Cothill House Explained
| Cothill House, Cothill |
| Motto: | Dum spiro spero ("While I breathe, I hope") |
| Established: | 1860 (moved to present location in 1870) |
| Religious Affiliation: | Church of England |
| Head Label: | Head Master |
| Head: | George May[1] |
| Chair Label: | Chairman of the governors |
| City: | Cothill |
| Country: | England |
| Postcode: | OX13 6JL |
| Urn: | 123297 |
| Enrolment: | 204 |
| Gender: | Boys |
| Lower Age: | 8 |
| Upper Age: | 13 |
| Publication: | The Cothill Magazine |
| Free Label 1: | Former pupils |
| Free 1: | Old Cothillians |
| Website: | http://www.cothill.net/ |
Cothill House is a day and boarding coeducational independent school for preparatory pupils in Cothill, Oxfordshire, which houses around 160 pupils from the ages 7–13.
Previously a boys school, it began to move towards coeducation in 2024.[2] The school is operated by the Prep Schools Trust, a charity registered in England.
In 2024, the school was listed by the Oxford Mail as one of 45 Oxford schools with stories of sexual harrassment and abuse collected by the website Everyone’s Invited.[3]
Notable alumni
- Maharaja Gaj Singh of Jodhpore, diplomat and politician[4]
- John Bradbury, 2nd Baron Bradbury[5]
- General Sir Hugh Stockwell, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe[6]
- James Charles Macnab of Macnab, Chief of Clan Macnab[7]
- Rupert Thorneloe, soldier
- Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair[8]
- Jeremy Thorpe, British politician, leader of the Liberal Party 1966–76
- Richard Symonds, civil servant
- Hugh Pym, British journalist and author
- Archie Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, British aristocrat
History
The school was founded in 1860 (in Dry Sandford), before moving to its present location in 1870.
External links
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Notes and References
- Web site: Cothill House. Get Information about Schools. 11 November 2023.
- Web site: 2024-04-21 . Cothill announces transition to co-education starting 2025 . 2024-11-18 . Herald Series . en.
- Web site: 2021-06-30 . All 45 Oxfordshire schools named in 'rape culture' list . 2024-11-18 . This is Oxfordshire . en.
- Dhananajaya Singh, The House of Marwar (Lotus Collection, Roli Books, 1994), p. 204
- George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: extant, extinct, or dormant, vol. 13 (The St Catherine Press Ltd, 1940), p. 408
- 'General Sir Hugh Stockwell' in Patricia Burgess & Trish Burgess, eds., The Annual Obituary 1986 (Chicago & London: St James Press, 1989), p. 677
- 'MACNAB of Macnab, James Charles', in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2012)
- 'Aberdeen and Temair, 7th Marquess of' in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2011
