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Abingdon Preparatory School | |
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Kingston Road , , OX13 5NX England | |
Coordinates | 51°40′18″N1°21′54″W / 51.6718°N 1.365°W |
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Type | Preparatory School |
Religious affiliation(s) | Christian, Church of England |
Established | 1956 |
Founder | Evelyn Farrell |
Headmaster | Craig Williams |
Staff | 41 [1] |
Gender | Boys |
Age | 4to 13 |
Enrolment | c. 250 |
Houses | 4 |
Colour(s) | Navy blue/turquoise |
Website | https://www.abingdon.org.uk/prep/ |
Abingdon Preparatory School (known as Josca's until 2007, [2] [3] and informally known as Abingdon Prep), is an independent preparatory school in the rural setting of Frilford, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.
It is part of the Abingdon Foundation – a collective name for both it, and Abingdon School.
The school is a preparatory school receiving the highest rating of ‘Excellent’; as well as meeting all eight areas of the compliance in the inspection undertaken by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) branch of the Independent Schools Council. Inspectors commented that: “Pupils make excellent progress in the development of their knowledge, skills and understanding across the range of subjects.” [4]
The school was founded in 1956 with 5 pupils; [5] it now has around 250 pupils. [6]
In 1998, it merged with Abingdon School, with both schools becoming part of the Abingdon Foundation. In 2007, development costing £3 million – bringing a new sports hall, changing rooms, class rooms, and an art room – was completed. [7] The school has a large sports field – especially large considering the size of the school. The area is known as Cox's Field West and Cox's Field East following a donation from Richard Cox, an Old Abingdonian. [8] In recent years, a bridge over the busy [9] [10] A415 road has been built connecting the school on one side of the road to its sports fields on the other.
Craig Williams, took up the position of Headmaster in September 2017. The head of Abingdon School is Michael Windsor. [11]
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