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Welcome from Jane Cochran,


                                                                                                         Head of Bloxham’s Lower School








                                                                                                                                                Bloxham’s Lower School offers a bespoke
                                                                                                                                                learning environment where girls and boys
                                                                                                                                                aged 11 to 13 take their first exciting steps
                                                                                                                                                at senior school.
                                                                                                                                                While all the teaching and learning takes place
                                                                                                                                                in the same excellent facilities that Bloxham
                                                                                                                                                School offers its older students, Lower School
                                                                                                                                                students enjoy their own ‘base’ on the school
                                                                                                                                                campus. This is a well-equipped facility with
                                                                                                                                                common rooms, with games and space
                                                                                                                                                to relax; individual lockers; and a fun outdoor
                                                                                                                                                area in which to let off steam. Meanwhile,
                                                                                                                                                Lower School students benefit from being in an
                                                                                                                                                environment of older students, with inspiring
                                                                                                                                                role models and examples of academic, sporting
                                                                                                                                                and creative achievement apparent to them on
                                                                                                                                                a daily basis.
                                                                                                                                                At Bloxham School we see education as a
                      Welcome to Bloxham’s vibrant and happy Lower School,                                                                      partnership and communication home, on all
                      a hive of activity, characterised by a constant buzz of                                                                   aspects of your child’s development, is critically
                      energy and exploration. Here, our youngest students                                                                       important to us. As well as regular parents’
                                                                                                                                                evenings, we hold termly parents’ teas for those
                      begin their journey to independence, supported in a safe                                                                  in the Lower School – a great opportunity for

                      and secure environment as they acquire the skills and                                                                     parents to get together as a group and to meet
                                                                                                                                                and talk with the tutor team – and there is also
                      qualities they need to flourish throughout their time at                                                                  a termly list of music concerts, drama
                      Bloxham and beyond.                                                                                                       productions and sports fixtures which parents
                                                                                                                                                are warmly invited to attend.
                                                                                                                                                The Lower School is an integral part of Bloxham
                                                                                                                                                School and the five hallmarks which make up a
                                                                                                                                                Bloxham education are also strongly in evidence
                                                                                                                                                here. Each one has been thoughtfully tailored
                                                                                                                                                to suit the needs of our youngest students.
                      Paul Sanderson                                                                                                            I hope you will enjoy reading about them, and
                      Headmaster                                                                                                                other aspects of life in Bloxham’s Lower School,
                                                                                                                                                on the following pages of this brochure.
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