News and Events
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Old Burfordian Represents Ireland in Rugby Union
Congratulations to Old Burfordian Dominic Hey (2014-2019) who gained his first cap for Ireland in rugby union on 12 July... Read More
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Review of our 450th Anniversary Celebrations
Founded in 1571, Burford School has grown from just a handful of pupils to over 1,400. In the academic year... Read More
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25th Anniversary of Trailblazing Mixed Hockey Tour
This August will mark the 25th Anniversary of Burford School’s first major sports tour to Australia in 1997. Twenty pupils... Read More
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Old Burfordian Represents Great Britain in Basketball
Keith Kelly, a Burford School student in the mid-1980s, represented Great Britain as part of its Over 45s Basketball Team... Read More
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Announcement: Summer Gala
It is with much regret that we will not be able to safely conduct the Gala performance this evening (Tuesday... Read More
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Music Department’s Review of the Year
This year has seen a fantastic and successful return to music-making here at Burford School, both within and beyond the... Read More
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Lower School Prizegiving 2022
Congratulations to all the students who received awards at the Lower School Prizegiving on Tuesday 5 July 2022. It was... Read More
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Technology, Art & Photography Show
On Wednesday 6 July 2022, our Technology, Art & Photography Show took place in the Main Hall, which celebrated the... Read More
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Annual Writing Retreat at the Story Museum
On Tuesday 5 July, Burford School Creative Writing Club attended its annual Writing Retreat at the Story Museum in Oxford.... Read More
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Year Seven Induction Success
Student induction days are an important part of our end-of-year calendar, giving new students the opportunity to become familiarised with... Read More
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Growing Sporting Opportunities
Recently, we began the preparation work for building an AstroTurf Hockey pitch. The pitch will be ready for use by... Read More
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Once Upon A Time
Last week, over eighty students from our Year Seven and Nine performed in ‘Once Upon a Time’, a play written... Read More
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Online Auction & Raffle
Thank you to all those who donated, supported and sought out gifts for our first online raffle and auction. It... Read More
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Checkmate!
The Cotswold School played host to Burford and Kingham Hill School on Wednesday 16 February. Our Year 9, 10 &... Read More
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Bees & Trees
It was great to get some of our young trees from The Woodland Trust planted into pots this week,... Read More
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Busy at Boarding
Boarders continue to maintain their busy schedules with school and their extra-curricular commitments. With the latest Covid restrictions, some of... Read More
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Sports Leaders Shine
The last few weeks have been busy for the Year 10 and Year 12 Sports Leaders. We have... Read More
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Inspiration for STEM Students
On Friday 4 February, forty Year 8 Technology students took part in a school visit to Bloodhound Education. The Bloodhound... Read More
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National Apprenticeship Week
NAW2022 Apprenticeship Webinar Flyer Read More
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An Evening with Dominic Sandbrook
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A Christmas Miscellany
On Wednesday 15 December we were delighted to stage this year’s Christmas Miscellany concert in the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford... Read More
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Royal visitor for Charter Day
On Friday 19 November, the community of Burford School was delighted to welcome a number of VIPs to celebrate our... Read More
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News from the PE Department
Rugby Despite the challenges presented by Covid and a number of local schools stopping fixtures we have managed to provide... Read More
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Star for a Night
Star for a Night returned to Burford after an absence of two years and what a night it was! Judged... Read More
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Drama Trip to Blood Brothers
On Tuesday 16 November Year 10 and 11 Drama students went to the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham to see a... Read More
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Year 13 Geography Field Trip
On a cold, bright November morning, 17 A-level Geography students traipsed to Devon for their first field trip to Slapton... Read More
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Sixth Form Open Evening
There was a buzz on the evening of Thursday 11 November as we welcomed prospective students for Sixth Form to... Read More
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Day of the Dead
The MFL department ran their annual “Day of the Dead” House Competition for Year 8 students on Thursday 2 December.... Read More
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Collecting for Afghan Refugees
Burford School staff were very happy to support the recent Afghan Refugee Coat Drive, organised by Care 4 Calais and... Read More
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Birthday Celebrations
Since returning to school in September, we have begun celebrating the schools 450th Birthday with a schedule of special events. ... Read More
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