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

LOCATION St Edward’s location is exceptional. The leafy suburb of Summertown is a very pleasant place to live with its own cafés, shops and restaurants. At the same time, it is just five minutes by bus from the centre of Oxford and close to Port Meadow, the University Parks and the River Thames. The School has strong links with the academic departments of Oxford University, and there is access to all the enrichment available in one of the great intellectual and cultural centres of the world. Oxford is, of course, much more than the university: it is a diverse urban centre, which provides many opportunities for the School’s partnership work with local schools, charities and other organisations. Oxford is well served by public transport and is easily accessible from other parts of the UK and Europe. There are excellent transport links: two mainline train stations serve central London (one hour away), and Birmingham and London Heathrow Airports are also within an hour’s drive. The Teddies Coach brings pupils back to school from central London via Beaconsfield every Sunday evening during term time and operates the reverse route at Leave Weekends and Exeats. CAMPUS & MAJOR DEVELOPMENT WORK Well-established and attractive buildings occupy a spacious and green 100-acre site that incorporates outdoor sports courts and pitches, a golf course, a boathouse and the neo-Gothic chapel, which sits at the heart of the School. Careful design and improvement have ensured a coherent mixture

of indoor and outdoor spaces around the original Quad, which provide for learning, reflection, exploration and leisure. The gardens and estate are planted with mature trees and shrubs and beautifully maintained. The School is nearing the completion of a far- reaching site strategy plan to establish development opportunities and priorities for the next decade, which will include additional facilities for girls’ sport. STRUCTURE & ADMISSIONS There are currently 775 pupils at St Edward’s School, and the community is diverse and inclusive, made up of 83% boarders and 17% day pupils. The boy/girl split is 59% boys and 41% girls in the Lower School and 53% boys and 47% girls in the Sixth Form. Pupils join the School in Year 9 (Shell) from around 60 Prep Schools. Overseas pupils make up 18% of the school population and come from 40 different countries. Approximately 150 pupils join at 13+, about 10 at 14+ and around 40–50 pupils at 16+ into our Sixth Form. Entry at 13+ is either via the ISEB Pre Test in Years 6 and 7 and Common Entrance or via St Edward’s own academic entrance exams and interview in the January of Year 8. Entry at 14+ and 16+ is via academic examinations and interview in the November preceding the September year of entry. Places at St Edward’s are much sought after, and there is currently a waiting list at every point of admission.