Abingdon School

Telephone: 01235 521563
Email: admissions@abingdon.org.uk
Web: https://www.abingdon.org.uk
School Address: Abingdon School, Park Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. OX14 1DE

Prospectus

Number in School: 1015
Number of Boarders: 138
Boarding Type: Full Boarding, Weekly Boarding - (Monday to Friday)
School Type: Boys

Head of Boarding: Matt Kendry
Head of Boarding Email: matthew.kendry@abingdon.org.uk
Head of Boarding Contact Number: 01235 849041

Abingdon promotes confidence but not complacency or arrogance. The studentsย are encouraged to be individuals and given the support and opportunities to thrive. Our community is both nurturing and demanding.

The Other Half programme gives staff and students the opportunity to work together outside the classroom, which reaps tremendous benefits for the teaching environment. The pastoral care system sees students in small tutor groups and all belong to houses with the same housemaster throughout their time at school, ensuring close ties between home and school. Our staff really do know their pupils.

Studentsย are encouraged to try something new, improve their existing skills and to give something back. They benefit from the advantages of single sex education but also enjoy close ties with the nearby girlsโ€™ schools. An ideal education environment.

The School offers a very impressive range of subjects at A level and the vast majority of leavers secure places to their first choice for further education, mainly Russell Group universities and a good percentage each year to Oxbridge. There is a specialist team of advisors who help studentsย with university applications and offer comprehensive career advice.

Sport continues to excel with national representation for rugby, hockey, rowing and fencing with numerous studentsย playing in county and regional sides. There is strength in depth with everyone given a chance to shine. Sporting tours include South Africa, Japan, Sri Lanka, Barbados and Europe and thereโ€™s plenty of opportunities closer to home.

Music is particularly strong with ABRSM professional diplomas featuring amongst the exam successes at a high level. Musicians tour regularly with Japan and Hong Kong the latest tour in 2019. Studentsย benefit from a varied programme including visiting masterclasses with eminent musicians.

Drama is ambitious with an impressive crop of national awards for recent Abingdon Film Unit material and much-acclaimed productions throughout the school.

Set in stunning grounds,ย just south of Oxford, an already impressive campus has seen recent additions including a stunning 21-lab science centre, further sports facilities, a new sixth form centre, library and art department.ย An exciting Boarding House development project is due to be completed in 2023, which will further improve our boarding facilities and enhance the House experience for both our day pupils and boarders.

Abingdon admission fees.

Event bookings alert

Date: June 17

We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with our online event booking system. If you’d like to register for an upcoming event, please email us at bsa@boarding.org.uk or call us directly on +44 (0) 20 7798 1580 and a member of the team will take your booking over the phone. Our apologies for this temporary inconvenience.