Established 1932 DfE URN 138897 Phone +44 1865 374971 Number of students 900 Staff 90 | Ages 11–18 Founded 1932 Gender Mixed-sex education | |
Location Oxford RoadGosfordOxfordshireOX5 2NT United Kingdom Website www.gosford-hill.oxon.sch.uk Address Oxford Rd, Kidlington OX5 2NT, UK | ||
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Gosford Hill School is a co-educational secondary school with academy status in the village of Gosford near Kidlington, Oxfordshire. It is also a Specialist College of Mathematics and Computing; the first school in Oxfordshire to receive this award. In 2007 the school celebrated the 75th anniversary of its founding in 1932.
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- Highlights playstation u15 small schools cup 2016 gosford hill school v howden school
- History
- Notable alumni
- References
Highlights playstation u15 small schools cup 2016 gosford hill school v howden school
History
The school, originally called the Kidlington Church of England Central School, was built to teach children over the age of 11 whose numbers had grown during the 1920s to the point where the National School in the village was not able to accommodate them. By combining the number of over-11s from Kidlington with those from the church schools in the surrounding villages of Begbroke, Cassington, Hampton Poyle, Islip, Noke, Oddington, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Thrupp and Yarnton a sufficient number was achieved to justify the cost of a new school.
The first Headteacher, when the school opened on 7 September 1932, was Herbert Chapman who had been the head of the National School
The original buildings, designed by R Fielding Dodd, ARIBA and GT Gardner consisted of 4 classrooms and a Practical Studies Centre. Two more classrooms were added in 1934. The site of 4 acres (16,000 m2) had been part of Gosford Hill Farm, which itself had been turned into Oxford Zoological Gardens by Frank Gray by the time the school was built.
In 2007 the school had over 1200 students and over 90 staff. The headteacher since September 2007 is Dr Stephen Bizley. Major building work has taken place since his arrival; a new Design & Technology block and science block have been built and are in use.
On 1 November 2012 the school completed its transition to an academy.