Oxford University Archives - Cokethorpe School

Crucial Collaboration in Chemistry Competition

by tl | Jan 10, 2024 | Academic

The Royal Society of Chemistry’s annual ‘Top of the Bench’ chemistry competition, challenges teams to take part in a series of practical activities, using lab techniques beyond the curriculum, to problem-solve and hone their chemistry skills. This was a...

Results Day 2023

by tl | Aug 17, 2023 | Academic

A Level and BTEC students at Cokethorpe School, Oxfordshire prepare for their next steps on results day. Like their peers across the country, Cokethorpe’s Upper Sixth students have today received their results, and, in so doing, learnt the outcomes of their efforts...

Stepping Up: life in and after Sixth Form

by whg | Aug 17, 2023 | School Life

The move to Sixth Form is commonly recognised as one of the more significant transitions in a child’s educational development. Head of Sixth Form, Mr Tolputt, discusses how the School supports and guides pupils as they take this step. What marks out Sixth Form as a...

Rock Maths Like Tom

by tl | Mar 30, 2023 | Academic

Pupils from the Third Form and Lower Sixth had the opportunity to ‘rock’ maths when we welcomed Dr Tom Crawford, a Mathematics tutor at the University of Oxford, to Cokethorpe. Dr Crawford runs the award-winning website tomrocksmaths.com (YouTube channel...

It’s all Greek to me

by tl | Mar 17, 2023 | Academic

Congratulations to Amelia (Feilden) and Ellie (Swift), members of the Third Form Greek AOB, for their success in the Latin and Greek Reading Competition held at the University of Oxford. The event brought together almost one hundred pupils from Schools from across...