Gillotts School

Gillotts School
Location
Gillotts Lane Henley-on-Thames , Oxfordshire , RG9 1PS England
Information
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]
Colours	navy, green
Website	www.gillotts.org.uk

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.

History

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.

Alumni

• Julia Crouch, Governor of Anguilla ^[3]
• Oliver Dench, actor ^[4]
• Alec Hepburn, rugby union rugby player
• Simon Kernick, crime novelist ^[5]
• Peter Rippon, broadcasting executive ^[6]
• Marcus du Sautoy, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and a professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford

References

1. "Home". Gillotts School. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
2. "Home". Gillotts School. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
3. "Crouch, Julia Catherine". Who's Who. 1 December 2024. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U298554 . Retrieved 29 August 2025.
4. Davies-Evitt, Dora (7 March 2023). "Oliver Dench, Judi Dench's great-nephew, is a face to know". Tatler. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
5. Harris, John (29 February 2016). "Lotto multi-millionaire is my old teaching mate". Henley Standard. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
6. Plunkett, John (22 October 2012). "Peter Rippon: Newsnight editor thrown into centre of Jimmy Savile row". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 July 2025.

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