Gillotts School | |
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Address | |
Gillotts Lane , , RG9 1PS | |
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Type | Academy |
Motto | Non Nobis Solum (Not by Ourselves Alone) |
Established | 1950 |
Department for Education URN | 137921 Tables |
Head teacher | Catharine Darnton |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11to 16 |
Enrolment | 801 as of October 2014 [update] |
Colour(s) | navy, green |
Website | www |
Gillotts School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. [1] The school is sited on a 33 acre verdant campus on the edge of Henley, incorporating a large Victorian manor house and two of its associated cottages. There are extensive playing fields, as well as areas of grass, trees and woodland.
Gillotts was established as a girls' boarding school in parkland on the fringe of Henley-on-Thames in 1950, under founding headmistress Betty Barford. Gillotts became a coeducational comprehensive school in 1960. The current headteacher is Catharine Darnton, [2] former headteachers include Malcolm White, and David H W Grubb as well as Mr Lockyer. Lotto multi-millionaire winner Gerry Cannings taught history at the school from 1976 until 1983. [3]
Gillotts school has three houses: Darwin, Pankhurst, and Orwell (named after Charles Darwin, Emmeline Pankhurst, and George Orwell).
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