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Oundle School

Other independent school in Northamptonshire (North Northamptonshire).

Pupils
1,163
on roll
Ofsted
-
no graded judgement
Attendance rate
-
not published
Pupil : Teacher
-
not published
Eligible for free school meals
0.0%
school census 2024/25
SEN support
15.0%
2025/26
Capacity
99%
1,163 / 1,180 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Teacher turnover
-
not published

Location

iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).

About

Interactive map Home ● About Us ● Oundle at a glance Oundle School is one of Britain's leading co-educational boarding and day schools, situated in the charming market town of Oundle, Northamptonshire. We are proud of our strong academic reputation; Oundelians have a natural love of learning and are ambitious in their approach to opportunity.

We are a selective school but academic achievement is just one strand of an Oundle education. We place firm emphasis on developing in our pupils the skills, attitudes and habits of mind that will sustain them throughout a long life, enabling them to flourish both at school and beyond.

We want our Oundelians to be confident, well rounded, fundamentally decent human beings and all aspects of our education are underpinned by this ethos.

We have an extraordinarily rich curriculum and, as one of the largest boarding schools in the country, we are able to offer great breadth of extra and co-curricular opportunity with few limits on subject choice, whilst creating a strong network of smaller havens through our Houses so that every pupil feels part of a family as well as a School.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

16 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Basketball
  • Cricket
  • Cross Country
  • Debating
  • Drama
  • Duke of Edinburgh
  • Football
  • Hockey
  • Netball
  • Photography
  • Rugby
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Young Enterprise

Awards

1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Duke of EdinburghPersonal development

Key facts

URN
122129
Type
Other independent school
Phase
Not applicable
Ages
10 to 19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Local authority
North Northamptonshire
Constituency
Corby and East Northamptonshire
Setting
Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
1937

Governing body

iThese are the governors named in the charity's own Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31 July 2024, page 3. The Charity Commission register does not list them.The report lists everyone who served as a governor during the year or up to the date of signing. A later report (year ended 31 July 2025) is filed only as a scan with no readable text, so it was not used.

Run by The Corporation of Oundle School (registered charity 309921, Royal Charter body RC000396). iThe Charity Commission register lists 'Oundle School' as a working name of this charity.The match is on the exact school name given on the register, so it is labelled as such. The Department for Education publishes no governance records for independent schools.

Governors named in the Trustees' Annual Report (year ended 31 July 2024)

NameRole, time on the body and datesNominated by
Robert RingroseChairman
1y+
On the body since at least 1 Aug 2023 · Resigned 31 Jul 2024
Grocers' Company
Timothy Coleridge Also a director of Oundle School International LtdChairman from 1 August 2024
1y+
On the body since at least 1 Aug 2023
Companies House: director of Oundle School International Limited since 27 August 2024 (supporting only)
Grocers' Company
Ian HodgsonVice Chairman
1y+
On the body since at least 1 Aug 2023
Governing Body
Neil ChippingtonGovernor
1y+
On the body since at least 1 Aug 2023
Grocers' Company
Howard ClaydenGovernor
8m+
On the body since at least 1 Aug 2023 · Resigned 7 Apr 2024
Governing Body
Charles McAndrewGovernor
1y+
On the body since at least 1 Aug 2023
Grocers' Company
Deborah McGregorGovernor
1y+
On the body since at least 1 Aug 2023
Grocers' Company
Christopher Tyler Also a director of Oundle School Enterprises LtdGovernor
1y+
On the body since at least 1 Aug 2023
Companies House: director of Oundle School Enterprises Limited since 1 August 2021 (supporting only)
Grocers' Company
James Whitmore Also a director of The Oundle School Building Company LtdGovernor
1y+
On the body since at least 1 Aug 2023
Companies House: director of The Oundle School Building Company Limited since 1 August 2021 (supporting only)
Grocers' Company
Charles BowmanGovernor
1y+
On the body since at least 1 Aug 2023 · Resigned 31 Jul 2024
Grocers' Company
Suzanna D'OylyGovernor
1y+
On the body since at least 1 Aug 2023
Governing Body
Guy Chisenhale-MarshGovernor
1y+
On the body since at least 1 Aug 2023
Grocers' Company
Jason HillGovernor
1y+
On the body since at least 1 Aug 2023
Governing Body
Alasdair KennedyGovernor
1y+
On the body since at least 1 Aug 2023
Grocers' Company
Oliver BrettleGovernor
1y
Appointed 14 Sep 2023
Governing Body
Edward Campbell-JohnstonGovernor
1y
Appointed 14 Sep 2023
Grocers' Company
Ben Shepherd-Smith TDGovernor
1y
Appointed 26 Sep 2023
Governing Body
Ian LawsonGovernor
4m
Appointed 1 Aug 2024
Governing Body
Saskia JordanGovernor
4m
Appointed 1 Aug 2024
Grocers' Company
Edmund Christian Stewart-SmithGovernor
4m
Appointed 1 Aug 2024
Grocers' Company

3y exact   5y+ at least iA plain bar with, say, 3y is exact: a filed report gives the governor's appointment date. A muted, hatched bar with 5y+ is a lower bound: the governor is named in the earliest report we can read with no appointment date, so we count from the start of that report's year and the real start may be earlier. Counted to 12 December 2024, when the latest readable report was signed; who is serving after that is not known.Reports used (Charity Commission register, Accounts and TAR, read from the text layer only):
year ended 31 July 2025 - scanned, no text layer, not used
year ended 31 July 2024 - text, read (page 3)
year ended 31 July 2023 - not available from the register (it timed out), not used
year ended 31 July 2022 - not available from the register (it timed out), not used
year ended 31 July 2021 - not available from the register (it timed out), not used
Companies House appointment dates for governors who are also directors of a subsidiary are shown as supporting evidence only.

Source: The Corporation of Oundle School, Annual Report and Financial Statements, year ended 31 July 2024 (Charity Commission register, Accounts and TAR received 6 March 2025), page 3. Open the PDF. Names are copied from the text of the filed report; nothing is read by OCR.

The charity also owns 3 companies (Oundle School International Ltd, Oundle School Enterprises Ltd, The Oundle School Building Company Ltd) and the charity The Oundle School Foundation.

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