Gillotts School

Gillotts School
Motto	Non Nobis Solum (Not by Ourselves Alone)
Established	1950
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Catharine Darnton
Location	Gillotts Lane Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire RG9 1PS England
DfE number	931/4055
DfE URN	137921 Tables
Ofsted	Pre-academy reports
Students	801 as of October 2014
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–16
Colours	navy, green
Website	www.gillotts.oxon.sch.uk

Gillotts School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England.^[1] It is on a 33 acre site on the edge of Henley-on-Thames.

History

Gillotts was established as a girls' boarding school in parkland on the fringe of Henley-on-Thames in 1950, under founding headmistress Betty Barford. ^[2] Gillotts became a coeducational comprehensive school in 1960.

Houses

Gillotts school has 3 houses. They are called Darwin, Pankhurst and Orwell. The houses are named after Charles Darwin, Emmeline Pankhurst and George Orwell.

Alumni

Marcus du Sautoy (born 1965), Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford
Simon Kernick (born 1966), crime novelist
Johnny Robinson (singer), 2011 X-Factor finalist

References

Schools in Oxfordshire

Secondary	Banbury Academy Bartholomew School The Bicester School Blessed George Napier RC School Burford School Carterton Community College Cheney School Cherwell School Chiltern Edge School Chipping Norton School Cooper School Didcot Girls' School Faringdon Community College Fitzharrys School Gillotts School Gosford Hill School Henry Box School Icknield Community College John Mason School King Alfred's Academy Langtree School Larkmead School Lord Williams's School Marlborough School, Woodstock Matthew Arnold School North Oxfordshire Academy The Oxford Academy Oxford Spires Academy St Birinus School St Gregory the Great RC School Wallingford School The Warriner School Wheatley Park School UTC Oxfordshire Wood Green School

Independent (preparatory)	Abingdon Preparatory School Christ Church Cathedral School Cothill House Dragon School Emmanuel Christian School New College School The Oratory Preparatory School Rupert House School St Hugh's School Summer Fields School

Independent	Abingdon School Al-Madina School Bloxham School Carfax Tutorial Establishment Cokethorpe School Cranford House School D'Overbroeck's College Education First EF International Academy European School, Culham (closing in 2017) Greene's Tutorial College Headington School Kingham Hill School King's School Magdalen College School The Oratory School Our Lady's Abingdon Oxford High School Oxford International College Oxford Montessori Schools Radley College Rye St Antony School St Clare's School St Edward's School St Helen and St Katharine Shiplake College Sibford School Tudor Hall School

Special	Bishopswood School Mulberry Bush School Parklands Campus Swalcliffe Park School

Further education	Abingdon and Witney College Banbury and Bicester College City of Oxford College Denman College Henley College

Former	Carmel College City of Oxford High School for Boys Drayton School Falconbury School Milham Ford School Peers School Southfield Grammar School Oxford Military College St Mary's School, Wantage

Coordinates: 51°31′31″N 0°55′18″W / 51.5252°N 0.9216°W / 51.5252; -0.9216

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