Christ Church Cathedral School

Christ Church Cathedral School

Established	1546
Type	Independent day and boarding school Choral foundation school
Religion	Church of England
Headmaster	Richard Murray
Chair of the Governors	The Very Rev Martyn Percy, Dean of Christ Church
Founder	Henry VIII of England
Location	3 Brewer Street Oxford OX1 1QW England Coordinates: 51°44′59″N 1°15′28″W / 51.7497°N 1.2578°W / 51.7497; -1.2578
Local authority	Oxfordshire
DfE number	931/6060
Students	163 (2011)
Gender	Boys
Ages	3–13
Website	www.christchurchcathedralschool.org.uk

Location of Christ Church Cathedral School within central Oxford

Christ Church Cathedral School is an independent preparatory school for boys in Oxford, England. It is one of three choral foundation schools in the city and educates choristers of Christ Church Cathedral and the Worcester College Chapel. It is a member of the IAPS and the Choir Schools Association.

History

Now a Church of England School, it was originally housed within the College itself. Today its premises are located across from Christ Church at 3 Brewer Street and Cardinal Wolsey's house is still used for teaching.^[1]

In the 19th century, the Dean of Christ Church, Henry Liddell (father of Alice, who was immortalised in the books of Lewis Carroll) arranged for the building of a new choir school on its present site. More recent developments include the opening of a Pre-Prep department and nursery, and the William Walton Centre which comprises several classrooms and teaching facilities.^[2] At this point, the school began to take admit non-chorister pupils as well. The school opened a pre-preparatory department in 1984 and a nursery in 1998.

All pupils are boys except a small number of girls who attend the nursery. The 22 boarders are choristers or probationary choristers for the Cathedral. The dormitories in which they sleep are named after distinguished former organists including Ley, Taverner, Armstrong and Harwood. All other pupils are day boys, among them eighteen choristers who sing in Worcester College Chapel. The school used to provide choristers for Exeter College but this ended when Exeter established a mixed choir. In addition to the focus on Music, there is also a distinguished tradition of Art, and the school contributes an annual exhibition to Oxford's Artweeks festival.^[3]

Leavers typically move on to local schools such as Magdalen College School, Oxford, Abingdon School, St Edward's School, Oxford, Bloxham School and D'Overbroeck's College Leckford Place. There is also a tradition of choristers winning Music Scholarships to destinations further afield, which in recent years have included Harrow School, Uppingham School, Eton College, Sherborne School and Wellington College.^[4]

Famous alumni

Simon Carrington — conductor and founding member of the a cappella group King's Singers
Joscelyn Godwin — musicologist
Dorothy L Sayers — novelist, was born at the school during her father's time as Headmaster
Ivor Spencer-Thomas — inventor and farmer
Owen Spencer-Thomas, MBE — radio and TV journalist, charity fundraiser and Anglican priest
Sir William Walton, OM — composer
Eric Whelpton — writer and lecturer
Toby Jones - Actor

References

↑ "Christ Church Cathedral School". . Archived from the original on September 10, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2007-08-18. Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)website. URL accessed August 18, 2007.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2011-04-15. Artweeks website.
↑ 2010

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Schools in Oxfordshire

Secondary	Banbury Academy Bartholomew School The Bicester School Blessed George Napier RC School Burford School Carterton Community College Cheney School Cherwell School Chiltern Edge School Chipping Norton School Cooper School Didcot Girls' School Faringdon Community College Fitzharrys School Gillotts School Gosford Hill School Henry Box School Icknield Community College John Mason School King Alfred's Academy Langtree School Larkmead School Lord Williams's School Marlborough School, Woodstock Matthew Arnold School North Oxfordshire Academy The Oxford Academy Oxford Spires Academy St Birinus School St Gregory the Great RC School Wallingford School The Warriner School Wheatley Park School UTC Oxfordshire Wood Green School

Independent (preparatory)	Abingdon Preparatory School Christ Church Cathedral School Cothill House Dragon School Emmanuel Christian School New College School The Oratory Preparatory School Rupert House School St Hugh's School Summer Fields School

Independent	Abingdon School Al-Madina School Bloxham School Carfax Tutorial Establishment Cokethorpe School Cranford House School D'Overbroeck's College Education First EF International Academy European School, Culham (closing in 2017) Greene's Tutorial College Headington School Kingham Hill School King's School Magdalen College School The Oratory School Our Lady's Abingdon Oxford High School Oxford International College Oxford Montessori Schools Radley College Rye St Antony School St Clare's School St Edward's School St Helen and St Katharine Shiplake College Sibford School Tudor Hall School

Special	Bishopswood School Mulberry Bush School Parklands Campus Swalcliffe Park School

Further education	Abingdon and Witney College Banbury and Bicester College City of Oxford College Denman College Henley College

Former	Carmel College City of Oxford High School for Boys Drayton School Falconbury School Milham Ford School Peers School Southfield Grammar School Oxford Military College St Mary's School, Wantage

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