Sports Round-up Week Ending 19 September
On Saturday the Rugby Club played a full fixture away at Harrow, and returned with six wins and eight losses. At the top end, nerves were on edge from the onset and ill-disciplined and scrappy rugby...
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Annual Charity Fair Makes a Big Splash
The annual Charity Fair was held on Sunday afternoon, with Lower Sixth Form pupils from each House devising a variety of games and stalls to raise funds for their designated charities.Pupils chose a...
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Sports Round-up Week Ending 27 September
The fixture against midland rivals Bromsgrove has history; the national semi-final was lucky enough to witness a masterpiece of school rugby at Allianz Park last season, so there were some wagers...
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European Day of Languages with Polyglot-in-Residence
To celebrate European Day of Languages this year, the Modern Languages department invited the best kind of role model they could think up to come and speak to pupils. Hyperpolyglot Richard Simcott,...
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Waiting...and Waiting for Godot
When Waiting for Godot first opened at the Arts Theatre Club on January 5th 1953, it was not met with universal acclaim. Some were bored, some confused, some left at the interval, some before. However,...
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Community Action Field Weekend
Community Action pupils enjoyed a busy itinerary over the Michaelmas Field Weekend.On Saturday 26 September, 112 pupils and seven members of staff headed to Birmingham to experience a night under...
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Sports Round-up Week Ending 4 October
The 1st XV rugby team hosted Stowe on Saturday, and our home team showed much improvement against a strong opposition. Inspired by vocal home support, Oundle attacked with fluency and intent,...
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Coaching Expertise at MT13 Hockey Conference
Six Oundle hockey scholars attended the sixth MT13 Annual Conference at Repton School, with one of the best line-ups for a number of years. Among the coaches attending the conference were Florian Fuchs...
View ArticleLinguistics in the Study of Spanish Language
On the evening of Tuesday 6th October, the Spanish Society welcomed Dr Paul O’Neill for a much anticipated talk entitled, ‘Linguistics, Language and Identity’. He began by speaking about his...
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Sports Round-up Week Ending 11 October
The 1st XV had a tough week with Oakham away and NSB in the space of five days, both were gritty affairs with Oundle really showing how to win.Below is an excerpt from the Fifteen Rugby’s report of...
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The Oundle Chronicle is 'Best Newspaper' at Shine Media Awards
Team members of the Oundle Chronicle attended the Shine Media Awards at Stationers’ Hall on Tuesday 21st June, and left with no fewer than seven awards.The Shine Awards were presented by Dr Simon...
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Edward Troup, Chair of HMRC Delivers The Oundle Lecture
On the eve of an historic vote about the nation’s position within the European Union, this year’s Oundle Lecture was delivered by Edward Troup (Bramston 1972), Executive Chair and First Permanent...
View ArticleHigh Achieving Results in Sixth Form Examinations
Pupils at Oundle have again performed exceedingly well in their Sixth Form examinations, with just under one in four grades being awarded A* or equivalent, continuing the School’s record of high...
View ArticleOutstanding Results at GCSE Produce Another Record Year
Oundle School pupils have this year secured an unprecedented set of excellent GCSE results, further enhancing the School’s reputation as one of the foremost academic co-educational schools in the...
View ArticleSports Round-up Week Ending 10 September
The First XV kicked off the season with a trip to Stamford. In torrential rain Stamford gained the upper hand scoring the first try before Will Richardson (S) crashed over the try line before half time...
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Adventures in Madagascar
Over the summer, twenty Oundle School pupils were led by three members of the Biology teaching staff on a biology expedition to Madagascar.The first week in the forest for the group involved long...
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Achievement Awards for Cambridge Chemistry Challenge
The results are in from the annual Cambridge Chemistry Challenge held in June. Four pupils: Kevin Law (Sc), Maurice Gedney (S), James Chapman (Ldr) and Andrea Veronese (C) were all awarded a Gold...
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Sports Round-up week Ending 17 September
This week, the Rugby Club played Harrow. The seniors stayed at home and produced mixed results whilst the juniors fared better away. The 1st XV faced one of the toughest sides they will see this season...
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Six Pupils Awarded Arkwright Scholarships
A record number of Oundle pupils have each been awarded a much sought-after Arkwright Engineering Scholarship that identifies them as a future leader in engineering and related areas of design. The...
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Needham Essay Prize Promotes Anglo-Chinese Understanding
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding in 2015, SACU sponsored the first Needham Essay Competition for Oundle School Sixth Form pupils. Now in its second year,...
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