St Clare's, Oxford
| Established | 1953 |
|---|---|
| Type |
Coeducational Independent day and boarding school International school |
| Principal | Andrew Rattue MA (Oxford) MA (Birkbeck College, London) PGCE (King’s College, London) |
| Chair of Governors | Richard Dick MA (Cantab), Managing Director |
| Founder | Anne Dreydel and Pamela Morris |
| Location |
139 Banbury Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7AL England |
| Local authority | Oxfordshire |
| DfE URN | 133430 Tables |
| Students | ~500 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | IB 16-18, Summer 10-15–and adults 18+ |
| Vice-Principal Academic | Cormack Kirby BA (Leeds) PGCE MEd (Bristol) |
| Vice-Principal Pastoral | Susan Tawse BSc (Edinburgh) PGCE |
| Website | www.stclares.ac.uk |
St Clare's is a coeducational independent, international day and boarding college in North Oxford, England offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme, English language courses, Liberal arts courses, IB teacher training workshops and University Foundation Course.
Throughout the year, courses for adults include the University Foundation Course, English language courses, advanced English with academic subjects and Liberal Arts courses for Gap Year students from US universities. In the summer months, adults, teenagers and younger students can study English language courses on three separate sites.
The school is constituted as a registered charity under English law.
The school was founded in 1952 by Anne Dreydel OBE and Pamela Morris, and grew out of a scheme to establish links between British and European students after the Second World War. Its mission is to advance international education and understanding.
The original name was The Oxford English Centre for Foreign Students, which later became St Clare's Hall, and then St Clare's, Oxford.
Since 1953 the College grew quickly to encompass a wide range of nationalities and programmes, both at university and pre-university level and in English Language. In the mid-50s, students came mostly from around a dozen Western European countries, as well as the UK. Over 40 different nationalities are represented in its current IB student body.
Links with universities in the USA date back to the 1960s. Formal agreements by which American university students could gain credit towards their US degrees by studying abroad at St Clare's started up in the 1970s. Such courses gradually replaced the University of London external degrees that had previously been taught.
In 1977 the College introduced the International Baccalaureate Diploma for pre-university students - only the 41st school in the world to do so. There are only 13 other institutions in the world who have taught the IB longer than St. Clare's. "A" levels were gradually phased out as the IB became established, and the College is now the longest established IB school in England (source ISA). There are currently over 3,700 IB world schools.
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