 | GCSE pupils celebrate record year at Oakham School
27 August 2009 GCSE students at Oakham School are celebrating a record number of top grades.
68% of all this summer’s GCSE grades are at A* and A grade which sets a new school record. ...read on |
 | Stuart Broad is Ashes Hero
23 August 2009
As England win the Ashes, Oakham School salutes former pupil Stuart Broad, as he is named Man of the Match. Former Oakham schoolboy Stuart Broad is being hailed as England’s “new Golden Boy” after his heroic five wicket haul helped England to an historic Ashes victory at The Oval ... read on |
 | Somerby Takes Bronze in National Biathlon
23 August 2009 County swimmer and runner Somerby Hamdorff represented Oakham School at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in an invitational biathlon... read on |
 | Pupils celebrate excellent examination results
20 August 2009 Pupils at Oakham School are celebrating another year of outstanding A level results, with one pupil achieving a remarkable six A grade passes ...read on. |
 | Silver DofE walking expedition in the Lake District
July 2009
The groups coped with tough terrain, typical unsettled Lakes weather and other challenges ...read on. |
 | Silver DofE cycling expedition to the Isle of Mull
5 August 2009
The group spent three days cycling around the island and enjoying splendid coastal scenery in fantastic sunshine and some of the best wild camping in Scotland. ...read on. |
 | ECB Under 13, 14, 15 County Cup Finals
4 - 12 August 2009
Oakham School hosts the ECB County Cup Finals for the U13 to Under 15 age groups in the first two weeks in August. We hope that players and supporters enjoy some fantastic cricket over the period. Full details are available on the ECB at Oakham page. |
 | Sailing: European Ladies Champions
3 August 2009 Congratulations to Alice Kent and Lucy Childs, UK squad members since 2007, who are the 2009 RS Feva European Ladies Champions. Sailing on Lake Garda ...read on.. |
 | CCF Gold DofE Expedition
22 July 2009
Leaving at 0400 every morning and camping rough, the contingent undertook a four day expedition, including demanding tasks to meet the 20 conditions of a DoE Gold Expedition...read on. |
 | Help Felicity Milton get to London 2012
17 July 2009
Felicity Milton OO is a girl with big dreams and none come greater than the chance to compete for Great Britain in the Olympics in London in 2012. ...read on. |
 | Jerwoods Cricketers welcome South Africans
8 July 2009 The next generation of Oakham cricketers took on a talented group of players from South Africa on the KHOSA cricket tour, at Belvoir Castle...read on. |
 | Cricketers share U15 National title
7 July 2009 Oakham and Millfield share the U15 title after rain prevented a result of the Lords Taverners Final - in which Oakham did have Millfield under pressure when play was stopped after 12 overs...read on. |
 | International Baccalaureate results 2009
6 July 2009 - Oakham celebrates some of its best ever IB results this week. 62 IB students all passed the Diploma with an amazing average score of 36.7 points (out of a possible 45; the world wide average is below 30 points). These are the best results since 2005, when results were also excellent ...read on. |
 | An interview with Dr Joseph Spence
3 July 2009
Dr Spence reflects on seven years at Oakham in an interview with the Head Boy and Head Girl elect...read on. |
 | The fun of moving on
2 July 2009 The end of the second year - as they celebrate the end of life in Jerwoods with an inflatable slide, the 'Durose blade' and more ...read on.
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 | Primary languages day
30 Jun 2009 On Tuesday, a host of children from local primary schools descended on Jerwoods which, to quote Rupert Brooke, had become a small corner of a foreign field for the day ...read on.
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 | Year 3 project June 2009
24-26 June 2006 The sun is shining, the sky is blue, the water is lapping at the water’s edge and in the background one can hear the laughter of children. Is this another exotic foreign trip? ...read on. |
 | Cricketers storm into national final
23 June 2009 Oakham U15 XI recorded an emphatic 66 run victory over RGS Newcastle and booked themselves a place in the Lord’s Taverners Final on July 7...read on. |
 | Tom Croft selected for Lions
20 June 2009 OO Tom Croft has been selected to represent the British and Irish Lions this afternoon in the first test against the World champions South Africa...read on. |
 | Second year trip to London
20 June 2009 Students were treated to a day of religious immersion in the different worlds of the London Oratory and London Central Mosque...read on. |
 | Flying club goes solo
17 June 2009 Flyers enjoyed perfect weather - especially Georgina Stenhouse undertaking her first solo...read on. |
 | Oakham one of the hottest tickets for ambitious pupils on the independent school circuit
16 June 2009 So says the annual Essential Living Guide in its June 2009 issue...read on. |
 | Records tumble in the sun at Middle School sports day
15 June 2009 Sports Day 2009 went off with a bang with glorious weather, bountiful and vocal support, blazes of bright colour and no lack of inter house rivalry and competition. ...read on. |
 | Jerwoods sounds great!
15 June 2009
This year’s Jerwoods Sounds, performed by some of the younger musicians in the school on 5 June, was quite simply our best yet ...read on.
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 | Class of 2004 - five year reunion
13 June 2009 Over 60 pupils from the Class of 2004 returned to the School on Saturday 13 June for a hugely successful five year reunion. This was the first official ‘five years on’ reunion of its kind and will now be repeated annually by the School during each Summer Term. ...read on. |
 | Lord’s Taverners national colts trophy quarterfinals
12 June 2009 The Oakham U15 XI marched into the semi-finals of the Lords Taverners National Colts Trophy with a comfortable 8 wicket victory over Nottingham High School at Oakham on Friday 12 June. ...read on. |
| HRH Princess Anne meets community service volunteer Chris Earley
11 June 2009 Oakham pupils produced a portfolio of designs for a sculpture for the new VAR (Voluntary Action Rutland) building in Oakham. The Sculpture Project is just one of the activities available to Community Service pupils ...read on. |
 | A taste of the Oakham School experience
7 June 2009 This weekend 21 year five students joined the ‘old’ hands of Peterborough and Lincoln Houses for the Jerwoods Boarding Taster Weekend ...read on. |
 | Robert Mohan just keeps on breaking records
2 June 2009 Oakham 7th Former Robert Mohan seems to go from strength to strength with his shot putting breaking record after record. ...read on. |
| Oakham win through to the regional final of the Lord’s Taverners Colts
2 June 2009 Oakham powered their way to an impressive 6 wicket victory over the much vaunted Shrewsbury XI in the regional semi final of the Lord’s Taverners Colts Trophy at yesterday on Doncaster Close. Sent in to bat, Shrewsbury were ...read on. |
.jpg "Sailing pupils") | Oakhamians collect ‘1st Female’ prize at national sailing championship
Sunday 24th May
19 Oakham sailors competed in the Feva national championships at Portland over the bank holiday weekend. The 2012 Olympic venue is a superb location but the wind was frustratingly light and with only...read on. |
 | Former Oakham pupil reaches North Pole
Sunday 24th May One of the school’s former pupils has trekked hundreds of miles in sub zero temperatures to reach the North Pole. Julian Evans (00 '89) has a thirst for adventure. He has previously taken part in the Marathon Des Sables...read on.
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 | Speech Day 2009
Saturday 23rd May
HEADMASTER PAYS TRIBUTE TO OAKHAMIANS At his valedictory Speech Day, Headmaster Dr Joseph Spence paid tribute to the whole School as he spoke to pupils, parents, staff and Trustees...read on. |
 | Oakham launches brand new website
23 May 2009
Welcome to Oakham School’s eagerly awaited new website....which runs to more than 600 pages and gives visitors a chance to look into almost every aspect of life at Oakham...read on.
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 | Tom Croft gets Lions call Up
22 May 2009 Having missed out on selection to Ian McGeechan’s original British and Irish Lions squad to tour South Africa this summer, the Leicester Tiger and OO has been called up this week to replace the suspended Alan Quinlan... read on.
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 | The inaugural Old Oakhamian Dinner for alumni of Cambridge and Oxford Universities
22 May 2009 The School was delighted to welcome back 89 alumni (spanning a period of 64 years) former staff and guests to the inaugural Dinner. Many took the opportunity to visit different areas of the School prior to gathering for an early evening reception in the Smallbone Library. Read on.
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 | Exhibition of students' art and design work
22 and 23 May 2009 An impressive range of art and design work, created by Oakham pupils during the academic year, is on show ... read on |
 | Oakham School academic calendar August 2009-July 2010
21st May 2009 Fantastic opportunity to buy this year’s charity calendar ...read on |
 | The Phantom Tollbooth
20th May 2009 The Jerwoods Production of Norton Juster’s cult novel The Phantom Tollbooth (adapted for the stage by Susan Nanus) opened on Wednesday 20th May. Running for three night and directed by Charlotte Webster, a new arrival in Oakham’s Drama Department ...Read on
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 | A successful route to the World Orienteering Championships
18th May 2009 Congratulations to Mairead Rocke who has been selected to represent British Orienteering at the Junior World Orienteering Championships being held in Italy from 6th - 11th July ...Read on
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 | Oakham Sunday 2009
17th May 2009 80 Prep School children from 10 different schools attended the Annual Oakham Sunday event on Sunday 17 May. During the day they were able to experience a wide variety of different activities presented by Academic Departments. Photogalleries of the various activities can be viewed... read on.
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 | Eleanor Wood races to win Leicester music competition
18th May 2009 Third Form music exhibitioner, Eleanor Wood, won first prize in the senior section of the Leicester Early Music Festival Performance Competition on Sunday 17 May ... Read on.
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 | Lunchtime concert 13 May
15th May 2009
As the public exam season gets underway in earnest, the school's lunchtime concert series has turned its attention to some of our younger musicians in the Middle School.... Read on.
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 | Royal Court of Justice visit
14th May 2009 On Tuesday 12th May, five 6th form politics students and Mr Ward had the great opportunity of meeting Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls (the second most senior judge in the country) ... Read on.
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 | Tom Grant football festival
11th May 2009 The First Tom Grant Football Festival took place at The Wilson Fields yesterday in glorious weather. Over 200 boys and girls took part on a wonderful playing surface and ....read on.
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 | Practice-a-thon
11 May 2009 Musicians from Lower One to Seventh Form recently held a practice-a-thon to raise money for the charity CLIC Sargant. This was the second time in recent years that Oakham has supported this fundraising initiative...Read on. |
 | Chamber Choir concert
10th May 2009 As part of the ‘Out and About’ tradition that the Music department here at Oakham has, the Church of St John the Baptist in Cold Overton had the delights of welcoming our Chamber Choir for an evening of varied choral and chamber music ... Read on. |
 | Lunchtime concert 6 May
7th May 2009 Lunchtime concertgoers were treated to a performance worthy of Covent Garden this week. 7th former Isaac Knight gave an outstanding recital, demonstrating throughout beautiful phrasing, an excellent feel for the music ... Read on.
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 | 7th former wins Truro Cathedral choral scholarship
6th May 2009 William Kilvington-Shaw is the second 7th Form student to be awarded a prestigious Gap Year choral scholarship this year. He will take up a tenor choral scholarship at Truro Cathedral ...Read on.
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 | Lunchtime concert 29 April
30th April 2009 The loud applause and cheers from the large audience who attended Hugo Bishop’s lunchtime recital on Wednesday 29 April were a just reward for a delightful concert from this popular performer...Read on.
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.jpg "thumb2411") | Engineering Education Scheme presentations
30th April 2009 A group of sixth formers taking part in the Engineering Education Scheme, have developed a handheld device to detect defects on a Harrier windscreen. Last Tuesday they travelled to Eastwood Hall in Nottingham to make their presentations...Read on.
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 | New Chapel and Chamber Choir CD release
28th April 2009 Members of Oakham’s Chapel Choir returned a day early to school on Sunday 19 April to record a sequence of choral music for their latest CD release. A Living Stone will be on sale from the last week of June...Read on. |
 | Oakham golfers at ISGA Finals, St Andrews
28th April 2009 On the windswept links of St Andrews, Oakham played some fine golf to finish 14th in the ISGA National finals. The tournament was a 36 hole scratch medal on an Open Qualifying course. Having won the Regional qualifiers in March, Bernhard Kock, Matthew Counsell and James Walters pitted their skills against the finest schoolboy and girl golfers in the land.
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 | Exhilarating Big Band performance at Langham Church
27th April 2009 Oakham's lively and expert Big Band took their enjoyment of jazz funk, soul and rock to the village of Langham at the weekend to help raise money for church funds. Their programme began with a swing through 'New York State of Mind'...Read on.
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 | Official opening of the Jerwood School of Design
26th April 2009 The Jerwood School of Design was formally opened by Alan Grieve CBE on 25 April 2009, alongside the unveiling of sculpture specifically commissioned for the occasion. The £2 million facility, supported by a £950,000 benefaction from the Jerwood Foundation, provides new accommodation...read on.
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 | Lunchtime concert 22 April
23rd April 2009 All Saints' Church welcomed a large audience for the first Summer Term lunchtime recital on 22 April to hear a performance of one of Mozart’s great chamber works, the Kegelstatt Trio, by Harriet Flather (clarinet), Anna Lusty (viola) and Alexandra-Maria Tchernakova (piano) ... Read on.
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 | Citizenship students visit Parliament
23rd April 2009 The GCSE Citizenship group spent the day in and around Parliament, where they were able to see at first hand the dynamics of public protest and policing, and some of the work of MPs and Ministers in and out of the chamber of the House of Commons...Read on.
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 | Oakham cricketers success
23rd April 2009 As the county cricket season gets underway, five Old Oakhamians are making appearances for their respective counties in matches this week. Most notably are Matt Boyce, Josh Cobb and Alex Wyatt who played in Leicestershire’s match against the touring West Indies. Wyatt took three wickets including that of Ramnaresh Sarwan, the batsman who tormented England during the winter. Boyce and Cobb followed this up with 50s in the Leics second innings. Stuart Broad, making one of his few appearances for his county, Nottinghamshire, scored 60 and then took the first four wickets in their match against Worcestershire and Ian Saxelby made 10 runs and took a wicket in Gloucestershire’s encounter with Essex. |
 | Oakham teams challenge for student investor title
23rd April 2009 Oakham had two teams qualify for the Student Investor Challenge regional finals - for the second consecutive year, hoping to win an all expenses paid trip to New York. To get to the regional finals the Oakham teams turned their initial (virtual) £100,000 into £566,201...Read on. |
 | Theatre students at Scarborough Drama Festival
20th April 2009 During the week of Saturday 28th March-Friday 3rd April 2009 the Theatre Studies A Level and IB pupils experienced the thrill of the National Student Drama Festival in Scarborough. Scarborough has been the home of NSDF since 1990 and offers a number ...Read on. |
 | Physicists project in the holidays
20th April 2009 Extreme Physics is a new project for 2009 organised by Helen Pollard and sponsored by the Ogden Trust and the Institute of Physics. Hosted at Oakham and Rugby Schools over four days during the Easter holiday...Read on. |
 | Oakham golfers clinch tour victory in sudden death thriller
20th April 2009 A 10 strong Oakham side took on the might of a combined Oundle and Worksop team over 4 days at the beginning of the holidays in the North East of England, playing 3 of the finest courses on offer. The Ryder Cup format saw Fourball matches played on the first two days with singles on the final day... and a thrilling last day saw Oakham clinch victory in a sudden-death play-off. |