished building in 2015.
- Latimer is the girls day house.
- Norwich is a senior boys house. The house was partly refurbished in 2013.
- Plymouth is a junior boys house. The house is due to be refurbished in 2016.
Welcome to the Kingham Hill School Website
↑ Guardian Online, May 10, 2005
↑ "New man takes control at RAF base". BBC. 4 September 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2008.

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