Chipping Norton Sports Awards 2017
Congratulations to all our students who received awards at the Chipping Norton Sports Awards last week: Toby Robottom (Over 18 Sportsperson Award), the Under 18 Boys’ Rugby Team (11-18 Team Award) and several students who were part of the Four Spires Swimming Club (11-17 Club Award).
Year 11 GCSE Art trip to Tate Modern
Year 11 Art students visited Tate Modern in order to seek inspiration for their exam unit ‘Fragments’. There were fascinating artworks on display and the students were able to experience installations made of many different materials; as well as more traditional paintings. It was a very successful day and infused the Year 11s with fresh […]
Year 9 Citizenship Day
Citizenship Day provided an exciting and valuable experience for the Year 9s. They attended a ‘Human Library’ where 21 representatives of businesses from all over region came along to be questioned by students, who had 4 minutes to find out what they did for a living. They also attended talks by Teenage Cancer Trust, St Johns […]
Baroness Bloomfield visits CNS
Before Christmas Baroness Bloomfield visited Chipping Norton School to talk to a selection sixth form and Year 11 students. Her talk centred on her experience in the House of Lords. A full Lecture Theatre listened to her presentation as she spoke about the rules in the House of Lords, the role it plays in making […]
Cologne Christmas Markets trip
The Cologne Christmas Market attracts over 2 million people and this year that number included 45 pupils from Chipping Norton School. With six markets to visit and a host of other activities planned, the 3 day trip was a whirlwind of cultural highlights. As well as experiencing the magic of the various markets in the […]
CNS triumph at ‘Democracy Challenge’
Sixth Form students Georgia Juckes, Alicia Ross-Vergara, Hettie Gardner and Luke Briggs triumphed at the first ‘Democracy Challenge’ debating competition held at the West Oxfordshire District Council Offices in Witney. They were up against stiff competition from Bartholomew School, Burford School, Henry Box, The Marlborough School, Wood Green School, Cokethorpe School and Kingham School. The […]
Senior Boys’ Rugby team triumph at District and County championships
The Senior boys have played 10 games this season, winning 8 and drawing one including victory over Burford in the County Cup Final and the District Final to become to the first CNS team to win both competitions in the same season. Along the way they recorded some incredible wins, notably over Warriner, Cotswold and […]
Exciting news: the outcome of our recent Ofsted inspection is published
Chipping Norton School is a “Good” school. Personal development is outstanding. The sixth form is outstanding. “Teachers are firmly focussed on helping pupils achieve their best.” The report rightly recognises many of the exceptional aspects of our school. These are all quotes from the report: “The school’s work to promote students’ personal development and welfare […]
U13 Girls’ Football team narrowly misses out in West Oxon Cup
Congratulations to our U13 girls football team who came second in the West Oxfordshire tournament. The final was a fantastic game against Wood Green and by the end of play the teams could not be separated with the score standing at 0-0. The match went to a sudden death penalty where Wood Green came out […]
Reading Club members meet a host of authors
In the past month members of the school’s Reading Club have had the pleasure of hearing lots of authors talking about what inspires them to write. They attended a very entertaining talk at Burford School by best-selling author Jonathan Stroud in which he spoke about the latest book in his ‘Lockwood & Co’ series. In […]