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 […]

Senior Boys’ Rugby team make it to County Cup final

Congratulations to the Senior Boys’ Rugby team on their win against a tough team from Lord Williams. The boys are looking forward to representing the school at the County Cup Final on 29th November at Chipping Norton Rugby Club.

Year 11 Careers Fair

Our recent Year 11 Careers Fair was well attended by students and their parents. They found it really useful to be able to talk to the local education and training providers in the hall as well as local employers who could discuss specific career routes such as medicine, public services, law, trades in the construction […]

Night of the Musicals

Our annual ‘Night of the Musicals’ is always a special event and this year’s performance was no exception. The Year 7 choir were magnificent; performing songs from ‘Matilda’ and ‘Oliver’ with great skill and enthusiasm – no mean feat when you consider that they have only been at school for 5 weeks. The soloists Holly […]

Jack Turner and the Black Knight: a novel by CNS young authors

Last year English teacher Mr Long decided to bring together a group of Year 7 boys with varying degrees of interest in reading to look at why many boys are reluctant readers and to try to enthuse the reluctant readers in the group to become more involved with reading. The group of boys met for […]