Biography
A co-educational Prep and Senior School, set in 150 acres of glorious West Oxfordshire parkland, providing its pupils with exceptional breadth and an individual focus.
Discover our Approach to Learning
Whether at the earliest stages of learning or in the final preparations for A Levels, expert, research-informed consideration is given to the approaches to learning at each stage of a pupil’s academic development at Cokethorpe.
Outdoor Education forms an increasingly popular pathway for Games and physical AOB pursuits at Cokethorpe School.
Accessed through AOB, Games, Curriculum Enrichment Week, international expeditions and the DofE programme, some of the activities have a competitive focus to the training and sessions, whilst others simply participate for the recreational enjoyment of the outdoors. The School is well-equipped with facilities to support Outdoor Education activities, from our own 10-metre climbing tower, boathouse, woodland, and outdoor education classroom, to our clay-shooting traps, rifle and pistol ranges, with space to host a regular showjumping competition on school grounds.
Cokethorpe’s dedicated Head of Outdoor Education works right across the Prep and Senior Schools, from introducing the Reception Class to Bushcraft to leading the Sixth Form paddlers on the Marathon Kayak Devizes to Westminster race.
In the Senior School, the Outdoor Education Games options are Marathon Kayaking, Paddlesports (Canoe/kayaking), Climbing, Clay Shooting, Target Sprint, Sailing, Bushcraft, and the Adventure Programme. AOB options include Campfire Cooking, Sailing, Climbing, Paddlesports, Air Rifles, Beginners Climbing, and Advanced Climbing.