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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Checkmate!

The Cotswold School played host to Burford and Kingham Hill School on Wednesday 16 February. Our Year 9, 10 &... Read More

Bees & Trees

  It was great to get some of our young trees from The Woodland Trust planted into pots this week,... Read More

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

Sports Leaders Shine

    The last few weeks have been busy for the Year 10 and Year 12 Sports Leaders. We have... Read More

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

National Apprenticeship Week

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Birthday Celebrations

Since returning to school in September, we have begun celebrating the schools 450th Birthday with a schedule of special events. ... Read More