ISI Inspection 2022
Published 04/05/22
Towards the end of Hilary 2022, NCS was visited by the Independent Schools Inspectorate.
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Read MoreInternational Women's Day
Published 10/03/22To mark International Women's Day, Dinti Batstone, Fawcett Society trustee, addressed the whole school in chapel. These were her powerful words:
Read MoreWorld Book Day 2022
Published 03/03/22You could argue that every day is World Book Day at a school like NCS, with the library at the heart of the school, and books suffusing lessons -- and not just those in English.
Read MoreYear 5 Synagogue Visit
Published 01/03/22On Tuesday 1 March we went on a school trip to the synagogue in Jericho.
Read More'Romeo and Juliet'
Published 11/02/22In Music lessons during the first part of Hilary, Year 6 undertook a score-based analysis of compositional techniques in Igor Stravinsky’s famous ballet, The Firebird (Жар-птица).
Read MoreInspection of the City Walls
Published 06/01/22New College has rather large medieval city walls bisecting it, with those walls also lining the fantastic garden.
Read MoreYear 5 Skeleton Workshop
Published 25/10/21Year 5 enjoyed a fantastic workshop at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History as part of their science course. We learnt about different types of skeleton, ranging from the human endoskeleton, to hydrostatic skeletons in worms and molluscs.
Read MoreTatler Schools Guide Review
Published 25/09/21We were delighted to receive this lovely write-up in the most recent Tatler Schools Guide:
Read MoreActivities Week
Published 29/07/21Activities Week was a bustling and enjoyable mostly Oxford-based affair this year, with the boys engaging in a number of wonderful activities to get them out of the classroom and trying something new.
Read MoreVirtual Recitals
Published 29/07/21This year’s Junior and Senior Recitals successfully took place in a virtual form.
Read MoreCREST Awards
Published 29/07/21After their scholarship exams, 8S had the opportunity to carry out an independent CREST award.
Read More‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
Published 29/07/21As restrictions eased towards the end of Trinity, it soon became clear that we were probably going to be able to stage our usual open-air live playreading of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.