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Sixty years ago in September of 1959, five boys from Kingham Hill School, a school master and another member of the crew were all lost at sea whilst on a sailing trip aboard the Rohilla.

As part of a team building day, organised for the start of the new school year, the boys and staff of Bradford House recently took part in a parkrun at the Fire Service College.

Kingham Hill was delighted to welcome Great Britain International hockey player Sarah Robertson to the Hill for pre-season hockey training prior the start of term.

For the fourth year running, Kingham pupils are celebrating record-breaking examination success, with 45% of all grades achieving A* or A. 

Last week, pupils took to the stage as they put on an outstanding production of the Wizard of Oz, which featured the iconic musical numbers such as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and "Follow the Yellow Brick Road" - the talented cast, band and crew members created a wonderful experience for the audience during the sell out shows.

The sunshine made a welcome return to Kingham Hill School as we held our 2019 Sports Day. The day saw a number of spectators joining us as our pupils struck gold (silver and bronze) as pupils took to Cooper and Scarfe pitch for a day of track and field events.

Last week Speech and Drama pupils from across the school put on an evening of entertainment as they took to the stage in the School Chapel for the Summer Concert.

Earlier this month a team of 11 Kingham Hill Sixth Formers volunteered in Chipping Norton to help renovate a classroom space for local children to use.

This week Kingham Hill School was proud to host it 2019 Art and Photography exhibition, which showcased our talented GCSE and A level artists.

Kingham Hill School Sixth Form were very proud to welcome former professional cricketer, Jason Ratcliffe for its Sixth Form Dinner last week.

Last week Kingham Hill School was very pleased to welcome four junior school choirs to the School Chapel for its ninth annual choir competition.

The 3rd of May saw The Octagon Academic Society hosting a special Friday Chapel, which saw the grand final of this year’s Mastermind. The black chair was back, the glass rose bowl polished and ready for the winner.

On Friday 29th March Kingham Hill School was proud to host its annual dinner of the Octagon Academic Society, welcoming military historian Taff Gillingham as guest speaker.

Friday 29th March marked an important date in the calendar, Beard-Exit. After successfully raising over £1,000 the school gathered to watch Mr Seward shave his beard for Centrepoint.

Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st March saw the senior production of the dystopian Benjamin Kuffuor play, Ageless. Pupils from Year 10 to Year 13 took to the stage in a two night showing of the play.

On Monday and Tuesday nearly 100 Kingham Hill pupils performed in the Chipping Norton Music Festival, with several of our pupils being awarded Highly Commended certificates for their performances.

Thursday 7th March marked the 22nd World Book Day, a day organised to encourage children to read and provide them with the opportunity to access a variety of literature. Kingham Hill pupils and staff celebrated the day by dressing up as authors and characters from some of their favourite books.

On Tuesday, Kingham Hill School hosted a day full of Science for a group of 38 local primary school children. The children had the opportunity to experience and get a taste of what is taught at Key Stage 3 in the School's fully equipped Veritas laboratories.

Last month, five Kingham Hill cadets attended a two day Mountain Bike Warrior weekend in North Wales, designed to help them advance their skills and develop their confidence on technically challenging mountain bike trails

Following School record GCSE and A level results in 2018 we are extremely pleased to announce that Kingham Hill School has been placed first in the county for pupil progress at A level.

Just before the half term break Kingham Hill's Year 9 pupils set off for the Battlefields of France and Belgium. The trip provided pupils with the opportunity to learn about WWI history in the battlefields where it took place with expert guide Mr Williams, our Head of Languages.

This week saw a first for Kingham Hill as pupils starred in The Borgia, a pupil written, cast and directed production

This week, Year 8 pupils learned about the art of stained glass design when artist Peter Berry visited the Art department to host a workshop.

On Wednesday, Year 10 art pupils spent the day exploring Oxford city centre and the numerous collections its museums and art galleries it have on display.

This week saw Year 7 pupils travel to Gaines Manor in Worcester for a three day residential trip where they participated in a number of team building games and tried their hands at new activities.

On Saturday, Kingham Hill School was honoured to welcome highly respected education expert, Barnaby Lenon for a presentation on what to look for in a good school.

This summer saw Sixth Former Ana received the incredible opportunity to take part in the globally renowned International Space Settlement Design Competition as a member of the EU team.

Following the introduction of the STEM programme last year, Kingham Hill has seen big results from the school's karting team.

During the summer ten pupils, known as Team Zambia, travelled to Africa, where the group spent two weeks volunteering with charity, Life Support at their children's village.

Hot on the heels of last week's A level success, pupils at Kingham Hill School achieved the School's best-ever GCSE results, with a 9-4 rate of 96%.

Kingham Hill School celebrated the end of the 2017/18 school year with its our annual Speech Day event on Saturday 30th June.

On Monday 25th June, Mr Williams and Mr Fox took 26 Year 10 historians on a tour of sites associated with the Second World War in London.

As the end of term approached, Year 10 and 12 Art and Photography pupils travelled to London to explore the offerings at some of its most famous and major galleries.

On Saturday, following Kingham Hill School's Open Day, pupils and staff gathered together to tackle the annual Mass run.

Kingham Hill Sports Day 2018 saw a day packed full of sunshine, spectators and striking gold as pupils took to Cooper and Scarfe pitch for a day of track and field events.

Wednesday marked the beginning of Kingham Hill School's 2018 Art Exhibition with a Private View for families, pupils and staff in the Art department.

Saturday 2nd June saw Kingham Hill School host its first ever Chill on the Hill which happily coincided with the return of the sunshine.

As with Kingham Hill School tradition, last week Headmaster, Mr Seward, announced the new Heads of School for the 2018/19 school year during Friday's Chapel assembly.

Earlier this month Kingham Hill School was very pleased to welcome seven junior school choirs to the School Chapel for its eighth annual choir competition.

At the end of April a group of 21 junior pupils travelled to Leicester to take part in a training masterclass, Q&A session with a current rugby union top flight player and watch a vital match between the Leicester Tigers and Newcastle Falcons at Welford Road.

As part of the Chipping Norton Literary Festival the School were proud to welcome best selling young adult fiction author, Catherine Johnson, who led a talk for our Year 9 pupils.

William Powell Schools Clay Competition on Wednesday 2nd May saw Kingham Hill's clay shooting team impress with a victory in the junior team category.

Following an impressive effort at the regional karting finals, three Kingham Hill pupils have won a place in the National Final of the British Schools Karting Championship (BSKC) 2018.

The annual Octagon dinner saw an evening full of food, riddles and speeches, including an engaging talk by top historian and journalist, Peter Snowdon.

On Friday 23 March 2018, a group of 12 cadets and accompanying staff from Kingham Hill School Combined Cadet Force departed for five days of Adventurous Training in Snowdonia, North Wales. The aim of the camp was to practice cadets in their training to date and to complete a variety of adventurous activities to enhance individuals' confidence in their own abilities, to aid personal development and to improve unit cohesion.

Monday marked the birthday of the School founder, Charles Edward Baring Young. To celebrate the life and reflect on the legacy of Charles Edward we hold Founder's Day every year on this day.

Last Saturday, ten Kingham Hill School pupils spent the weekend at Imperial College London competing with 23 other schools in the National finals of the UK Space Design Competition.

Kingham Hill pupils finished a term of brilliant fundraising for Eden Farm with a day full activities, bringing the donation total up to over £2,600.

This week, pupils took to the stage during their outstanding performance of Oliver! Based upon the novel "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens and featuring musical numbers such as "Food, Glorious Food", "Consider Yourself" and "I'd Do Anything" - the talented cast, band and crew members created a wonderful experience for the audience during the sell out shows.

Government and Politics pupils had an early start on Monday morning when Mr Ferrero's Sixth Form class travelled to London where they met local MP, Mr Robert Courts (Witney and West Oxfordshire) during a visit to Parliament.

Despite the snow last week, on Sunday, pupils were able to venture off-site for their visit to Southampton Football Club where they met with Hillian, David Thomas (1976-1981 – Clyde and Bradford) who is now the Commercial Director for the Club

This week, Kingham Hill School hosted an exciting and inspiring Science Day for a group of 54 local primary school children. They had an incredible time in our Veritas laboratories, spending time with our staff and Sixth Form volunteers and having fun with science.

At the start of the year the Kingham Hill School Combined Cadet Force was pleased to welcome the addition of the Corps of Drums.

We were honoured to welcome alumni Jon "Monty" Montgomerie back to the Hill in early February when he spent the day inspiring our pupils with talks about his experiences and career.

This summer a group of eight Sixth Form pupils will be travelling to the Eden Farm children's village in Chingola, a project run by charity Life Support that supports orphaned children in Zambia.

Congratulations to James, Year 13, who has been successful in his application to become an intern with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and will be starting in the prestigious post this summer.

On Monday our Music department and pupils were honoured to welcome international opera star Simon Keenlyside CBE for a vocal masterclass.

Our Year 11 pupils have received their GCSE examination paper and have started to research their ideas. To help them get started, the Art Department spent a day visiting some of the London Galleries to find some inspiration.

Today our Head Boy, Tom, delivered an incredible lecture to the School in our morning Chapel assembly. This was part of his EPQ and he demonstrated an enormous amount of hard work which was very impressive.

Yesterday Kingham Hill School's Year 10 and 12 pupils were joined in the School's art studio by renowned portrait artist, Anthony Connolly where they took part in an oil painting workshop.

Our Sixth Form pupils have had a fantastic time with our guest speakers, Nim Anderson and Chris Jordan, who delivered an amazing seminar presentation about technology.

Kingham Hill alumnus Professor Joss Bland-Hawthorn, who attended the school from 1970 – 1977, has begun a three month long Visiting Miller Professorship at the prestigious University of California Berkeley.

We were excited to welcome new additions to the school this week. Three of our goats that are looked after by our farm club successfully delivered three sets of twins and one of the goats who is a first time mother also gave birth to a lovely little kid.

Towards the end of Michaelmas a group of over 20 Kingham Hill pupils joined Magdalen College School on a winter trip to Obertauern, Austria.

With season 2 of The Crown, Netflix’s Golden Globe winning drama released today, Kingham Hill School pupils have been getting excited to see themselves in one of the biggest television shows as they make their onscreen debuts.

Kingham Hill School GCSE and A level scientists put on a superb performance in the recent Oxford Regional Heat of the UK Space
Design Competition to emerge as winners.

We are starting of a week of remembrance here at Kingham Hill by highlighting some of the brave Kingham Hill Alumni who fell in World War I. Today, we feature George Brooks.

We are starting of a week of remembrance here at Kingham Hill by highlighting some of the brave Kingham Hill Alumni who fell in World War I. Today, we feature Charles Turner.

We are starting of a week of remembrance here at Kingham Hill by highlighting some of the brave Kingham Hill Alumni who fell in World War I. Today, we feature Sidney Collier.