We are delighted to announce that Headington School has been authorized to become an IB World School and to teach the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme as an alternative to A levels starting in September 2009.
The Upper 4 spent two days pitting their wits against some of the challenges of adult life in the annual 'Be Real' challenge last week. Through role playing, team work and problem solving, girls tackled challenges such as household budgeting, redundancy and job applications.
A group of 12 girls from Headington's senior rowing squad were delighted to be invited to Switzerland to compete in the prestigious Armada Cup.
Transition M and K arrived at school dressed in Tudor costumes ready to step back in time to 1666, the year of the Great Fire of London.
Well done to the prep school's swimmers, netball players and cross country runners, who have achieved some superb sporting successes in recent weeks. Read on for recent sports reports.
Christmas started early at Headington Prep this week as each girl had a stir of the Christmas pudding and made a wish while they were queuing for their lunch.
Last Friday the Prep School welcomed Ross, a very special visitor from a charitable organisation called 'Just Different'. Just Different is a group of disabled people who tour schools teaching pupils about disability.
Girls from the Lower 4 to Upper 6 spent a fabulous few days in Venice during the October half term, enjoying a cross-curricular Enrichment trip.
This term we have introduced a whole school programme of ‘Values’. We have discussed what Values and personal qualities are and are choosing one value each month to have as a focus.
60 GCSE History students visited the First World War Battlefields of Ypres and the Somme, seeing the cemeteries of both Commonwealth and German soldiers. Girls walked across some of the same ground that British soldiers trod on 1st July 1916: the tragic first day of the Battle of the Somme.