From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LVI, ii March 1964 no 180 From Ian (Spud) Taylor The Reformation had led to the establishment of grammar schools in many sizeable towns in England but not in Oxford. Wolsey, who had bestowed such liberality on Christ Church, had preferred to build a school in… Continue reading Nixon’s School: A Precursor
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Sir Thomas Graham Jackson
From THE CITY OF OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL MAGAZINE VoL. LVIII, ii April 1966 no 185 Ian Taylor writes:
The WW2 Memorial
The school’s WWII Memorial is located in the Oxford Community School (previously the Oxford School, previously to that Southfield School and now the Spires Academy).
Who did what?
Earlier in this century, Mike Chew tried to construct a list of Old Boys still alive, in association with Malcolm Williams, that could serve as a base for the reconstitution of the school register for 1929-1966. He constructed two lists: a short one with just names and perhaps a job title, and a second which… Continue reading Who did what?
Arthur Wilson Cave 1888-1900
From the unfinished School History by Geoffrey Hart Chapter 2: The First 12 Years of Mr A W Cave’s headmastership Résumés of the first two chapters of the History of the School, written by Geoffrey Hart, were published in Newsletters 4 and 6 just before he died. These two chapters cover the first years of… Continue reading Arthur Wilson Cave 1888-1900