Henry Box School
Encyclopedia
The Henry Box School is a comprehensive secondary school
located in Witney
in the English
county of Oxfordshire
.
and Bampton
. It has approximately 1400 students, aged 11-18. The Latin
motto of the Henry Box School is 'Studio Floremus', which can be translated as 'By study we flourish'.
, administered by Oxfordshire Education Committee as a co-educational school. In the early 1960s it had 350 boys and girls, and was known as The Witney Grammar School, Witney.
in 1968. In the 1990s it had around 1,000 pupils. The school was granted Specialist College status in September 2001 for Modern Foreign Languages, and was the first school in Oxfordshire to gain a second specialism, that of Science and Maths in 2006.
The Henry Box School plays an annual football game against the Abingdon and Witney College
in memory of former student Kevin Mott.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in Witney
Witney
Witney is a town on the River Windrush, west of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England.The place-name 'Witney' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 969 as 'Wyttannige'; it appears as 'Witenie' in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name means 'Witta's island'....
in the English
England
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county of Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
.
Admissions
It has a catchment area of the town of Witney and many surrounding villages such as Ducklington, AstonAston, Oxfordshire
Aston is a village about south of Witney in West Oxfordshire, England. It is also 3.3 Miles from Ducklington. The village is part of the civil parish of Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney. The southern boundary of the parish is the River Thames.-History:Until the 19th century Aston was a township...
and Bampton
Bampton, Oxfordshire
Bampton, also called Bampton-in-the-Bush, is a village and civil parish in the Thames Valley about southwest of Witney in Oxfordshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Weald....
. It has approximately 1400 students, aged 11-18. The Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
motto of the Henry Box School is 'Studio Floremus', which can be translated as 'By study we flourish'.
Foundation
It was established in 1660 by Grocer, http://www.grocershall.co.uk/index.php/company/ Henry Box and his wife Mary.Grammar School
For 300 years it was a public grammar schoolGrammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
, administered by Oxfordshire Education Committee as a co-educational school. In the early 1960s it had 350 boys and girls, and was known as The Witney Grammar School, Witney.
Comprehensive
It was converted to a state comprehensive schoolComprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
in 1968. In the 1990s it had around 1,000 pupils. The school was granted Specialist College status in September 2001 for Modern Foreign Languages, and was the first school in Oxfordshire to gain a second specialism, that of Science and Maths in 2006.
The Henry Box School plays an annual football game against the Abingdon and Witney College
Abingdon and Witney College
Abingdon and Witney College is a further education college based in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. It was formed in 2001 after the mergers of Abingdon College and West Oxfordshire College and offers teaching and training to young people, adults and businesses. It has campuses in Abingdon, Witney...
in memory of former student Kevin Mott.
Academic performance
It gets well above-average GCSE results and above-average results at A-level, though not particularly high.Notable alumni
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Witney Grammar School
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