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New College School is located on Savile Road in central Oxford, near New College. The school site has a sports hall which is used for multiple sports and shares New College's playing fields and cricket nets. Its most recent upgrade is the revamped sports pavilion, reopened in 2013. In September 2023,
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the "school" continued to thrive. By the late 17th century, the vestry and song-room were refitted to accommodate new boys, marking the moment when the school started educating both choristers and non-choristers. The school did not have a permanent home for some years, moving back and forth between
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and the England U16 rugby team which allows the boys to receive external coaching sessions. There are also lunchtime and after-school activities sessions where boys can participate in various hobby and interest clubs. Lunchtime activities are run every day apart from Wednesday and the after school
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programme operates on Monday–Friday evenings. On all days of the week other than Wednesdays, there are rehearsals and evensongs for the chorister students.
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Although no longer exclusively educating choristers, the school maintains its ties with the College: the College's
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Sports form a major part of the school calendar. All boys from Year 3 to 8 are required to play football (
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the College buildings and various sites outside the College. The current site was purchased in 1903 from
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is Chair of the school's governing committee and the school's pupils use the College sports facilities.
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Choristers from New College School in gowns and mortarboards 'crocodile' to rehearsal in New College
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New College School traces its origins to November 1379 when it was founded by
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a three-sided Gradel quadrangle opened, shared with New College.
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51°46′05″N 1°15′23″W / 51.76818°N 1.25639°W / 51.76818; -1.25639
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New College School is located in Oxford city centre
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