U13 Rugby team win Sibford 7s Cup
Huge congratulations to our U13 Rugby team for their victory in the Sibford 7’s Cup competition! Some fantastic performances along the way meant they became only the second CNS team to win the prestigious cup competition with victories over Royal Latin, Langtree, Oxford Spires, Cotswold, Cheltenham Bournside and Burford in the Final. Unfortunately neither the […]
Sixth Form students visit Houses of Parliament
Following their success at The West Oxfordshire Democracy Challenge Sixth Form students Georgia Juckes, Hettie Gardner, Luke Briggs, and Alicia Ross Vergara (accompanied by Ms Millar and Mrs Lee) visited Parliament as guests of local MP Robert Courts. After a tour of The Palace of Westminster and lunch at the Parliamentary cafe, the students watched Home […]
Battle of the Bands
Battle of the Bands is always a highlight of the school year, with our talented students perfecting their performances for weeks before competition day. As ever the range of musical styles was impressive with the audience enjoying covers of music by artists as varied as Frank Sinatra, John Newman, rock band Mudhoney and indie-soul songwriter […]
Ski Trip 2018
During the February half term break, 39 students from Years 10-13 took part in our annual ski trip. They travelled by coach to Montafon in Austria and enjoyed 6 days of 5 hour ski lessons, ranging from beginner to advanced. The snow conditions were great and by the middle of the week, the intermediate group and advanced groups […]
Miranda ‘Braves the Shave’ for Macmillan
Sixth form student Miranda Edwards, who recently lost her aunt to cancer, ‘Braved the Shave’ in order to raise funds for Macmillan. She had her long hair cut off in front of the entire Sixth Form and raised over £1500 for the charity.
Author Joe Craig talks to Year 7 students
We were delighted to have Joe Craig visit school to talk to all the Year 7 students about his journey to becoming the author of the brilliant Jimmy Coates series of books. Joe’s talk was both entertaining and motivational and the students really enjoyed the opportunity to ask him lots of interesting questions both during and after […]
Sports Tour 2017
Following over 2 years of preparation, fundraising and training on Saturday 22nd July 49 students and 5 staff made the 11 hour overnight flight from Heathrow to South Africa on our 2017 Sports Tour. This is the third time a group of our students have made the trip following previous visits in 2012 and 2014. […]
Year 9 Science Trip
Keen Year 9 scientists attended a Medicine and Materials day at Oxford University’s Chemistry laboratories where they were invited to use the lab’s sophisticated equipment to extract limonene from orange peel. They also visited The Botanic Gardens, to find out about the use of plants as a source of medicines, and The History of Science […]