Burford School
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Burford School is a mixed secondary comprehensive school
in Burford
, Oxfordshire
England. The school was founded in 1571.
and Carterton
, and close to villages such as the Wychwoods, the school has a large catchment area. More than a thousand students study at Burford, and numbers are increasing for entrants and applicants to the large Sixth Form
, at which students can study new A-levels such as Law and Economics, amongst others such as English.
The school's location provides students with easy and convenient access to Burford, where the Boarding House, Lenthall House (icon or ˈ), is situated. The boarding house accepts many international students, largely from Hong Kong
.
. Each two year cycle a group of 14 students visit Uganda and then 14 exchange students return. Links have spread throughout the whole town, and fundraising has achieved the construction of a boarding house and Library in Uganda in previous years. It recently funded the training of a School Nurse.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
in Burford
Burford
Burford is a small town on the River Windrush in the Cotswold hills in west Oxfordshire, England, about west of Oxford, southeast of Cheltenham and only from the Gloucestershire boundary...
, Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
England. The school was founded in 1571.
Introduction
The school is located at the southern end of Burford. Given that Burford sits at near equal distances from the towns of WitneyWitney
Witney is a town on the River Windrush, west of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.The place-name 'Witney' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 969 as 'Wyttannige'; it appears as 'Witenie' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'Witta's island'....
and Carterton
Carterton, Oxfordshire
Carterton is the second largest town in West Oxfordshire and is about south of the A40 and south-west of Witney. The town is on the edge of the Thames Valley and on the edge of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.-History:...
, and close to villages such as the Wychwoods, the school has a large catchment area. More than a thousand students study at Burford, and numbers are increasing for entrants and applicants to the large Sixth Form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
, at which students can study new A-levels such as Law and Economics, amongst others such as English.
The school's location provides students with easy and convenient access to Burford, where the Boarding House, Lenthall House (icon or ˈ), is situated. The boarding house accepts many international students, largely from Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
.
Means of separation
The students are separated in a general English School System way. Each "Year Group" is divided into 8 or so "Form Groups". These Form Groups have around 30 pupils. The Form Groups will have a Form Tutor, who will register and look after the pupils. The Head Of Year deals with issues between interlinking Form Groups, and as a general looks after the Pupils. The Form Groups have various lessons together, whilst spending some apart based on ability. Subjects such as English, Religious Education and Geography are spent together until Year 10.Uganda link
The school has a link with Bishop Dunstan School in Kalangala, Ssese Island UgandaUganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
. Each two year cycle a group of 14 students visit Uganda and then 14 exchange students return. Links have spread throughout the whole town, and fundraising has achieved the construction of a boarding house and Library in Uganda in previous years. It recently funded the training of a School Nurse.