St Edward's School

St Edward's School is an independent boarding school in the Summertown area of northern Oxford. The grounds include Victorian brick buildings, newer classrooms, sports facilities, and an arts center that opens to the public for performances.

A clergyman founded the institution in the mid-nineteenth century to educate boys from families with modest means. After a severe storm damaged the original buildings, the school moved to its current location.

The name honors Edward the Confessor, an Anglo-Saxon king who ruled in the eleventh century. Students between thirteen and eighteen years old live together in houses on campus, forming a residential community where daily routines follow a boarding tradition.

The grounds sit north of the city center and connect via bus routes passing through Summertown. Visitors can enter the arts center during public performances, while other areas remain private school property.

The theater on campus produces its own plays and takes its name from a former fortification used during the English Civil War. A swimming pool once occupied the site where the theater now stands.

Location: Oxford

Inception: 1863

Address: St Edward's School, Woodstock Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 7NN

Phone: +441865319323

Website: https://stedwardsoxford.org

GPS coordinates: 51.77667,-1.26923

Latest update: December 13, 2025 19:02