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Oundle Joins the BSA Boarding Orchard
On a bright January day, The Head, Mrs Kerr-Dineen joined Mr Robin Fletcher, Chief Executive of the Boarding School Association (BSA), to plant the 150th tree of the Boarding Orchard.The Boarding...
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Oxbridge Success 2019
Fifteen pupils from Oundle have received offers this year to study at Oxford and Cambridge. Eleven of these are conditional on A level and Pre-U results, with four former pupils receiving unconditional...
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Boat Club Achieves Early Success in Sculling Events
The Boat Club have enjoyed a solid start to the new race season. At the Northampton Head of the Nene on 19 January, seven pupils competed in a time trial race over a 2km river course alongside crews...
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Swansea Collaboration Inspires Engineers of the Future
Upper Sixth Form pupils in Design, Engineering and Technology had the opportunity to work alongside seven mechanical, aeronautic and electrical engineering undergraduate and postgraduate students from...
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Superb Performances in Mandarin Speaking
Angelo Giacco (L) and Evan Ball (G) had the distinction of qualifying for the final of the HSBC/British Council Mandarin Speaking Competition in early February.Over 600 pupils who are studying Mandarin...
View Article17th Century Morals with a Modern Twist
In early February, the Fourth Form Academic Scholars went to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, to see Tartuffe, the 17th century French comedy by Molière, modernised by Anil Gupta...
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At the Computing Edge in Silicon Valley
Over the Half Term holiday, nine Sixth Form pupils from the Computing department headed to Silicon Valley for a week of tech based activities in the global tech capital. The first stop put the...
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Experiencing the Work World In Spanish
Twelve Lower and Upper Sixth Form pupils studying Spanish enjoyed a week’s work experience in Cordoba, Spain over the Half Term. The aim of the trip was for pupils to experience full language immersion...
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U16 Girls Hockey Win Bronze at Investec Championship
On Wednesday, the girls U16 hockey team travelled to the two day Investec Girls’ Schools Championships at the Lee Valley Hockey Centre in London. In the final of the Tier 2 championship, Oundle took on...
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Fisher House Awarded Mather Cup in Final Debate
This year, the Mather Cup competition has entertained, informed and delighted. Over the course of two Terms, every House has participated in debates that ranged from whether music is more important...
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A Sharp and Essential Political Nightmare
The Sixth Form production of George Orwell’s 1984 was a pure, visceral and essential piece of theatre. This was a main House play directed with an astute and vital urgency by Ed Hodgson (Sc) and...
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Outstanding Musicianship at Hepburn Finalist Recital
The 2019 Hepburn Music Competition took place over three days, and involved some 320 performances across seven venues, judged by a panel of seven distinguished adjudicators.The Hepburn Competition is...
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Walking the Runway for Changemakers
This year’s highly anticipated charity Fashion Show was a stand-out evening of entertainment featuring a cast of models from the Fourth Form upwards from eleven different Houses.The organising team,...
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New Director of Sport to Join Oundle
Oundle is delighted to announce that Nicholas Beasant will be joining the School as Director of Sport in September. Nick has been Director of Sport at Charterhouse for the last five years, where he is...
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Sixth Form Lecture Series Features a Programme of Inspiring Speakers
The 2018-2019 Sixth Form lectures once again brought a mix of speakers from all walks of life. The Michaelmas Term started with a lecture by GB Olympian Gail Emms on her illustrious badminton career....
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Jacob Rees-Mogg Addresses Quad Society
At last week’s Quadivium Society Lecture, Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg MP came to School to talk to the Sixth Form. The Great Hall was packed with pupils who had no shortage of challenging questions to ask.He...
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France's Revolutionary Fervour Then and Now
At last night’s French Society lecture, Professor John Keiger, a politics and international relations specialist at Corpus Christi, Cambridge, spoke superbly about the reasons why and occasions on...
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On the Pitch with Girls Rugby
Rugby is becoming a firm favourite for girls at Oundle. Introduced as a sports option in 2006, it is now played in the Fifth and Sixth Forms. The girls learn the same skills and techniques as the boys,...
View ArticleScholars Workshop Examines Medical and Legal Ethics
Dr James MacKenzie, a forensic neuropathology consultant, spent Monday morning at Oundle working with the Academic Scholars from the Third to the Lower Sixth Forms, as well as aspiring medics from the...
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William Tyler QC (OO) Addresses Law Society
Mr Will Tyler QC (OO) came to speak to the Law Society about family law last Tuesday. Mr Tyler is a specialist children law barrister appearing in high-profile public and private law children cases...
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Adventure Awards Presented for Commitment and Ambition
Every year, travel scholarships are awarded to pupils in the Lower Sixth Form to encourage a spirit of adventure, exploration and physical challenge. In 2019, nine groups and 30 pupils competed for an...
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Flags Fly High for Sports Day on New Athletic Track
The House flags were flying proudly on May 24, when Sir Howard Stringer (Ldr 1960) opened the School’s new athletics track for Sports Day.The programme for this year’s Sports Day followed a new format...
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The School's Commitment to Reducing Waste and use of Plastic.
As part of the School’s ongoing commitment to its Environmental Policy, the Catering department has introduced a number of initiatives to reduce waste and minimise its environmental impact.The...
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Third Form Pupils Present Carnegie Medal Shortlist
This year’s Carnegie Medal Shadowing Scheme involved the entire Third Form, and culminated in a whole year assembly in the Great Hall featuring presentations about each of the eight shortlisted...
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Prof Maxwell Hutchinson on the Beauty of Architecture
This year’s Oundle Lecture on “The Rules and Manners of Good Buildings” was presented by Professor Maxwell Hutchinson (D 1966) to an audience of Governors, staff, parents, Old Oundelians and Lower...
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A level success
Congratulations to all our Upper Sixth Form. Pupils have scored notable individual successes against a challenging background of changing A level curricula and assessment. One fifth of the year group...
View ArticlePupils Post Outstanding I/GCSE Results
Oundle School is delighted to celebrate pupils’ outstanding success in GCSE and IGCSE examinations this year. For the second year running there has been a rise in the proportion of top grades. Across...
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Adventure and Opportunity with the Changemakers
Changemakers was a new holiday project between Oundle School and the Peterborough school, Gladstone Primary Academy, held at the Outward Bound Trust’s Ullswater Centre in the Lake District in late...
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Double County Success for Cricket
Oundle played Northampton School for Boys in both the U14 and U15 Northamptonshire County Cup finals at the beginning of the Michaelmas term. The route to the finals for both teams saw them win...
View ArticleDisruptive Technology in Medicine
The Medical Society series of talks for 2019-20 began with a fascinating talk from thoracic surgeon Dr Joel Dunning. “Disruptive Technology in Modern Surgery” was a comprehensive look at how endoscopic...
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Journey to the Amazon and the Galapagos
The day after school broke up for the summer holidays, 18 pupils and 3 teachers travelled to Ecuador to conduct biological surveys in the Amazon, and to the Galapagos Islands to learn about evolution...
View ArticleThe Gift of Sight
The Medical Society welcomed optometrist Chintu Patel, director of Peterborough Vision Plus, to talk about the profession, and the technology that is used to explore the workings of the eye. His...
View ArticleAssessing the Reign of King John
The History Society’s first speaker was medieval specialist Dr Marc Morris who talked about the reign of King John (1199 – 1216), with particular focus upon the means by which he took power, and the...
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Sienna Rushton's Victorious Debut on England Squad
Head Girl Sienna Rushton’s (Sn) debut with the England squad at the Netball Europe Open in Belfast, saw victory for the Vitality Roses.The team began their campaign with a convincing 73-16 victory over...
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Worldwide Quiz Competitors Sprint to Victory
Oundle geographers’ impressive general knowledge of the world led them to victory at the South Lincolnshire Geographical Association’s Worldwise Quiz, hosted this week at Stamford School.Boris Ostin...
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Language Immersion in Nice
Seventeen pupils travelled to the beautiful city of Nice for a week of French lessons and sight-seeing. The trip provided a valuable cultural experience and a confidence boost for Fourth Form pupils in...
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Amazing Anatomical Artwork
The Nancy Rothwell Award, sponsored by the Royal Society of Biology, celebrates artwork that captures the intricacies of anatomy, and for this year’s competition more than 500 pieces were submitted by...
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Enjoying the Splendour of Seville
The Spanish department took a group of thirty-nine keen Spanish language pupils to Seville in the first week of the October Half Term. Pupils stayed with host families that were arranged via the...
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Equestrian Success at National Schools Championship
Oundle School was represented by Eliza Ireson (L) at the National Schools Championship held at the Addington Manor Equestrian Centre in Buckinghamshire in October, where she was part of the winning...
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Sanctuaries, Theatres and Temples
Eleven Fourth Formers and eleven Sixth Formers had a somewhat sleepy 2am start for Heathrow to begin a mammoth tour of the classical sites of Greece during Half Term. With an itinerary based largely...
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Life as a Materials Engineer
McLaren Automotive’s material STEM ambassador, Ella Podmore, talked to the Scott Society about her work as a material engineer, encouraging pupils about what is possible in our careers if we stay...
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Geography and Classics Merge in Italy
Arriving in Naples after a very early start we emerged from the airport into glorious sunshine. Our first stop was the Naples Archaeological Museum where we visited a range of exhibits and experienced...
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Up, Up and Away with the Balloon Debate
On Thursday, ten schools gathered to compete in the second annual Balloon Debate Competition for First and Second Form pupils (Years 7 and 8), organised by the Oundle Debating Society in conjunction...
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Spanish Film Makes the Unimaginable Possible
Sixth Form Spanish language pupils were treated to a unique insight into Almodóvar’s cinematography by Dr Olga Gomez-Cash from Lancaster University. Dr Gomez-Cash, discussed her studies on two films by...
View ArticleDr Simon Smale (OO) on that 'Gut Feeling'
It was a great pleasure to welcome back Old Oundelian Dr Simon Smale (Sanderson 1987). After Oundle he attended medical school at Nottingham University and is currently the Clinical Director of...
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Finding the Heart of Africa
During the Half Term, a group of eleven girls from New House travelled to Kenya to visit Gilgil Special School in Kivuli. The first few days in Kenya were spent in Nairobi, exploring crafts markets and...
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Netball County Champs Progress to the Regionals
The U16 netball team started the season with a convincing win at the Northamptonshire County Cup tournament on November 5th. In preparation for the tournament, we trained every Monday night this term,...
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Exploring the Polar Regions
The Geography department took the First Form to visit the Scott Polar Research Museum in Cambridge to learn more about the Antarctic and Arctic, which they are studying during their lessons this Term....
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Is Obesity a Choice?
The biological answer is "no". Dr Giles Yeo, a geneticist, research associate and lecturer at the University of Cambridge, currently studying how our brains control food intake and body weight, came to...
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Model UN Conference at Oxford
Oundle pupils joined more than 700 delegates from around the world at the three-day Oxford Model United Nations conference to debate emerging global issues.The Oxford Model UN Conference is an...
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