Oundle School

Oundle School is a public school, at Oundle in Northamptonshire, England. The school is maintained by the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City of London and has eight boys' houses and five girls' houses, housing over 1,000 pupils. The day school for local students was split off in 1876, and known as Laxton School, but was reunited in 2001.

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Public school - Oundle - Northamptonshire - England - Worshipful Company of Grocers - City of London - 1876 - 2001

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It was founded as a grammar school in 1556 by Sir William Laxton, Lord Mayor of London, who was born in Oundle. The first school building were the old Almshouses opposite the parish church near the Marketplace. It was founded to offer local children a good education; it is currently a large school with 7-800 boarders living in Boarding Houses during school time, with a large number of international students. Approximately 300 day pupils from the area are still based in the old Almshouses, now very considerably expanded and known as Laxton House (after reunification).

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Grammar school - 1556 - William Laxton - Lord Mayor of London - Oundle - Parish church - Almshouses

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The school has close ties with the Laxton Junior School, for primary school pupils, many of whom continue their secondary education at the secondary school. A modern building for Laxton Junior was completed in 2003, to cater for increased demand and to grow out of the labyrinthine building used beforehand, now the Oundle School English department.

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The school has 14 houses in total for both boys and girls, one of which is for day pupils. Apart from being one of the largest co-educational independent schools in the country, Oundle features prominently in the school league tables, with pupils obtaining excellent results at G.C.S.E. and A. Level. Oundle also boasts the largest Combined Cadet Force and currently dominates public school Rugby and Rowing.

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Combined Cadet Force - Rugby - Rowing

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