The Oratory School
Independent or preparatory school The Oratory School, Reading RG8 0PJ, United Kingdom:
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Address: Reading RG8 0PJ, United Kingdom
Website: oratory.co.uk
Phone number: +44 1491 683500
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Latitude: 51.5323182Longitude: -1.0581719
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Barbie Willigar
Good school. Happy family environment. Lovely facilities.
2 months ago
Steven Coleman
“I have never eaten a better school lunch than the one I ate at the Oratory.”-some geeza called Graham from the Telegraph
2 weeks ago
Chad Franks
Very nice school, loved the sports, especially the rowing. Food could have been a little bit better.
3 months ago
Jorge Robles
Beautiful cricket ground, watching Berkshire play Dorset in Minor counties Trophy.
2 months ago
Tengbeh Fallah
Edit: utter lies that the school are buying reviews. It’s alumni and boys who love their school.
Lovely school with a fantastic sense of camaraderie. The staff are so considerate and often help my boy outside of class time with his work. He’s excelling at physics and Latin and he’s loving real tennis at the moment. Hope to be able to send my second son here too one day when he gets older!
5 months ago
Joanie Totani
Proud Asian studying rlly hard. Fantastic and perfect environment for overseas student! Great school! Fantastic sporting facilities as well!!
5 months ago
Thomas Bins
Honestly this school has played a big part in making me the person I am today. Over my 6 years here there’s been so many heart aches in my life, but the community teachers and students together had put me back together and given me a reason to smile everyday. I don’t know who I’d be without the Oratory but what I do now I wouldn’t be half the man I am today.
9 months ago
Joe Grigsby
People should not jump to conclusions about the Oratory. Being quick to dispel any myths about ‘fake reviews’, I personally know and have interacted with all these current boys that have posted reviews, whether it be through sport or culture. I’m glad to see they continue to flourish and excel.
We are a close-knit family. I could tell you something about every boy that has posted a review on here and as to why their success owes gratitude to the Oratory.
Having been a part of this wonderful, diverse community for 5 years, I owe so much to the school. I was encouraged to get involved with as many things as I could; through this I got to know so many different kinds of people from all over the world - whether it be through music, through CCF, shooting, societies or drama to name a few. Opportunities are endless - everyone wants to get involved and interact with each other, which is great to see.
Personally, I was particularly interested in getting to know some of the Spanish boys as I found their culture and history fascinating. They encouraged me to start studying Spanish. I am now studying this at degree level!
We are a diverse, cultural family that wants to give everyone an equal opportunity to thrive in whatever they set their sights on. I started shooting at the Oratory having never touched a firearm before; I now compete at a national level, something I thought would never have been possible.
Having always been an overweight person, I decided to start losing weight in the new year of my U6 (2017). All the boys and staff supported me on my journey to successfully achieve more than a 45kg weight loss. This is our family - we support each other and guide each other.
The Oratory is a truly wonderful place, full of some of the most down to earth chaps I have ever met. Just like a family under Newman, our founder, we speak from ‘heart to heart’.
We have not been forced to write reviews on here. It shows our commitment to dispel any unnecessary allegations, and to uphold the nature of the school.
6 months ago
stephanie watkins
No other school could have offered me the opportunities and great education I’ve gotten at The Oratory. Great catholic values and a wealth of students from around the world. I’ll have great memories and friends to cherish.
6 months ago
Jeff Carson
Bravo to all the governors, heads, secretaries, staff and boys who help to shape the school’s tremendous sense of community, and work unremittingly to ensure each and every boy, of any ethnicity and background, is respected, in high spirits and given the most fitting education they could possibly acquire. The groundskeepers also trim a bloody good hedge.
6 months ago
Dea Swe
Had an extravagant experience being a pupil of the school. Full of amazing, supportive mates who helped each other strive for greatness! Teachers are kind especially to overseas students!
2 weeks ago
Olivier Allard
Exhilarating, exceptional, exquisite experience. Recommend to anyone looking for a first class education for your child. Happy days
4 months ago
Cinus Findus
the oratory school has great facility's and great staff. There food is delicious and have really nice grounds.
5 months ago
Ray Curtis
Top school with an exceptional art department. Loved my time here would recommend for students of all abilities
5 months ago
Rosa Silvas
Thank you...I just love the Oratory
8 months ago
ronak prajapati
Absolutely, excellent, elegant and electrifying. Great teachers, with great sports facilities, and marvellous food. Incredible.
4 months ago
Joey Helms
Undboutedly amazing school with exceedingly brilliant teaching staff, grounds and food. I like a lot. Very nice.
4 months ago
Phillip Lipscomb
Great school, fantastic ethos. Lessons learnt at the school are carried on into adult life. Can not recommend the staff, school etc enough.
4 months ago
Freida Relphs
When we were selecting a school for our son, we were looking for an environment where he would be nurtured and well educated - that goes without saying , but of equal importance was a school culture with no bias, no prejudice and no racism, where there was a genuinely multi cultural mix of boys. We won on all counts with the Oratory and my son has a hugely mixed circle of friends who have the upmost respect for each other’s values and backgrounds . To suggest anything else is pure tabloid fabrication. Nuff said !
2 weeks ago
Andy Ali
Been part of the oratory community since my brother joined the prep school in 2004. Loved every minute of it
2 weeks ago
Anays Heredia
Brilliant photography department. Always producing Great pictures.
7 months ago
Maggie Murphy
Splendid place filled with smashing chaps. Whilst also facilitating an exceptional teaching staff, can not praise the school enough!
7 months ago
Philcheychandler
Fantastic school and thoroughly enjoyed my time here.
9 months ago
madhavi naredla
An excellent School, very diverse and with a caring attitude towards all its students.
4 months ago
Sally Hall
With regards to those claiming that the oratory are buying 5 star reviews, it is simply boys, old boys, and parents who want to prove the unfair, slanderous narrative of our accusers wrong
Aside from that, the school has a lot to offer for pupils, providing an excellent balance and opportunity between academia, sporting and the arts for all students to enjoy, with very welcoming staff and splendid teaching facilities
cor ad cor loquitur
2 weeks ago
alisha gill
Rather jolly good rugger matches with the lads, CCF was a ‘blast’, the groundstaff do an absolutely smashing job, the school with the best parking facilities across the whole of England, we love John Henry Newman, god save the queen
2 weeks ago
Megan Bluhm
"Can't fault the effort lads"- said after every sports fixture . I think this sums up the school quite nicely , Newman Would be proud boys! Cor ad cor liquitor
6 months ago
Tina skeeterz
Absolutely spiffing school Stunning grounds and top notch facilities.
9 months ago
Tristan Hawkins
Fantastic school highly recommend! Great staff and students!
4 months ago
Jimmytanner Tanner
Bloody nice school, bloody nice chaps and bloody nice facilities. Has the right amount of complaincy and equalness throughout the school. A real great sense of family and brotherhood. Top bants
4 months ago
Metsi Thomas
A cracking school with a great history and ethos and this is reinforced by the excellent staff and the allrounded boys and alumni that have come and continue to come out of the school. ‘Cor ad Cor!’
6 months ago
jennifer moniger
Great school with excellent academic and sport facilities. Would strongly recommend to anyone thinking about sending their child to a good private school.
3 weeks ago
maniel cash
Lovely chaps lovely meals and great sense of community
6 months ago
Ann Lee
top notch school with marvellous lavatories. 5 stars is a bloody understatement!
5 months ago
Patricia Rolph
absolute smashing school! I spent 5 years of my sentence here and had great bantorum with all the staff and pupils! cor ad cor loquitur And God save the Queen!
2 weeks ago
Dawn Tabram
Great school with the greatest community. Though the finger-scanners do seem to hate me.
2 weeks ago
TolgiOn TV
“Unbeatable food” - said someone in 2003
7 months ago
Molly S
What a place ! set in the rolling hills of Oxfordshire in a lovely quaint village which goes by the name of woodcote the oratory school is the finest educational institutions in all the land, fit for any young fella. The food has got some outstanding reviews such as "not too bland" and " the jelly was class" . It is a school Where sport and education go hand in hand one minute you could be studying hard for your photography exam and the next you are out playing a spot of croquet on the lawn. All in all the oratory produces some bloody lovely chaps with some great chat and top bant! #cor ad cor loquitur
6 months ago
Kristy colvin
It’s a shame to see so many slanderous lies on this platform about the school. If you are looking for a trusted review, look no further:
The Oratory School in Woodcote is a lovely school to be in. It has beautiful grounds, including a golf course and a great cricket pitch. The ground staff do a very good job of keeping the grounds looking very picturesque, which is very hard with a school of this size.
The school has many teaching facilities, and uses resources such as Educake, GCSEPod and Kahoot! to enhance learning and revision. I myself have found these very helpful, especially in the run up to the exams, and must commend Mr O Lewis, Head of Physics, for incorporating these into lessons seamlessly.
As well as great teaching facilities, the sports facilities are arguably the best in the area, with a brand new swimming pool, 3 squash courts, 2 gyms, a large sports hall and a real tennis court, one of the 43 remaining courts in the world. The school has very successful sports teams and I would definitely recommend attending for the sport alone.
There are also many extra-curricular activities available, such as the Windhover Society (debating), and activities including Languages Film Club, where we learn about cultures and languages through the art of film. Music is also very strong at The Oratory. The choir visits foreign countries on tour, most recently Hong Kong and before that New York, and they perform in concerts around the country. Mr S Burrows, the Head of Music and Sixth Form, is a credit to the school with his musical expertise and enthusiastic nature.
My only criticism of the school is that they are a little behind on the computing front. This has affected me personally as I wanted to do computer science for GCSE, however the school did not offer it, though they are improving rapidly and have since added computer sciences to their curriculum.
The positives of attending this school really do outweigh the negatives, and I assure you that the school does not condone racism or anything of the sort, and there is a very comprehensive safeguarding policy in place. I would recommend this school to anyone who is looking for a secondary school or sixth form college for their child, as this is a great school and the people are lovely!
4 months ago
Michael Scott
Great school, with amazing facilities, staff and students.
4 months ago
Lisa Kienia
Amazing school and fantastic art results.
8 months ago
Kennedi Mitchell
An incredible school, with great facilities and teachers
4 months ago
Avraham Bornstein
Been at this school for 19 years now and have known nothing else then how great the oratory has been during my life so far, especially throughout the years when I actually studied here.
2 weeks ago
Ferenc Wagner
Wonderful Catholic upbringing, sport facilities and academic teaching.
5 months ago
Candace L
Just a top notch place.
2 weeks ago
Shreoshi Bhk
Great school, outstanding rugby team
2 weeks ago
nub z
A good Catholic School
4 months ago
Philip Terra
A great Catholic school for top fellas !
6 months ago
Matt Swift
‘400 acres of pure excellence’ - Me
2 weeks ago
Elizabeth Scala
Top quality school
6 months ago
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