Ski Trip to Zell am See
Over the Easter break, a group of 50 students were lucky enough to go on the ski trip to Zell am See in Austria. Each day began with ski lessons on the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier, where they were split into groups based on ability. The students also had the chance to ski on Schmittenhöhe for a […]
Students Leaders visit The Palace of Westminster
Our student leaders work hard throughout the year to improve our school and its community. As a reward for their efforts we were delighted to be able to offer them an exciting opportunity to visit London and the Houses of Parliament last Friday. The students were hosted by the Parliamentary Education Service and the students […]
Year 7 -9 Creative Translation workshop
At the end of April we offered students in years 7, 8 and 9 the chance to take part in a creative translation workshop. This was run by ambassador students from the University of Oxford as part of the Queen’s College Translation Exchange programme. Students worked in pairs and small groups to creatively translate a […]
‘Girls mean Business’ human library
At the start of Term 5, we hosted the fourth ‘Girls mean Business’ human library event at Chipping Norton school. We had nine visitors from a huge variety of sectors talking to our Year 9 girls about their careers and training as well as their day to day work in human resources, police, child services, […]
Sixth Form Rugby success at Kingham 7s
On Wednesday 26th March CNS took two teams to the annual Kingham Hill 7s rugby tournament. On a glorious sunny afternoon 10 schools competed in the competition which was played in an excellent spirit throughout. The B team was composed of Year 11 and 12 students who competed magnificently scoring some great tries against very difficult […]
Comic Relief 2025
For Comic Relief in March, we did many fundraisers and fun activities throughout the school to celebrate. In the spirit of comic relief, students and staff filmed jokes to be put in our assembly to be shown to the entire school! It added a little giggle to the start of our day. We also ran […]
Firewalking for CNS
Four dads, Steve Palmer, Dan Houlton, Chris Gascoigne and Dom Rickard all braved a Fire Walk in aid of our School’s PTA, on Friday 28th March at Glyme Hall. Not only did they walk barefoot over 6 metres of burning embers at a temperature of 1237 Fahrenheit, but they all did it 3 times! They […]
Physics trip to Diamond Light Source
Mrs Eakins and Mrs Craig took twelve aspiring physicists and engineers to get a peek inside the guts of Diamond Light Source – UK’s synchrotron facility and one of the world’s biggest x-ray machines! Diamond host investigations that have contributed to knowledge of the atomic structure of SARS-CoV-2, the development of a potential vaccine for […]
Youth Speaks Competition
With the cup freshly engraved from last year’s win, our two debating teams returned to this year’s Youth Speaks competition to defend their title. Held at Bloxham School, in conjunction with Banbury Cherwell Rotary Club, the teams faced stiff competition from Bloxham School and Bicester’s Cooper School. The Year 11 team took on the weighty debate of ‘Justice is […]
Sporting Successes
Tahlia Davidson-Wright and Elin Pereira-Morey competed for Team GB in the U18 Women’s World Ice Hockey Championships in Riga, Latvia in January. Team GB won gold, winning all their games! Both girls played an important role in this incredible achievement. Tahlia scored six points and received Players’ Player and Team Spirit awards. Elin and Tahlia […]