St Edburg's Church of England (VA) School

St Edburg's School was first opened in June 1859. The Rev. John Watts, Vicar of St Edburg's, was the Chairman of the Committee to plan and build the school. His name was inscribed on the Foundation Stone which was laid in July 1858. The school was originally housed in what later became the hall.

This room was divided into two classrooms separating girls and boys who also had separate playgrounds! The Master lived in the school house. In more modern times the school became Bicester Secondary School.

In 1953 the Secondary School moved to the site now occupied by Bicester School and St Edburgs's continued as a Church of England (Aided) Primary School, benefiting from an extension in 1972 and extensive rebuilding that opened in 1994. The school's substantial new extension incorporated the older buildings as well as offering an open 'shared area'.

An artist's impression of the original school in a style typical of its day with high, gothic windows and separate entrances for boys and girls. Over 150 years after the school was first opened, it was agreed that the new school planned for the Kingsmere site should be St Edburg's School.