Rye St Antony
Rye St Antony is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 3 to 18 (and day boys 3-11). Established in 1930 as a lay Catholic foundation, the school is situated in a beautiful 12-acre location overlooking the city of Oxford.
Rye St Antony at-a-glance
- Founded in 1930 by two Oxford teachers
- Approximately 400 pupils
- 12 acres of beautiful gardens and woodland less than a mile away from Oxford city centre
- Pupils selected by interview, reports and references from previous schools, and, for senior school pupils, formal examinations
- Rye welcomes pupils of all faiths or none
- Ratio of pupils to full-time equivalent teaching staff is 1:5
- Specialist teachers of English as an Additional Language
School facilities
Facilities include:
- Sports Centre including Fitness Suite
- Performing Arts Centre
- Heated swimming pool
- Hockey pitch, athletics track, netball and tennis courts
- Sixth Form Centre
- Purpose built home economics kitchen and ICT suite
Boarding options
Rye St Antony offers the following boarding options:
- Full boarding
- Weekly boarding
- Flexi-boarding
Top five leavers’ destinations 2015
- University of Birmingham, Imperial College London, Reading University, Cardiff University, University of York
Scholarships
Rye St Antony awards four 11+ scholarships, three 13+ scholarships and four 16+ scholarships each year, and there are also means-tested bursaries available.
Special features
- ‘Home from home’ boarding environment
- Small class sizes
- Wide range of Sixth Form courses offered
- All pupils involved in the musical life of the school
- Catholic school founded by lay Catholics
- Forest School
- Pupils encouraged to take numerous charitable and community initiatives
- Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme
