Academic Excellence
Academic learning sits at the heart of everything we do, and we pride ourselves on bringing out the best in every pupil.
Approaches to Learning
We recognise pupils are motivated and challenged in different ways.
Our research-informed approach ensures learning is vibrant, engaging, and intellectually stimulating across the Prep and Senior Schools.
Pre-Prep Learning
Play-based learning, a topic-rich curriculum, and specialist teaching in French, Music, Drama, Art, and PE underpin early progress.
Prep Learning
A Creative Curriculum inspires imaginative environments and cross-subject connections. Specialist teaching in French, Music, Drama, Art, PE, and Latin supplements a programme designed to encourage critical thinking, creativity, and independence.
Cokethorpe in numbers
A Level Subjects
Pupils in an average Prep class
Percent A* to A grades at A Level in 2025
One of just four Microsoft Showcase Schools in Oxfordshire
Senior School Learning
We focus on individual progress and set high expectations for all. Our ambition is to cultivate effective learners, curious about the world and ready to contribute to it.
Digital Learning
Recognised as a Microsoft Showcase School, we harness modern technology to elevate classroom and broader learning experiences.
Academic Enrichment
Trips, guest speakers, theme weeks, and external competitions broaden horizons and deepen engagement.
Learning in a Digital Age
Through our IT 2020 Strategy, Cokethorpe has implemented a genuine step change in our classroom approach, whilst adhering to the best practices of traditional methods. Director of Studies, Mr Uglow, explains the need for and benefit of this balanced approach.
Results, Higher Education and Careers
We stretch the brightest while ensuring tangible progress for all. Careers provision runs across the Senior School, recognising pathways begin with early subject choices.
Learning Development
Our Learning Development Department supports study skills and revision techniques for every pupil, not solely those with recognised SEND – adding value to attainment through high-quality teaching and targeted support where needed.
Where Next
Scholarships and Awards
Our Scholarships and Awards aim to recognise and promote those who embody the attitude and approach to learning that we value, as well as those with a particular aptitude for a subject or activity.
Pastoral Life
The pastoral provision at Cokethorpe is one of the great strengths of the School and has directly evolved from its ethos of being community and family focused.
Sport at Cokethorpe
Excellence at the highest level is underpinned by an ethos of participation. The parkland setting provides the perfect backdrop to the extensive facilities which contribute to Cokethorpe’s sporting reputation.
Book your tour today
Come and visit Cokethorpe, whether for an Open Morning, one of our monthly Meet the Head events, or a personal Tour, and Discover Your Cokethorpe.