Oxford and Summertown

You can go into Oxford on Sundays if you are with a friend and you tell your HM – it only takes five minutes on the bus. Oxford is a great place, with several cinemas and plenty of places to eat. There are also really useful shops like Boots, WH Smith, the famous Blackwell’s bookshop – and the Westgate Centre can cater to any culinary or retail preference you may have, and it can be really sociable too.

If art and culture are your thing, you will enjoy the Ashmolean, Modern Art Oxford, the Pitt Rivers and the Natural History Museum. And of course, the beautiful, historic University buildings are well worth a visit and offer excellent inspiration for your future studies!

Summertown is a perfect place to go with friends and Shells are allowed to go there after the first few weeks.

For those unfamiliar with the local area, Summertown is a lively urban village so nearby it feels as if it’s part of the School. It has many food stores such as Tesco, Sainsbury’s and lots of great local shops and cafés.

All of these are a few minutes’ walk from the school grounds and you can go at specific times, as long as you are with a friend.