Our Boarding Houses

There are five boarding houses at Headington, providing accommodation for more than 200 girls aged from 11-18. Boarding at Headington is fun and friendly and girls benefit hugely from the facilities, support and friendships they form in the boarding houses.

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Our Boarding Houses

Younger girls live in Davenport, a homely Victorian house with a family atmosphere. Hillstow and Napier, our two middle Houses, accommodate girls from Upper 4 to Upper 5. All our Sixth Form boarders live in one of our two Sixth Form Houses, Celia Marsh or MacGregor, which also form part of the Sixth Form Centre.

Davenport

Lower school house

Davenport House is a big family home, originally built and owned by the Davenport family in the 1840s. It has been a boarding house for Headington School since the 1920s and retains the original atmosphere of a family home.

Davenport is where our younger boarders live. We have a mixture of full, weekly and half-weekly boarders, with girls from 11 to 14 years old from all around the world.

What will I find in Davenport

  • Eight dormitories with anything from two to seven beds
  • Conservatory with sofas and a piano
  • Television room with games for your free time
  • Two prep rooms with networked computers and plenty of work space
  • Kitchen which girls can use in their spare time
  • Health haven for girls to stay if they feel unwell
  • A large beautiful garden
  • Laundry room

Davenport staff

Davenport Housemistress

Mrs Grace Millard

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    Mrs Grace Millard
Assistant Housemistress

Ms Stephanie Saunders

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    Ms Stephanie Saunders
Day Matron

Mrs Magda Tarras-Wahlberg

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    Mrs Magda Tarras-Wahlberg
Graduate Boarding Assistant

Miss Sophie McSapdden