Cothill House

Private school in Oxfordshire, England

Cothill House, Cothill

Location

Cothill

Oxfordshire

OX13 6JL

England

Information
Type| Private day and boarding school
Preparatory School
Motto| Dum spiro spero ("While I breathe, I hope")
Religious affiliation(s)| Church of England
Established| 1860 (moved to present location in 1870)
Department for Education URN| 123297 Tables
Head Master| George May[1]
Gender| Boys
Age| 8 to 13
Enrolment| 204
Publication| The Cothill Magazine
Former pupils| Old Cothillians
Website| http://www.cothill.net/

Cothill House is a day and boarding coeducational independent school for preparatory pupils in Cothill, Oxfordshire, which houses around 160 pupils from the ages 7–13.

Previously a boys school, it began to move towards coeducation in 2024.[2] The school is operated by the Prep Schools Trust, a charity registered in England.[3]

In 2024, the school was listed by the Oxford Mail as one of 45 Oxford schools with stories of sexual harrassment and abuse collected by the website Everyone’s Invited.[4]

## Notable alumni

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* Maharaja Gaj Singh of Jodhpore, diplomat and politician[5]
* John Bradbury, 2nd Baron Bradbury[6]
* General Sir Hugh Stockwell, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe[7]
* James Charles Macnab of Macnab, Chief of Clan Macnab[8]
* Rupert Thorneloe, soldier[citation needed]
* Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair[9]
* Jeremy Thorpe, British politician, leader of the Liberal Party 1966–76[citation needed]
* Richard Symonds, civil servant[citation needed]
* Hugh Pym, British journalist and author[citation needed]
* Archie Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, British aristocrat[citation needed]

## History

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The school was founded in 1860 (in Dry Sandford), before moving to its present location in 1870.

## References

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1. ^ "Cothill House". Get Information about Schools. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
2. ^ "Cothill announces transition to co-education starting 2025". Herald Series. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
3. ^ "Prep Schools Trust, registered charity no. 309639". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
4. ^ "All 45 Oxfordshire schools named in 'rape culture' list". This is Oxfordshire. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
5. ^ Dhananajaya Singh, The House of Marwar (Lotus Collection, Roli Books, 1994), p. 204
6. ^ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: extant, extinct, or dormant, vol. 13 (The St Catherine Press Ltd, 1940), p. 408
7. ^ 'General Sir Hugh Stockwell' in Patricia Burgess & Trish Burgess, eds., The Annual Obituary 1986 (Chicago & London: St James Press, 1989), p. 677
8. ^ 'MACNAB of Macnab, James Charles', in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2012)
9. ^ 'Aberdeen and Temair, 7th Marquess of' in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2011

## External links

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* Official Website
* Cothill House at the Independent Schools Council

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