St Edward's School

St Edward’s, Oxford

Founded in 1863, St Edward’s is an exceptional co-educational boarding and day school set in 100 leafy green acres in Oxford, the educational capital of the world.

The School educates just over 800 boys and girls aged 13 - 18, preparing them not only for entry into the world’s best universities, but also to lead happy, fulfilling and socially responsible adult lives.

Pupils can achieve at the highest level in every area – in their academic work, in sport, in music, drama and the arts, in outdoor pursuits and in community volunteering.  To have access to all those facilities and opportunities and at the same time to be on the doorstep of the intellectually and culturally inspiring city of Oxford is unique, and it provides an unparalleled and transformational educational experience for our pupils. By comparison with other schools, pupils can simply do more at Teddies than anywhere else. 

Ambition, kindness and a strong sense of togetherness characterise Teddies, as the School is known to its community. Pupils join St Edward’s from Oxford and surrounding counties, from London, from the South of England and from all over the world to live and learn together in a thriving international city with excellent transport links to London and beyond.

A Modern Education

The academic culture at St Edward’s is dynamic and ambitious. As a result, academic results are excellent and on an accelerating upward trend.

Teachers are highly qualified, committed and kind. Classrooms are lively, interactive places where pupils discuss, debate and collaborate. Pupils are expected to work hard so that they have as many opportunities as possible open to them for the next stage of their education and beyond.

The academic life of the School is shaped and influenced by its strong connections with the University of Oxford.

The Oxford Programme is a central feature of the academic life of the School, drawing on our proximity to a rich pool of world-leading academics to enhance our pupils’ education.

Our Oxford Lectures programme of talks, seminars and regular residencies by visiting academics from Oxford and other leading universities inspires pupils, taking them beyond the requirements of the curriculum, ensuring that they are learning to develop their own scholarship and to think globally. In turn, pupils visit the University in our programme of Oxford Days to immerse themselves in the intellectual life of the city.

The St Edward’s Fellows, postgraduate students at the University employed as part-time teachers at Teddies, bring the very latest academic research and their passion for their subjects into the classroom, complementing the work of our highly qualified full-time teaching body.

Co-Curricular Opportunities

A strong thread running through a St Edward’s education is the culture of enthusiastic and joyful participation across all areas of school life. Exceptional facilities, warm encouragement from Tutors and the framework of the St Edward’s Award all steer pupils into making the most of all the opportunities available to them.

Pupils come together on the sports fields, on the river, on stage, in musical and dramatic ensembles, in performances and concerts, in community volunteering and in the many societies covering all areas of interest – from beekeeping to debating, from crochet to coding, from ecology to the Model United Nations. 

The stunning Music School houses all the facilities any ambitious young musician could want or need and over 500 individual music lessons take place every week. The elegant Weston Recital Room at the heart of the building is surrounded by practice and ensemble rooms, dedicated music classrooms, the Fenton Recording Studio, a Rock Room and the Ferguson Music Library, an invaluable resource for those pursuing academic music qualifications.

The Drama Department and the School’s North Wall Arts Centre combine to offer outstanding opportunities in drama. Varied and challenging school productions are complemented by an annual trip to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.