The Oratory Preparatory School is a Catholic

Catholic

The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...

 day and boarding school for just over 400 boys and girls from 3 to 13. Founded by Cardinal

Cardinal (Catholicism)

A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...

 John Henry Newman, the school continues to provide an education which is rooted in the traditions and teaching of the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

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The Oratory Preparatory School is on a 60 acres (24.3 ha) site in Crays Pond

Crays Pond

Crays Pond is a hamlet situated in the parish of Goring Heath in South Oxfordshire. Crays Pond is about northeast of Goring-on-Thames and about northwest of Reading, Berkshire....

, near Reading, Berkshire

Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....

, England. The school has been based on this site since the late 1960s.

External links

• Official web site