Year 7 and 8 County Indoor athletics finals
On Thursday 19th April 12 of our Year 7 and 8 boys represented West Oxfordshire at the Indoor Athletics County Finals at the Leys Leisure Centre in Oxford. This is a team-based event including all 3 disciplines of running, jumping and throwing. On a very hot afternoon the boys did themselves proud giving absolutely everything […]
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 […]
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 […]