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Cothill House

Coordinates: 51°41′35″N 1°19′52″W / 51.693°N 1.331°W / 51.693; -1.331
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Cothill House, Cothill
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Cothill
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OX13 6JL

England
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TypePrivate day and boarding school
Preparatory School
MottoDum spiro spero ("While I breathe, I hope")
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
Established1860 (moved to present location in 1870)
Department for Education URN123297 Tables
Head MasterGeorge May[1]
GenderBoys
Age8 to 13
Enrolment204
PublicationThe Cothill Magazine
Former pupilsOld Cothillians
Websitehttp://www.cothill.net/

Cothill House is a day and boarding boys' independent school for preparatory pupils in Cothill, Oxfordshire, which houses around 220 boys from the ages 8–13.

General information

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The school offers day, boarding and flexi places for around 160 pupils. Facilities include a CDT centre, golf course, swimming pool (covered), theatre, six hard tennis courts, 20 music practice rooms, 2 drum rooms, squash court, library, science labs, a computer room and two teaching blocks (the Complex and Jackson's). A new state of the art Bailey Sports Centre, named after Cothill's old headmaster Duncan Bailey had completed construction and opened in the summer of 2023. Inside the Sports Centre Therme is a table tennis court room, an indoor golf area, two changing rooms and toilets as well as a squash court, climbing wall and a big court for activities such as cricket, indoor football and badminton. The headmaster's house is attached to the main school.

The school is operated by the Prep Schools Trust, a charity registered in England,[2] which also runs the nearby Chandlings School, Kitebrook Preparatory School, Mowden Hall in Northumberland, and Barfield School in Surrey.

Boarding

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Cothill House is a boarding school, meaning pupils go home on some weekends, exeats, half-terms and end of term holidays. Day as well as flexi places are offered for Cothill Juniors in Years 4,5 and 6. There are two boarding houses at Cothill, main school and bowlers. The main school is the primary boarding house for years 6-8, Bowlers is at the other end of the school where year 4-5 stay. Prince William and his brother Prince Harry were registered to attend Cothill, which was the choice of their father Charles, Prince of Wales,[3] but in the end they both attended Ludgrove, instead.

Notable alumni

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History

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The school was founded in 1860 (in Dry Sandford), before moving to its present location in 1870.

References

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  1. ^ "Cothill House". Get Information about Schools. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Prep Schools Trust, registered charity no. 309639". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  3. ^ The Ladies' Home Journal, vol. 106 (1989), p. 171
  4. ^ Dhananajaya Singh, The House of Marwar (Lotus Collection, Roli Books, 1994), p. 204
  5. ^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: extant, extinct, or dormant, vol. 13 (The St Catherine Press Ltd, 1940), p. 408
  6. ^ 'General Sir Hugh Stockwell' in Patricia Burgess & Trish Burgess, eds., The Annual Obituary 1986 (Chicago & London: St James Press, 1989), p. 677
  7. ^ 'MACNAB of Macnab, James Charles', in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2012)
  8. ^ 'Aberdeen and Temair, 7th Marquess of' in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2011
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51°41′35″N 1°19′52″W / 51.693°N 1.331°W / 51.693; -1.331