Sub-Warden, St Edward's Oxford -Candidate information

VALUES

HISTORY St Edward’s School was founded in 1863 in central Oxford by the Revd Thomas Chamberlain, Senior Student (Fellow) of Christchurch and Vicar of St Thomas’ Church. It was one of a number of schools founded by Chamberlain, who was a passionate adherent of the Oxford Movement, the great Anglo-Catholic revival of the middle of the nineteenth century. It was soon realised that the School could not expand in its central location, and in 1873, it moved to the present site on the Woodstock Road in Summertown on what was then the northern edge of Oxford. The School grew under the leadership of Algernon Barrington Simeon, whose long-term aim was to construct a collection of buildings around a central quadrangle in the style of an Oxford college. The First World War had a profound impact on St Edward’s, and more boys pro rata went to serve their country from Teddies than from any other independent school. There was again an outstanding record of service by former pupils in the Second World War, including Guy Gibson VC, who led the Dambusters Raids and the Battle of Britain pilot Sir Douglas Bader, whose story was immortalised in the 1956 film ‘Reach for the Sky’. From these robustly masculine beginnings, Teddies took the decision in 1982 to admit the first girls to the Sixth Form, and the School became fully co-educational in 1997. Girls now account for approximately 41% of pupils in the Lower School and 47% in the Sixth Form. The 25th anniversary of full co-education at the School will be celebrated in a series of events in 2022.

Integrity: the value of honesty to ourselves and to each other The community: • Seeks to earn and to deserve the trust of others by acting rightly and justly • Takes responsibility for words and actions • Acknowledges and learns from mistakes Kindness: the value of love The community: • Feels and shows compassion for others, always listening and seeking always to understand • Values, respects and includes others without regard for differences, treating others as they would have themselves treated Courage: truthfulness to the values at the testing point The community: • Stands up for what they believe to be right, speaking up for themselves and for others • Seeks to bring out the best in others • Perseveres with resilience, with forgiveness and with patience