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Cokethorpe School
Cokethorpe School is an independent, co-educational day school in Oxfordshire that offers Year 7 entry into its First Form. The admissions process is a single-stage system utilizing the Quest Admissions exam board alongside an interview stage. Located in Witney, the school welcomes pupils across a range of abilities to its 150-acre parkland campus.
Cokethorpe is a school that gets the best out of children across the whole range of ability, not just those at the top. It is an independent co-educational day school in 150 acres of parkland outside Witney in Oxfordshire, about ten miles from Oxford, with a prep school of around a hundred children and a senior school of around five hundred. It uses its own year names, so a child arriving at eleven joins the First Form. Entry is at eleven and again at thirteen.
The house at the centre of the estate was built in 1709 for Sir Simon Harcourt, and Queen Anne visited in 1713, leaving behind the panelling in what is still called the Corinthian Room. The grounds are not ornamental. There is a six-hole golf course threaded between the rugby pitches, a climbing tower, woodland used for outdoor education, and a boathouse on the Thames rebuilt in 2023 with a classroom attached. The Good Schools Guide describes the school sitting in 'vast striped lawns, littered with ancient trees'.
New First Formers are not dropped into a house of eighteen-year-olds. The whole year goes into Lower House, which exists to get them settled before they move into one of the six senior houses, and every pupil has a tutor who handles the academic and the pastoral side together. Houses compete all year, including an inter-house Countdown played to a full room on Friday lunchtimes. The Guide's reviewer reckoned the school would 'challenge the high-flyer but scoop up the goofy younger sibling', and thought it had something for almost everyone other than 'rebels, children who thrive on competition' and tiger parents. It suits a child who wants to be outdoors and known by name.
Key facts
Annual fees
2026/27, per term, inclusive of VAT: First and Second Form (Years 7-8, the 11+ entry point) £9,390; Third Form to Upper Sixth £9,760. Non-refundable registration fee £120 per child; acceptance deposit £500, refunded when the final term's account is paid.
Admissions
Admissions contact
admissions@cokethorpe.org
Admissions phone
01993 892333
Registration form
https://www.cokethorpe.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Registration-Form-November-2024-1.pdf
Sibling policy
What this school tests
First Form Entrance Assessment (Online)
English
- Grammar
- Punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Comparison
- Reading Comprehension - Evaluation
- Reading Comprehension - Grammar and punctuation
- Reading Comprehension - Inference and Deduction
- Reading Comprehension - Information Retrieval
- Reading Comprehension - Language Techniques and Imagery
- Reading Comprehension - Sentence-level Comprehension
- Reading Comprehension - Sequencing
- Reading Comprehension - Structure, Form, Voice and Tone
- Reading Comprehension - Summarising
- Reading Comprehension - Text Classification and Purpose
- Reading Comprehension - Types of Words and Phrases
- Reading Comprehension - Word Meaning / Choice
- Spelling
- Vocabulary
Maths
- Algebra
- Angles and Degrees
- BIDMAS
- Coordinate Grids
- Estimation and Rounding
- Factors and Multiples
- Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
- Measurement
- Money
- Number and Place Value
- Operations
- Perimeter, Area and Volume
- Position and Direction
- Properties of Shapes
- Ratio and Proportion
- Reflection, Rotation and Symmetry
- Sequences
- Special Numbers
- Speed, Distance and Time
- Statistics
- Time
Non-verbal Reasoning
- Figure Analogies
- Figure Matrices
- Figure Series
- Grid Matrices
- Horizontal Codes
- Match to a Group of Figures
- Most Like Three Figures
- Odd Figure Out
- Odd Shaped Matrices
- Star Matrices
- Triangle Matrices
- Vertical Codes
Verbal Reasoning
- Alphabet Logic
- Anagrams
- Compound Words
- Embedded Words
- Form a Word
- Insert 2 / 3 Letters
- Insert a Letter
- Letter Analogies
- Letter Sequences
- Move 1 / 2 Letters
- Ordering Words
- Rhyming Synonyms
- Shuffled Sentences
- Synonyms
- Word / Logic Puzzles
- Word Analogies
- Word Completion
- Word Match
- Word Opposites
- Word Pairs
- Word Relationships
- Word Swap
- Words and Codes
Spatial Reasoning
- 2D Rotations
- 2D View of 3D Shape
- 3D Rotations
- Block Counting
- Building Blocks
- Combining Shapes
- Diagonal Reflections
- Figure Missing from Image
- Fold and Punch
- Folding Cubes
- Hidden Shapes
- Missing Face of Cube
- Nets of 3D Shapes
- Shape Completion
Catchment area
Selection review and safety net
Previous exam results
GCSE results
2025: 74% of grades at 9-6, 48% at 9-7 and 26% at 9-8, with over two thirds of grades in Biology, Chemistry, Drama, History, Physics and Spanish at 9-7 (school's own published figures).
A-level results
2025: 44% of A Level grades at A*-A and 69% at A*-B, with the most common grade an A. Over 90% of BTEC Extended Diploma students achieved Distinction* or Distinction (school's own published figures).
Frequently asked questions
What exam board does Cokethorpe School use for the 11+?
Cokethorpe School uses the Quest Admissions exam board for its 11+ entrance assessment.
Does Cokethorpe School interview candidates as part of the 11+?
Yes, there is an interview stage as part of the Year 7 admissions process at Cokethorpe School.
Is Cokethorpe School co-educational or single-sex?
Cokethorpe School is a co-educational school, welcoming both boys and girls.
What are the school fees for Year 7 entry at Cokethorpe School?
For the 2026/27 academic year, the fees for the First and Second Form (Years 7-8) are £9,390 per term, inclusive of VAT. There is also a non-refundable registration fee of £120 and an acceptance deposit of £500.
What is Cokethorpe School's website?
The official website for the school is https://www.cokethorpe.org/.
Location
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