Ethos

The School wishes for all pupils to discover ‘Labore Confecto Gaudentes’ or ‘Joy in achievement’. Our philosophy is to promote high standards whilst enjoying the process of learning. Oxford House School aims to provide a happy, safe and secure environment for your sons and daughters to learn and develop whilst providing a secure foundation for their growing success.

Aims

We encourage high standards in behaviour and manners as well as in academic achievement. Our success rate for pupils gaining places in selective state and independent schools is unrivalled in the area and we are extremely proud of our pupils’ individual successes.

Our outstanding curriculum inspires and promotes success academically, while at the same time instilling a love for art, music, dance and drama in the hearts of all our children. These creative subjects are embedded into the curriculum and help pupils to not only develop problem-solving skills, but also to express their feelings and ideas, forming an essential part of their personal development.

Oxford House School teachers pride themselves on producing highly confident and articulate children both academically and creatively.

History

Our pupils benefit from being educated in a beautiful Victorian house close to Colchester Town Centre, but at the very start of the schools journey Oxford House School was a small day nursery known as “Little Folks Nursery” founded by Mrs Spendlove in 1959. Within a few years the age range of pupils was extended to include pupils of nursery, infant and junior age. In 1963 the school moved to larger premises in Oxford Road, Colchester and was re-named Oxford House School. In 1968 Mrs Spendlove appointed her son Paul Spendlove as joint Principal. A second move to our present location in Lexden Road, Colchester took place in 1984. This allowed the school to offer better facilities and larger classrooms. In 2006 the school became part of the Cognita Schools Group.